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Photographed by Morgan Roberts Stephen Page’s Baleen Moondjan was a work of impressive skill, vision, and Festival-scale spectacle, combining song, dance, and live music beneath huge whale bones stretching toward the stars. Staged on the Brisbane River with the audience seated on the edge of Queen’s Wharf, it was a unique and humbling experience to... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Bower and John Leary in The Platypus, photographed by Mark Gambino Francis Greenslade’s The Platypus is a metatheatrical two-hander that puts a genre-hopping spin on the kitchen sink drama. Jessica and Richard’s marriage is crumbling. Richard is healing from a vasectomy, and resents Jess for suggesting it. Jess feels unwanted, and seeks excitement in... Continue Reading →
Rainee Skinner as Clytemnestra, photographed by Michael Beh Presented by The Curators’ Theatre, The Dragon Queen of Argos sets the stage ablaze as it tells an ancient story of vengeance with magnetic new energy. Written, directed, and designed by Michael Beh, with dramaturgy by Maureen Todhunter, The Dragon Queen of Argos is the second in... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Matthew Filkins, Jett Robson, and Michaela Faux, photographed by Jasmine Prasser Thought-provoking and violently funny, Cut & Run Productions made their debut with Kathryn Marquet's environmentalist black comedy The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek at PIP Theatre. In an isolated location in a Tasmanian national park, Dr Georgina Templeton has been working... Continue Reading →
Photography by Sharyn Hall Savoyards' production of Come From Away brings infectious energy and emotion to this story about human kindness and connection enduring in unimaginable circumstances. Come From Away tells the story of a tiny town on the island of Newfoundland, Canada, which hosted 7000 unexpected visitors on September 11, 2001, when planes were... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Georgia Haupt Zen Zen Zo's Blushing is a moving and immersive work of physical theatre, exploring the emotional side of physical touch with a focus on the duelling forces of shame and curiosity. Directed and designed by Zen Zen Zo Artistic Director Indiah Morris, Blushing was a promenade performance by eight artists in... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Terry Hansen, Amanda McErlean, and Julia Johnson in The Children, photographed by Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children has made its Queensland premiere at PIP Theatre, a powerfully provocative play that sinks its teeth into aging, dying, and social conscience in the age of escalating environmental disasters. Co-produced... Continue Reading →
After two successful staged readings earlier in the year, Yeah Nah Theatre presents their debut mainstage production at Backdock Arts, directed by Mik Hosking and produced by Campbell Lindsay. Written by Sydney playwright Miranda Michalowski, Young Bodies/Somebody’s premiered at Flight Path Theatre in 2022 and is a coming of age play about sisterhood, secrets, and... Continue Reading →
Tiana Varcoe as Pia Shim and Connor Scoble as The Devil, photographed by Emma Stratton Content warnings: coarse/offensive language, horror, mature and controversial themes, morbid humor, references and depictions of sexual assault, religious themes, themes of trauma, violence, haze/smoke effects, and loud noises. Polymorphic Productions presents Clive Barker’s marathon play The History of the Devil... Continue Reading →
The cast of The Amateurs at Ad Astra, photographed by Christopher Sharman Life, death, art, and the search for purpose twist together in Jordan Harrison's compelling tragic comedy The Amateurs, directed by Susan O’Toole Cridland and superbly performed at Ad Astra. Written by American playwright Jordan Harrison, The Amateurs premiered off-Broadway in 2018 and made... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Renee Kwok, Laura Fois, and Ro van Rensburg perform Triple Threat Triple Threat brings together three sensational singers for a charming cabaret about connection and communication across cultural and linguistic differences. Performed as part of PIP Theatre’s inaugural Toucan Club, a month-long festival of cabaret and live arts at their Milton theatre,... Continue Reading →
Naticia Slade, Zara Chandler, and Cullyn Beckton as Emma, Tiff, and Kai Presented by theatrePUNK Co at BackDock Arts, Harrison Mills' PASHUN was an absurd and amusing theatre piece about a group of young people navigating love, sex, friends, and relationships. Directed by Joshua Price, with dramaturgy by El Waddingham, PASHUN used a university poetry... Continue Reading →
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