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Steven Grives and Fiona Kennedy in Bakersfield Mist Content warnings: Use of herbal cigarettes, coarse language and sexual references, depictions of violence, mentions of suicide. The California sun is baking inside Ad Astra's black box theatre for Bakersfield Mist. Directed by Jennifer Flowers, the clash of character between Steven Grives’ sophisticated art expert and Fiona... Continue Reading →
Minerva Theatre Co's The Reunion, written by Sophie Heather, was a fun and nostalgic immersive theatre experience performed as part of Anywhere Festival. Mt St Celine's class of 2013 were coming together for their ten year reunion, and the audience was included as past students attending the event. We affixed our name tags and took... 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 →
Content warning: partial nudity, sexual references, loud noises, strobing light effects, prop weapons. The X Collective presents an electric and engrossing production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur, directed by Wayne McPhee and starring AJ and Nick Sinclair. Power, fantasy, and desire collide in this exploration of interpersonal dynamics, especially as they relate to love, sex,... Continue Reading →
Camerata performs Heartstrings at the QPAC Concert Hall, with guest pianist Alex Raineri, photographed by Alex Jamieson Camerata opened their 2023 season with Heartstrings, a collection of romantic and passionate pieces from Europe and North America. The program was curated by Camerata Artistic Director and Principal Violin Brendan Joyce, and the Brisbane concert was dedicated... 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 →
Umberto Clerici conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane Chamber Choir in Beethoven's ninth symphony, photographed by Sarah Marshall Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s first Maestro concert of the year, and their first with Umberto Clerici formally appointed as Chief Conductor, Ode to Joy had three performances at the QPAC Concert Hall. Featuring a program of Beethoven and... Continue Reading →
Francis McMahon and Jesse Richardson as Robert and John, photographed by Fraser Smith Content warning: Strong coarse language, reference to self harm Ad Astra have opened their 2023 season with David Mamet's comedy A Life in the Theatre, directed by Pierce Gordon with Assistant Director Caitlin Hill. A punchy two-handed comedy that focuses on the... Continue Reading →
Owen Salomé (far right) and the Brisbane Tango Orchestra perform at the Old Museum, photographed by Alex Jamieson Brisbane Tango Orchestra presented a unique and engaging afternoon of music at the Old Museum, performing a concert of original compositions by Owen Salomé with the composer himself as a guest soloist. Salomé and the Brisbane Tango... Continue Reading →
Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Peter Wallis Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s first Music on Sundays concert of 2023, Dance Around the World, was an exciting and energetic collection of dance pieces, from classical ballet to waltzes, folk dance, and tango, at the QPAC Concert Hall, under the baton of new Chief... Continue Reading →
Charli Burrowes as Bloom Girl Multidisciplinary artist Charli Burrowes has christened the Talbot Theatre, part of the newly renovated Thomas Dixon Centre in West End, with her debut theatre show Bloom Girl. An 80-minute solo show written, performed, and co-produced by Burrowes and directed by Elise Lamb, Bloom Girl tackles social media, authenticity, and the... Continue Reading →
Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Musical Theatre Gala, photographed by Peter Wallis Queensland Symphony Orchestra brought a broad selection of musical theatre classics to the QPAC Concert Hall for their special Musical Theatre Gala event, hosted and conducted by Guy Noble. Following a successful gala in 2021, the 2022 concert was made even longer, with a programme... Continue Reading →
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