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Clarise Ooi, photographed by Naz Mulla Embodi Theatre has premiered a new bilingual play at PIP Theatre, exploring the intersections of human emotion and artificial intelligence. Written and directed by Amy Chien-Yu Wang, with dramaturgy by Helen Strube, AI May is a bittersweet story of loss and love centred on the tensions between an immigrant... Continue Reading →
Audience of Adrift, photographed by Morgan Roberts Counterpilot brought their oceanic participatory theatre experience Adrift back to Metro Arts as part of Brisbane Festival, submerging audiences in the storytelling through audio-based instruction and immersion. Before entering the theatre, we were each fitted with an individual wristband, headphones, and a vest. Voices whispered in the headphones,... Continue Reading →
After two successful staged readings earlier in the year, Yeah Nah Theatre presents their debut mainstage production at Backdock Arts, directed by Mik Hosking and produced by Campbell Lindsay. Written by Sydney playwright Miranda Michalowski, Young Bodies/Somebody’s premiered at Flight Path Theatre in 2022 and is a coming of age play about sisterhood, secrets, and... Continue Reading →
Tibian Wyles, Benjin Maza, and Lenny Donahue, photographed by Morgan Roberts Dear Brother, a co-production between Blak Dance and Queensland Theatre, has made its world premiere to a standing ovation as part of Brisbane Festival. Co-written by Lenny Donahue and Tibian Wyles, Dear Brother is directed by Isaac Drandic, who has recently been appointed Head... Continue Reading →
The opening night of Limbo - The Return and The West End Electric, photographed by Camilo Hernandez Strut & Fret have christened their new permanent entertainment venue, The West End Electric theatre, with Limbo – The Return as part of Brisbane Festival. A new iteration of their award-winning variety show, it's full of feathers, fire,... Continue Reading →
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble bring an infectious joyful energy and their signature lyrical skill and musicality to Molière’s famed satire Tartuffe, directed and choreographed by Rebecca Murphy. First performed at the Palace of Versailles in 1664, Tartuffe offended the Archbishop of Paris and members of the French Catholic Church, who had the play officially censured by... Continue Reading →
Kate Hood and Philip Quast as Ani and Eddie, photographed by Morgan Roberts The phrase "cost of living" is inescapable at the moment, but that wasn't the case when Martyna Majok's play Cost of Living premiered in 2016. Co-directed by Priscilla Jackman and Dan Daw, who also stars in the work as John, Queensland Theatre... Continue Reading →
Karin Schaupp performs with Camerata, photographed by Alex Jamieson Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra collaborated with classical guitarist Karin Schaupp for Serenade, a strings concert that showcased contemporary Australian work, brought new perspectives to classics, and highlighted emerging Brisbane artists, all threaded through with serenades by Dvořák. Dvořák's Serenade for Strings was sprinkled throughout, beginning... Continue Reading →
The X Collective opened their 2024 season with a devastating duet of shattering psyches in Tonight with Donny Stixx and Dark Vanilla Jungle. Wayne McPhee directed these back-to-back Philip Ridley plays, each focused on the experiences and delusions of a traumatised young person and delivered as a deeply engaging monologue. Philip Ridley is an English... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Cutting Cove Currawongs. Photographed by Pia Johnson. Having premiered last month in Melbourne, the home of AFL, 37 now brings its monumental energy and atmosphere to Queensland audiences in the Bille Brown Theatre. Written by Nathan Maynard and directed by Queensland Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (First Nations) Isaac Drandic – who also collaborated on... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Liam Hartley, Fiona Kennedy, and Jett Robson in Loot. Ad Astra presents Joe Orton's fast-paced and razor-sharp dark farce Loot, directed by Jennifer Flowers with assistant direction and production management by Liam Wallis. Compulsive truth-teller Hal McLeavey (Jett Robson) and his lover Dennis (Liam Hartley), an undertaker, have robbed a bank and... Continue Reading →
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