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Caroline Sparrow and Dudley Powell, photographed by Geoff Lawrence - Creative Futures Photography Octopolis is a two-handed drama about academics and an octopus trying to co-exist in close quarters, bubbling with intellectual, emotional, and existential tensions. Written by UK playwright Marek Horn and first produced in 2023 at Hampstead Theatre, this co-production between Observatory Theatre... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Vlad Da Cunha Identity 23 & 24 May 2025, North Lakes Community Centre 30 May – 4 June 2025, Black Box Theatre, Nambour 7 June 2025, Perseverance Street Theatre, Gympie Sunshine Coast-based D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective invites audiences to experience Identity — a new production that speaks to the heart of what it means to... Continue Reading →
Julia Johnson and Terry Hansen (back) and Amanda McErlean (front), photographed by Naz Mulla The Children 4 - 21 June 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Australians recently voted in a federal election where one major party sought a mandate for a nuclear-powered future. Olivier Award-winning playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s play The Children asks us all: when do... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Love You Hate You Drive You Wild 1 - 10 May 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Bianca Butler Reynolds' Love You Hate You Drive You Wild comes to PIP Theatre, presented in collaboration with Minola Theatre and starring Alisha O’Brien, Bianca Butler Reynolds, Matthew Filkins, Daren King, and... Continue Reading →
Bronwyn Nayler (L) directs Dudley Powell (standing) and Caroline Sparrow (seated) in rehearsals for Observatory Theatre’s upcoming production of Marek Horn’s Octopolis. Photographed by Lucy Rayner-Toy. Bronwyn Nayler describes herself as "a director, deviser, teacher and performer". Bronwyn is the director of Octopolis by Marek Horn, which will make its Australian independent premiere at PIP... Continue Reading →
Little Women 2 - 24 May 2025 Pavilion Theatre, Beenleigh Showgrounds, James Street, Beenleigh For their second show of 2025, Phoenix Ensemble present Louisa May Alcott’s beloved story of the adventures of the four March sisters, Little Women, brought to vivid musical life with book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by... Continue Reading →
Caroline Sparrow and Dudley Powell, photographed by Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Octopolis 14 - 24 May 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton "There were three people in my marriage. Three people and twelve legs..." Meet George: professor and octopus expert. Her most intimate relationship these days is with the clever Frances, an octopus she obsessively... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Sam Scoufos The Last Princess of Lebanon 23 - 24 May 2025 Queensland Multicultural Centre, Kangaroo Point Uncovering the buried truth of a real-life lost princess, The Last Princess of Lebanon is a new theatre work that unravels family secrets, migration, and identity in a journey that takes audiences from the palaces of... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud Peter and the Starcatcher is full of all the wonder, magic, and comedy that might be expected of a new chapter in the Peter Pan story, but with modern humour sprinkled throughout for those who have had to grow up. Commissioned and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Group, Peter and the... Continue Reading →
Wondered 5 - 6 April 2025 Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Hub, 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills After a decade of mystery and madness, Mira Ball Productions’ award-winning theatrical sensation, Wondered, is making its return for a strictly limited season. Celebrating ten years since its first performance, this production promises to be darker, bolder, and... Continue Reading →
Alex O'Connell as Henry, Jasmine Prasser as Mae, and George Oates as Lloyd, photographed by Karina Abassii Sweetness and cruelty, domesticity and animalism collide in Mud, a play about poverty and power presented by Salad Days Collective at PIP Theatre in Milton. Mae spends her days working to support herself and Lloyd, her not-brother and... Continue Reading →
MUD 14 - 22 March 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Content warnings: Strong coarse language, sexual assault Mae lives on a farm in feverish poverty with her not-brother Llyod. Mae knows she deserves a better life. Mae knows she can have one. And in an effort to excavate herself from this dreary existence, Mae is going... Continue Reading →
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