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The Turquoise Elephant 2 - 11 June 2023 Studio1, 190 Station Road, Yeerongpilly Observatory Theatre will open their 2023 season with the outrageous black comedy The Turquoise Elephant by award-winning Brisbane playwright Stephen Carleton, exploring the absurd delays on global climate change through fast-paced theatre and dark humour. Directed by Observatory Theatre's Founder and Creative... Continue Reading →
Observatory Theatre has announced a 2023 Season that will explore what the future holds for us, and what we can learn from the past. The three plays programmed for this year invite audiences to consider what it is they would fight for, and what really matters. All performances will take place at Brisbane’s newest creative... Continue Reading →
Clarise Ooi as Deirdre and Laura Fois as Blathnaid, photographed by Geoff Lawrence: Creative Futures Photography Content warning: Destiny Doomed contains simulated violence, mature themes, sexual references, mild coarse language, and strobe lighting. Written and directed by Anina-Marie van Wyk, Destiny Doomed is a contemporary reimagining of the Irish folktale Deirdre of the Sorrows, centring... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Geoff Lawrence, Creative Futures Photography Destiny Doomed 29 September - 8 October 2022 Musgrave Park, South Brisbane Observatory Theatre will present Destiny Doomed, a musical retelling of Ireland’s infamous legend ‘Deirdre of the Sorrows’ by Brisbane writer and composer Anina-Marie Van Wyk, under the stars in the heart of South Brisbane. Featuring an... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Observatory Theatre Control 9 - 11 June 2022 Queensland Multicultural Centre, Kangaroo Point Observatory Theatre bring Keziah Warner’s dystopian blockbuster Control to the Queensland Multicultural Centre for a limited season in June. Control was originally developed through the INK program at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre in Melbourne, and this production will be... 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 →
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