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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 →
The Father 8 - 24 June 2023 (Thursdays to Saturdays) PIP Theatre, Milton Content warning: depictions of dementia, emotional distress, themes of aging and mortality, family conflict, and may include sensitive language and scene depicting elderly abuse. André is losing his memory. Or is he losing his mind? Perhaps he’s just fine and it’s everybody... Continue Reading →
Grand Horizons 11 - 27 May PIP Theatre, Milton Fifty years into their marriage, Bill and Nancy want a divorce. While they seem unfazed by the decision, their two adult sons are shaken to the core, forced to reexamine everything they thought they knew about their parents’ outwardly happy lives. As the family grapples with... Continue Reading →
Content warnings: Discussion of suicide, self-harm, adult content, mild coarse language. Co-directed by Amy Ingram and Catarina Hebbard, with dramaturgy by Katherine Marquet, SHE was a confronting and affecting sharing of women's stories with a focus on mental health and mental illness. The work of three emerging writers – Bianca Saez, Karen Lee Roberts, and... Continue Reading →
SHE 3 - 13 May 2023 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Content warning: There may be mentions of suicide, self-harm, adult content, mild coarse language. Recommended for audiences aged 15+. What’s going on with women’s mental health in the wake of the pandemic, the #metoo movement, floods, fires, wars, a divided political scene,... Continue Reading →
Tegan Braithwaite performs in Perfect World. Image supplied. Theatreroo’s "serious political comedy" Perfect World was a musical revue about the geopolitical events that have shaped the first two decades of the twenty-first century, focusing specifically on war and climate change. Written by Clarry Evans and Denny Lawrence, and directed by Lawrence, Perfect World initially premiered... Continue Reading →
Perfect World 13 - 15 April 2023 PIP Theatre, Milton Perfect World is a political revue that follows a stalwart young female activist (played by Tegan Braithwaite) as she takes on two US presidents, two UK Prime Ministers, and the German Chancellor in her mission to save the planet. Created by Clarry Evans & Denny Lawrence, and... Continue Reading →
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