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Aidan O’Donnell and Nathan Kennedy as Barry and Steven in Leaves of Glass, photographed by Naz Mulla Content note: This production contains coarse language, depictions of domestic violence, and spoken references to suicide and child abuse. Following postponements earlier in the year due to COVID-19, The X Collective has now opened their riveting production of... Continue Reading →
Rabbit Hole 24 March - 9 April 2022 Ad Astra, Fortitude Valley Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, David Lindsay-Abaire's play Rabbit Hole follows Becca and Howie Corbett, a couple in their late thirties, in the months following a horrific accident. Becca finds pain in the familiar, while Howie finds comfort. He wants to... Continue Reading →
Tyrone (David Megarrity) and Lesley (Samuel Vincent), photographed by Luke Monsour, Bulimba Studios Presented for one night only at Metro Arts as part of Queensland Cabaret Festival 2022, String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley saw the titular double bass and ukulele duo perform songs from their upcoming seventh album, String, for the first... Continue Reading →
Moreblessing Maturure and Iolanthe as Cleo and Kara, photographed by Teniola Komolafe La Boite have opened their 2022 season with a raucous, rapid-fire contemporary play that plunges audiences into an online realm of tweets, trolls, and tensions. Written by British playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones, seven methods of killing kylie jenner premiered in London in 2019 and... Continue Reading →
Observatory Theatre has launched their 2022 season of larger-than-life stories, promising vibrant productions by casts of diverse backgrounds. This year will also see the launch of a new playwright program, Telescope, with its finished product playing in next year’s season. Observatory Theatre is an independent Australian theatre production house based in Brisbane, creating work with... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Stephanie Collins will perform as The Baker's Wife in Redcliffe Musical Theatre's upcoming production of Into The Woods. Stephanie has previously performed in numerous shows including Miss Saigon, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, and Cinderella. She has also played Sandy in Grease, Cosette in Les Miserables' and her life’s dream, Belle in Beauty... Continue Reading →
Image supplied String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley 12 March 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Unwinding as a cross between a concert and slide night, Tyrone and Lesley will make your heartstrings ring as they string together 20 years of hits and premiere songs from their new recording String. Tyrone and... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Ben McShea of BEAK Photographics Into the Woods 17 February - 5 March 2022 Theatre 102, Redcliffe Performing at their own Theatre 102, Redcliffe Musical Theatre's reimagining of Stephen Sondheim’s classic comes with a slight twist on the traditional fairytale concept. Into The Woods follows the story of a Baker and his wife... Continue Reading →
Image supplied A Girl's Guide to World War 3 - 20 February 2022 Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Written by Queensland couple Katy Forde and Aleathea Monsour, the new Australian musical A Girl’s Guide to World War celebrates the wartime exploits of Brisbane’s first lady doctor, Dr Lilian Cooper. After sell-out shows in 2018 and 2019,... Continue Reading →
Little Shop of Horrors 5 - 12 March 2022 Star Theatre, Manly Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical that follows Seymour, a shy and clumsy florist shop worker who accidentally raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the... Continue Reading →
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner 24 February - 12 March 2022 The Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove seven methods of killing kylie jenner is a political and provocative two-woman play written by Jasmine Lee-Jones and co-directed by Zindzi Okenyo and Shari Sebbens. Enraged by Kylie Jenner’s claim to be the youngest self-made billionaire, Cleo vents her frustration via Twitter, spiralling into... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Prudence Upton The Wider Earth 5 - 19 February 2022 The Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba Nominated for an Olivier Award and 2 Helpmann Awards, Dead Puppet Society's The Wider Earth takes audiences aboard the HMS Beagle with a rebellious, twenty-two year old Charles Darwin as he undertakes a daring voyage to the far side... Continue Reading →
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