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Return to the Dirt 16 October - 6 November 2021 Bille Brown Theatre, South Brisbane Winner of the Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2020-21, Return to the Dirt is a warm, funny and surprising play based on playwright Steve Pirie’s year spent working at a Toowoomba funeral home. Guided by Steve himself in the role of The... Continue Reading →
Queensland Theatre aims to reach beyond boundaries to inspire, challenge, and entertain audiences with the eight plays of its 2022 season, including two world premieres. “Our 2022 Season boldly crosses all boundaries, altering time and place and transporting us from Brisbane to Paris, Afghanistan, Far North Queensland, Vietnam and Arkansas. It will carry us across... Continue Reading →
Sheridan Harbridge in Prima Facie, photographed by Brett Boardman Content warning: This production contains descriptions of sex scenes and sexual assault. This isn’t life. This is law. Directed by Lee Lewis and played out powerfully on the Bille Brown Theatre’s corner stage, Suzie Miller’s scorching one-woman play Prima Facie has finally opened in Brisbane after... Continue Reading →
Brisbane Festival 3 - 25 September 2021 Brisbane Festival have announced their 2021 ‘Brightly Brisbane’ festival program, inviting the city to re-emerge, connect, celebrate and shine brightly under Brisbane’s expansive skies this September. Over 23 days in September, Brisbane Festival will commission 18 new works, stage 15 world premieres, deliver 139 productions, and present events... Continue Reading →
Prima Facie 14 July - 7 August 2021 Bille Brown Theatre, South Brisbane Initially delayed by last year’s theatre shutdown Prima Facie, written by human rights lawyer-turned-playwright Suzie Miller, will now be staged in 2021, as the country demands more of our governing and legal systems to improve the treatment of sexual assault survivors. Sheridan Harbridge will perform... Continue Reading →
Imagery by Phil Erbacher Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss. Anchuli Felicia King’s corporate satire has opened at Queensland Theatre and sets out to tackle a broad range of issues, from intracultural racism to start-up culture and the cosmetics industry. Directed by Priscilla Jackman, White Pearl follows the aftermath of an ad that goes viral for all the... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Queensland Theatre Taming of the Shrew 8 May - 5 June 2021 Bille Brown Theatre, South Brisbane Two sisters. One wants to marry, one doesn’t. What could possibly go wrong? Queensland Theatre will transplant Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to an Italian silent film set in their upcoming season. Suitors are... Continue Reading →
As part of the launch of Queensland Theatre’s 2020 Season, I spoke with Trent Dalton, author of bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe, and Tim McGarry, who is adapting the novel for the stage. Boy Swallows Universe is set in Brisbane in the 80s, and it has a very distinct sense of place and time. How... Continue Reading →
From over 220 entries for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2020–21 and three finalists announced earlier this year, Brisbane writer Steve Pirie has been announced the winner with Return to the Dirt, a powerful and gently humorous meditation on what it means to die in the 21st century and what a final act of love... Continue Reading →
Play Club: The Turquoise Elephant by Stephen Carleton Tuesday 23 June, 7.30pm Via Zoom webinar Tickets: Free, bookings required Queensland Theatre’s Play Club continues with the live reading of The Turquoise Elephant by Stephen Carleton (Bastard Territory) over Zoom webinar, a “shockingly black, black, black political farce" that is "urgent, contemporary and perilously close to being... Continue Reading →
Queensland Theatre’s Play Club Reading: Mr Bailey’s Minder by Debra Oswald Tuesday 12 May, 8pm Hosted on Zoom webinar “We believe theatre should be open, even when it’s closed, and so Queensland Theatre is going digital. Through our Quality Time with QT program we are inviting our supporters to join us behind the curtain for play... Continue Reading →
Emerald City 8 - 29 February, 2020 Playhouse Theatre, QPAC Auslan Interpreted Mon 17 Feb, 6:30pm | Audio Described Sat 29 Feb, 2pm Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company’s co-production of David Williamson’s Emerald City, directed by outgoing Artistic Director Sam Strong, will open Queensland Theatre’s 50th season in 2020, which also marks Williamson’s 50th... Continue Reading →
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