Live like a local – explore like a tourist
Where? Concert Hall, QPAC When? March 1-2, 8pm The Manganiyar Seduction mesmerised Brisbane audiences at QPAC for two nights only (Melbourne and Adelaide, they’re coming for you next!). First created by Roysten Abel to open the Delhi Film Festival in 2006, this original work features 40 musicians from 3 generations sharing a stage. As hypnotic... Continue Reading →
Photography by Jeff Busby.Where? Lyric Theatre, QPACWhen? February 23 – June 3, 2018After highly successful seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, Aladdin has finally come to show Brisbane A Whole New World! Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions and much anticipated by Queensland audiences, the musical officially opened at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre on Saturday night to gasps... Continue Reading →
Where? Concert Hall, QPAC When? February 17 Queensland Symphony Orchestra presented Piano Power, the first in their 2018 Maestro series, on Saturday night – a stunning collection of styles and sounds, featuring award-winning French classical pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and conducted with passionate precision by young Scandinavian Daniel Blendulf. A surprisingly interactive pre-concert talk, delivered with great charisma by Lachlan... Continue Reading →
Where? Palace Cinemas Barracks and Palace Cinemas CentroWhen? March 8 – April 4The largest French film festival outside of France returns to Brisbane from March 8 until April 4. The 29th annual Alliance Francaise French Film Festival boasts a line-up of forty-seven (47) features, two (2) documentaries and a Parisian television series…and Backstreet Brisbane has... Continue Reading →
Where? La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove When? Feb 10 – Mar 3 Existentialism meets environmentalism in La Boite’s powerful new mainstage production, and it is excellent. The debut season of Kathryn Marquet’s The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek, directed by Ian Lawson, examines human nature and the sanctity of life and death. It is, quite... Continue Reading →
Cast of Black is the New White, photographed by Prudence Upton Where? Playhouse Theatre, QPAC When? Feb 1 – Feb 17 As responding artist Benjamin Law writes in his programme note, “Romantic comedy is the whitest movie genre of all time…race matters, especially when yours is excluded from civic life, politics, and the arts. And... Continue Reading →
Where? 31 Musk Avenue, Kelvin GroveWhen? 7am-8pm, Monday to Saturday. Closed Sundays.There’s a new kid on the block in Kelvin Grove, and they are serving up sweet treats and Japanese teas to die for.Lovely, proper matcha is something that I missed when I returned from Japan last February, and I haven’t really found it in... Continue Reading →
Where? Suncorp Stadium, BrisbaneWhen? Friday February 23 (kick off 7pm)On February 23, an unmissable game of Queensland Great vs Queensland Great will take place at Suncorp Stadium at the Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston Testimonial Match, and we have a DOUBLE PASS TO GIVEAWAY!Players like Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston come along once in a... Continue Reading →
Where?Queensland Museum, Cnr Grey St and Melbourne St When? Until 28 January 2018 I loved studying Ancient Rome in history class – it was one of my favourite subjects, but I still learned a lot of new things from Queensland Museum’s current exhibition Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum. It displays over 110 original artefacts... Continue Reading →
Where?QPAC’s Lyric Theatre When?Until February 4, 2018 …here we go again! Following a sold-out national premiere season in Canberra, the party of the year is happening now at QPAC as Mamma Mia hits the stage, and you’re invited. Be transported to Donna Sheridan’s whitewashed, bougainvillea-draped taverna on a serene Greek island…with the serenity interrupted... Continue Reading →
Where? 25 Warner Street, Fortitude Valley Holey Moley Brisbane has some new tee-rrific new holes to swing at! They like big putts, and they cannot lie. Opening 12 months ago in the heart of Fortitude Valley, Holey Moley transformed a beautiful old church (previously dance club The Mansion) into a hybrid "leisure-tainment" centre, featuring... Continue Reading →
Where? Bar Merlo, University of Queensland, St LuciaWhen? 4-8pm every Friday nightUnder the Duhig Building at UQ (I’m a QUT girl, but who can go past all that gorgeous sandstone?) the Merlo Coffee café is transformed to kickstart your weekends or chill out after class.Covered indoor and outdoor seating, live music and fairy lights give... Continue Reading →
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