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Return to the Dirt 16 October - 6 November 2021 Bille Brown Theatre, South Brisbane Winner of the Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2020-21, Return to the Dirt is a warm, funny and surprising play based on playwright Steve Pirie’s year spent working at a Toowoomba funeral home. Guided by Steve himself in the role of The... Continue Reading →
Queensland Theatre aims to reach beyond boundaries to inspire, challenge, and entertain audiences with the eight plays of its 2022 season, including two world premieres. “Our 2022 Season boldly crosses all boundaries, altering time and place and transporting us from Brisbane to Paris, Afghanistan, Far North Queensland, Vietnam and Arkansas. It will carry us across... Continue Reading →
Liliana Macarone as Romeo and Sarah Doyle as Juliet. Image Credit: Benjamin Prindable Photography. Celebrating their 20th birthday in 2021, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble returns to the Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre with their first full production of Romeo & Juliet. Directed by QSE Artistic Director Rob Pensalfini, who also played Friar Lawrence, and starring Liliana Macarone... Continue Reading →
Wynnum Fringe Festival 16 – 21 November 2021 Various locations in Wynnum After a successful inaugural festival in 2020, Wynnum Fringe returns to the bayside – bigger and bolder than before – with a star-studded lineup of local, national, and international acts across six days. With an expanded programme of free and ticketed events, Wynnum Fringe 2021 will... Continue Reading →
Pictured is dress rehearsal for West Side Story production on June 26, 2021 at Crown Theatre in Perth, Australia. Photo by Will Russell. Content warning: this production contains coarse language, adult themes, racial slur,s and sexual violence. West Side Story has opened at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre, directed by Joey McKneely and featuring a cast studded... Continue Reading →
Giema Contini, Billy Fogarty, and Chenoa Deemal, photographed by Morgan Roberts CAESAR 23 July – 7 August 2021. Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove With Shakespeare’s five acts adapted by five fierce, female-identifying and non-binary playwrights - Claire Christian, Jean Tong, Megan Wilding, Merlynn Tong and Zoey Dawson - CAESAR is a provocative contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s... Continue Reading →
Sheridan Harbridge in Prima Facie, photographed by Brett Boardman Content warning: This production contains descriptions of sex scenes and sexual assault. This isn’t life. This is law. Directed by Lee Lewis and played out powerfully on the Bille Brown Theatre’s corner stage, Suzie Miller’s scorching one-woman play Prima Facie has finally opened in Brisbane after... Continue Reading →
Brisbane Festival 3 - 25 September 2021 Brisbane Festival have announced their 2021 ‘Brightly Brisbane’ festival program, inviting the city to re-emerge, connect, celebrate and shine brightly under Brisbane’s expansive skies this September. Over 23 days in September, Brisbane Festival will commission 18 new works, stage 15 world premieres, deliver 139 productions, and present events... Continue Reading →
Imagery by Phil Erbacher Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss. Anchuli Felicia King’s corporate satire has opened at Queensland Theatre and sets out to tackle a broad range of issues, from intracultural racism to start-up culture and the cosmetics industry. Directed by Priscilla Jackman, White Pearl follows the aftermath of an ad that goes viral for all the... Continue Reading →
The End of Us 23-25 June 2021 BackDock Arts, Fortitude Valley It's the last nine hours before the democratically elected end of the world and Archie and Meredith are breaking up. Rouge Theatre Co presents The End of Us, written & directed by Emma Fenton Wells. at BackDock Arts this June. Founded in 2019, Rouge Theatre Co's... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Dylan Evans The Time Is Now 24 May - 5 June La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Content warnings: discussion of domestic violence, harassment, and coarse language A show that gives voice to a generation often silenced or dismissed. The Time Is Now stars real teenagers with real conviction, spanning diverse cultures, backgrounds and political... Continue Reading →
Scripted by Disapol Savetsila from the true stories and experiences of young people around the world during COVID-19, A Bed of Roses is an immersive theatre experience that explores the familiar frustrations of a share house with the added stress of a global pandemic. After the devastating year that was 2020, the housemates of 22 Rose Street... Continue Reading →
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