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Image supplied by artist Square Peg Bonus Hole 8 November 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton A comedy night for anyone who's ever been too much, not enough, or just not what they ordered. Daniel Bruschweiler - Brisbane's #1 36-year-old FTM comedian & two-time RAW State Runner Up - delivers an unfiltered, laugh-out-loud take on life, love... Continue Reading →
In Bed with Rebel 29-31 October 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Maganjin’s resident “Diva of Queer Cabaret”, “Camp John Waters Blow Job Queen” and “Unparalleled comic genius”(The Advertiser) Rebel Star, invites audiences to an intimate theatrical experience with In Bed With Rebel, as part of this year’s Melt Festival at PIP Theatre. Across three nights, Rebel... Continue Reading →
Traumageddon: The One-Man Musical 25 October & 8 November 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton One man. One mic. One massive musical meltdown. Following a darkly triumphant debut at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, JD Jephson—The Gold Coast’s premier queer Māori adopted autistic cabaret prophet—returns with a fresh horror: music. Armed with the voice of a... Continue Reading →
Whitefella Yella Tree 23 October - 8 November 2025 Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove A timeless love story, infused with culture, history and identity, plays out on the Roundhouse Theatre stage when the award-winning Whitefella Yella Tree makes its Queensland premiere. It is a story of first love, of Ty and Neddy, two teenage boys who... Continue Reading →
Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems 6-7 November 2025 Good Chat Comedy Club, Petrie Terrace Lucille dreams of having a boyfriend, but despite her beauty and charm, can't seem to find one. The problem can’t be her, right? There must be something else going on… Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems is not your typical coming out... Continue Reading →
Tell Me Something 29 October – 1 November Metro Arts, West End What happens when you just don’t want to tell the truth? Hamish loves Matthew but doesn't want to tell him. Emilie loves Bella but doesn't want to tell herself. Hamish and Bella have known each other since they were kids. They tell each... Continue Reading →
Biron Bothways as Hamlet, photographed by Creative Futures Photography DragSpeare: Drag Kings do Shakespeare was an entertaining evening of songs and soliloquies, mixing the Bard's poetry with popular music and sending up masculinity and ideas of capital-C culture. Presented as part of MELT Festival 2024, the overarching narrative was that of The Stallion Squad, a... Continue Reading →
Imagery by Joel Devereux DragSpeare: Drag Kings do Shakespeare 1 - 9 November 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Lucinda Shaw, director says “We’ve got an amazing cast of Kings who are not just delivering Shakespeare but doing it with style, sass, and a lot of heart. This is a show for anyone who loves drag, music,... Continue Reading →
Functional Bottom 7 - 9 November 2024 Brisbane Powerhouse Riverside Terrace, New Farm Internationally renowned, award winning non-binary artist, journalist and storyteller, Jessi Ryan returns to MELT festival with their breakout Melbourne International Comedy Festival hit show Functional Bottom. A fusion of storytelling, contemporary performance art, filth, provocation and tears probably, Functional Bottom is a... Continue Reading →
Brisbane Powerhouse MELT Festival Beauty Pageant, Friday, June 28, 2019. Picture: Renae Droop/RDW Photography. MELT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture 20–30 May 2021 Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm From solidarity through storytelling to confetti-covered cabaret, MELT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture has torn the wrapping off a spectacular program of events and performances for... Continue Reading →
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