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Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson A collaboration between three local theatre companies, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition showcases an extraordinarily talented cast of Brisbane performers in Ryan Scott Oliver’s unconventional song cycle. Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a sung-through musical anthology of sixteen songs, each... Continue Reading →
35MM: A Musical Exhibition 19 April - 3 May 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton A picture is worth 1,000 words — what about a song? 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique multimedia musical, written and composed by Ryan Scott Oliver, that pairs each lyrical narrative with a photograph by Matthew Murphy, crafting a tapestry of... Continue Reading →
Banging Denmark 8 - 23 March 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Jake Newhouse is a pickup artist who sells seduction techniques to the lovelorn men of the internet. Ish Madigan is a feminist academic whose life has been destroyed by male internet trolls. They are natural enemies…until Jake grows desperate for a favour. He’s developed a... Continue Reading →
Art of Courage 3 - 17 February 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Art of Courage is a not-for-profit immersive theatre performance that unveils a tale of hope, resilience, and the spirit of the Ukrainian people, promising a captivating journey through the soul of Ukraine and a profound exploration of history, tradition, and the enduring power of... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Renee Kwok, Laura Fois, and Ro van Rensburg perform Triple Threat Triple Threat brings together three sensational singers for a charming cabaret about connection and communication across cultural and linguistic differences. Performed as part of PIP Theatre’s inaugural Toucan Club, a month-long festival of cabaret and live arts at their Milton theatre,... Continue Reading →
Triple Threat - A Cabaret 23 & 30 November, 9 & 21 December 2023 PIP Theatre, Milton Presented as part of PIP Theatre's upcoming Toucan Club, Laura Fois' second full-length cabaret Triple Threat promises to be an explosion of comedy, music and passion across horizons. Triple Threat is a fast one-hour comical progression where "three... Continue Reading →
The cast of The Bed Party at PIP Theatre, photographed by Claudio Kirac Set in one sharehouse bedroom over the course of a weekend, new Australian play The Bed Party follows four housemates (and one prodigal ex-housemate) as they navigate love, sex, and relationships with support and solidarity. Written and directed by Sophia Davidson Gluyas,... Continue Reading →
The Bed Party 12 - 28 October 2023 PIP Theatre, Milton Fluff up your pillows and climb in for the party! The Bed Party, a new Australian play by Sophia Davidson Gluyas, makes its Brisbane debut at PIP Theatre after a critically acclaimed season in Sydney. Five feminist comrades take to bed one messy weekend... Continue Reading →
Liliana Macarone (centre) as Penelope, with the maids, photographed by Benjamin Prindable Photography Content warning: physical and sexual stylised violence and mild coarse language. Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble brought their signature dynamism, theatricality, and musical skill to Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, a contemporary retelling of Homer’s epic poems that focuses on Penelope, the wife of Odysseus,... Continue Reading →
The Penelopiad 25 August - 10 September 2023 PIP Theatre, Milton “Now that I am dead I know everything…” The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble will bring Margaret Atwood’s epic novella-turned-play, The Penelopiad to Brisbane with PIP Theatre, directed by Rebecca Murphy. Penelope, dutiful wife of Odysseus and less beautiful cousin of Helen, is ready to tell... Continue Reading →
Beginning 13 - 29 July 2023 PIP Theatre, Park Road, Milton Set in the aftermath of Laura's housewarming party at her new flat in London, Danny, having attended simply as the plus one of a friend, is the last remaining guest. Laura (Crystal Arons) is 38, single, childless and with no immediate family; Danny (Jesse... Continue Reading →
Tony Nixon and Janelle Bailey as André and Anne (front), Ophelia Novak as Laura (back). Image credit: Kris Anderson Content Warning: Depictions of dementia, emotional distress, themes of aging and mortality, family conflict, and sensitive language and scene depicting elder abuse. Heartbreaking and beautifully crafted, The Father is a story of love, loss, and caretaking... Continue Reading →
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