Hold Me Closer Tony Danza 24 - 28 January 2023 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Recommended for audiences aged 18+ A commonly misheard song lyric contains a deeper proposition about how we form meaning and a provocation that perhaps our understanding of the world is intrinsically flawed. Presented by Metro Arts, Hold Me... Continue Reading →
Interview with David Megarrity: Tyrone and Lesley’s Bear with Me
David Megarrity performs as Tyrone in Bear with Me. Image supplied by David Megarrity. David Megarrity is an award-winning playwright, performer, and one half of ukulele and double bass duo Tyrone & Lesley. With collaborator Samuel Vincent, David will perform a 10th anniversary season of Tyrone and Lesley's show Bear With Me at Metro Arts... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Bear with Me (Tyrone & Lesley, Metro Arts)
Bear with Me 7 - 10 December 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Brisbane ukulele duo Tyrone and Lesley present their playful music and theatre show Bear with Me, which is specifically made for children and their bears. This is the 10th anniversary season of the show, written by David Megarrity, which has... Continue Reading →
Review: BUNKER (Metro Arts)
Image credit: Stewart Tyrell Content warnings: BUNKER contains coarse language, heightened psychological states, haze / smoke effects, loud music, and strobe lighting effects. Recommended for audiences aged 15+. What would you do if you received an alert that your world was ending? Who would you call? Where would you go, and what would you take... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Adrift (Counterpilot & Metro Arts)
Adrift 9 - 19 November 2022 Metro Arts, West End Warnings: Active Participation, Adult Themes, Coarse Language, Periods of darkness, Sexual References, Haze / smoke effects, Loud Noises, Special Effects (Bubbles), Special Effects (Water), Strobe Lighting Effects, Use of Headphones. Become part of the story with this interactive theatre experience exploring human loneliness in aquatic... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Bunker (Metro Arts)
Image credit: Stewart Tyrell Bunker 19 - 22 October 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Exploring the physical threat of virtual alarm, Bunker is a bold new intermedial dance work led by internationally renowned dance choreographer, Lisa Wilson and techno-troublemaker, Nathan Sibthorpe. It’s 8:07am on January 13, 2018. Hawaii has just issued a... Continue Reading →
Review: Batshit (Leah Shelton, Metro Arts & Brisbane Festival)
Leah Shelton, photographed by Joel Devereux Content warning: Batshit refers to mental illness and institutionalised medical treatment. It also contains occasional coarse language, sexual references, haze/smoke effects, loud sounds, bright lighting flashes and strobe lighting effects. Leah Shelton's third solo show, Batshit, made its world premiere at Metro Arts as part of Brisbane Festival 2022,... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Mistero Buffo (Rhum + Clay)
Mistero Buffo 14 - 17 September 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Content warnings: Adult themes, coarse language, references to rape and sexual violence, haze / smoke effects, Presented by Metro Arts and Brisbane Festival, Mistero Buffo is lead by a 21st century travelling storyteller: a Deliveroo driver at the centre of the... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Our Blood Runs in the Street (Metro Arts and Chopt Logic)
Image supplied Our Blood Runs in the Street 13 - 16 July 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End In 2019, the NSW Parliament reopened the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Gay and Transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010 to delve into the state's history of violence and persecution against LGBTQIA+ Australians. Shane Anthony's production... Continue Reading →
Review: String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley
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 →
What’s On: String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley
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 →
What’s On: The Revisionist (Refraction Theatre)
The Revisionist 7 - 14 November Metro Arts Refraction Theatre present the Australian the premiere season of The Revisionist by Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg; an exploration of obsession, secrets, and the nature of family starring Kate Wilson and Michael Mandalios, with direction by Caroline Dunphy. Young writer David arrives in Poland with a crippling case of writer's... Continue Reading →