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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 →
White China 7 - 17 June 2023 Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Playlab Theatre’s latest mainstage production, White China, premieres this June at Brisbane Powerhouse, directed by Ian Lawson and starring Tegan Braithwaite, Deborah Faye Lee, Elise Greig, Emily Liu, and Tracey Tainsh (aka Isheeni). The experience of Brisbane’s flooding rivers has been etched... Continue Reading →
Proof 15 June - 8 July Ad Astra, Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister,... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Jax Oliver Break 21 – 24 June 2023 Metro Arts, West End Content warning: Adult themes, haze, strobe Presented by Metro Arts, this new work from The Farm and Cecilia (Ceci) Martin is an intensely personal exploration of how we define ourselves, what it is to fall apart and how we recover when... 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 →
The Turquoise Elephant 2 - 11 June 2023 Studio1, 190 Station Road, Yeerongpilly Observatory Theatre will open their 2023 season with the outrageous black comedy The Turquoise Elephant by award-winning Brisbane playwright Stephen Carleton, exploring the absurd delays on global climate change through fast-paced theatre and dark humour. Directed by Observatory Theatre's Founder and Creative... Continue Reading →
The Unheard Of Tyrone & Lesley 20 May 2023 Junk Bar, Ashgrove As part of Anywhere Festival 2023, award-winning uke and double bass duo Tyrone and Lesley play the tunes that got away on a night just for you: rarities, requests, song dedications and a rewarding chance to bring your uke and Strumalong. If you... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Creative Street CATS 12 - 21 May 2023 Twelfth Night Theatre, Bowen Hills Andrew Llyod Webber's classic musical CATS is pouncing onto the Twelfth Night Theatre stage this May, served up by a troupe of local performers from Queensland Musical Theatre. This West End and Broadway hit is based on T.S. Eliot’s poetry collection, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and was reworked by the original... Continue Reading →
The Reunion 11 - 13 May Blutes Bar, Fortitude Valley The Reunion will also be performed at Hills District Community Centre, Arana Hills, on 26 & 27 May You’re invited to the class of 2013’s 10 year reunion! We are so excited to hear how your education at Mt. St. Celine has fuelled your success.... Continue Reading →
Bakersfield Mist 11 May - 3 June 2023 Ad Astra, Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley Bakersfield Mist is inspired by the true story of a retired long-haul trucker in California, Teri Horton, who went hunting for a gag present for her depressed friend and found a big painting of drips and splurges and squiggles in a junk... Continue Reading →
Imagery by Vlad Da Cunha / Vlad Photo Into the Light 19 & 20 May 2023 The Paint Factory, Yeronga Into The Light will also be performed at The Black Box Theatre in Nambour, on 5, 6 & 13 May. This show is designed for theatre goers 16+. Sunshine Coast-based multicultural contemporary theatre company D.I.V.E.... Continue Reading →
Urinetown: The Musical 5 - 27 May 2023 (every Friday and Saturday) Phoenix Ensemble, Beenleigh Showgrounds, James Street, Beenleigh "I know it's not the best name, but don't let that put you off. It's just a town, like any other, except for the name, of course," says Little Sally Two Shoes, one of Urinetown’s narrators.... Continue Reading →
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