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(L to R) Amelia Slatter as Tracey, Meryn Cooper as Mum, and Hayden Burke as Coach. Image credit Jenna Todd. A highly topical local story, 8 More Years was a gold medal new family comedy about the impact of Brisbane’s impending Olympics. Written and produced by Amelia Slatter, who also starred as Tracey, 8 More... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Harrison Allen 8 More Years 10–12 December 2025 PIP Theatre, 20 Park Road Milton Brisbane’s upcoming Olympic Games has inspired a new Australian Play to be premiered at PIP Theatre’s annual Toucan Club Festival. 8 More Years is a quintessentially Australian comedy with relatable flavour. The classic suburban family with petty dramas set... Continue Reading →
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 →
Lauren Dillon, Lachlan Orton, and Georgina Swayer (front), photographed by Karina Abbasi Salad Days Collective presented the Australian premiere of T Adamson's absurd and endearing The Natural Horse at PIP Theatre during Brisbane Festival. Directed by Rebecca Day, with assistant direction by Jai Bofinger, and designed by Ada Ludkin, The Natural Horse is a wonderfully... 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 →
Image credit: Benjamin Prindable Photography Lose yourself in the enchanted forest of A Midsummer Night's Dream, brought to life with music, mischief, and magic by the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. In this Shakespearean comedy, four young lovers find themselves in the forest outside of Athens – Hermia loves Lysander (reimagined in this production as Lysandra) but... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Dana Summer, Izabela Wasilewska, Rebel Star, Deidre Grace, Isaiah Harrison, and Greg Scurr (front), photographed by Jade Ellis PIP Theatre's Queensland-flavoured production of Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, adapted from the translation by Ed Emery, turns the force of Fo’s ferocious wit onto local history. Accidental Death of an Anarchist... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Matthew Filkins, Jett Robson, and Michaela Faux, photographed by Jasmine Prasser Thought-provoking and violently funny, Cut & Run Productions made their debut with Kathryn Marquet's environmentalist black comedy The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek at PIP Theatre. In an isolated location in a Tasmanian national park, Dr Georgina Templeton has been working... Continue Reading →
Accidental Death of an Anarchist 23 July - 2 August 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton A lone maniac turns the Queensland police upside down in this riotous, razor-sharp adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo’s classic political farce, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. This version has been adapted by Helen Strube and PIP Theatre, based on the... Continue Reading →
The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek 9 - 12 July 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton The road to hell is paved with good intentions, right? This uniquely Australian story proves the apocalypse can be funny, until it’s not. Set deep in the wilds of Tasmania, in an isolated ranger’s shack, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek is... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Terry Hansen, Amanda McErlean, and Julia Johnson in The Children, photographed by Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children has made its Queensland premiere at PIP Theatre, a powerfully provocative play that sinks its teeth into aging, dying, and social conscience in the age of escalating environmental disasters. Co-produced... Continue Reading →
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