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Image supplied A Girl's Guide to World War 3 - 20 February 2022 Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Written by Queensland couple Katy Forde and Aleathea Monsour, the new Australian musical A Girl’s Guide to World War celebrates the wartime exploits of Brisbane’s first lady doctor, Dr Lilian Cooper. After sell-out shows in 2018 and 2019,... Continue Reading →
Little Shop of Horrors 5 - 12 March 2022 Star Theatre, Manly Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical that follows Seymour, a shy and clumsy florist shop worker who accidentally raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the... Continue Reading →
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner 24 February - 12 March 2022 The Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove seven methods of killing kylie jenner is a political and provocative two-woman play written by Jasmine Lee-Jones and co-directed by Zindzi Okenyo and Shari Sebbens. Enraged by Kylie Jenner’s claim to be the youngest self-made billionaire, Cleo vents her frustration via Twitter, spiralling into... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Prudence Upton The Wider Earth 5 - 19 February 2022 The Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba Nominated for an Olivier Award and 2 Helpmann Awards, Dead Puppet Society's The Wider Earth takes audiences aboard the HMS Beagle with a rebellious, twenty-two year old Charles Darwin as he undertakes a daring voyage to the far side... Continue Reading →
Image supplied ORACLE 24 - 27 March 2022 Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba Since the beginning of time, humankind, gods and goddesses alike, have all looked up to the stars in an attempt to draw meaning from the Universe. In doing so, prophecies, myths and tales have been told; tales of monsters, mermaids and other mythical creatures.... Continue Reading →
Leaves of Glass 8 - 30 April 2022 Brisbane Latvian Hall, 24 Church Ave, Woolloongabba On the surface, Steven has everything. A beautiful wife, a successful business, a brand new home. But beneath the glittering veneer lies a monstrous secret... Philip Ridley's Leaves of Glass is a play about two brothers and the hold that... Continue Reading →
Imagery supplied by Redcliffe Musical Theatre Priscilla Queen of the Desert 11 - 20 March 2022 Redcliffe Entertainment Centre Get ready to shake your groove thing as Australia’s most successful homegrown musical rocks in to Redcliffe for the very first time. Written by Stephen Elliot and Allan Scott, and based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film,... Continue Reading →
West End Cast of 9 to 5 The Musical. Image credit: Pamela Raith Photography 9 to 5 The Musical From 22 May 2022 QPAC, South Brisbane Dolly Parton and Producers John Frost for Crossroads Live, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced that 9 to 5 The Musical will be coming to Brisbane following... Continue Reading →
Prinnie Stevens, photographed by John McRae Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves 17 -19 Feb, 2022 Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Celebrating 30 years of Sister Act, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves is the third production in The Little Red Company’s soundtrack songbook trilogy along with Christmas Actually and romcom mix-tape There’s Something About Music.... Continue Reading →
Naomi Price in Christmas Actually. Image supplied Christmas Actually 15 - 23 December 2021 La Boite Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove Click here to read my review of the 2019 production of Little Red Company's Christmas Actually Returning for a record-breaking fourth year, Christmas Actually stars Naomi Price and presents all the hits from beloved holiday... Continue Reading →
Sandra Harman as Paulina Salas and Tom Coyle as Dr Roberto Miranda. Photographed by Christopher Sharman. Content warning: This production contains coarse language, adult themes, and sexual references, including descriptions of sexual violence and torture. This production also contains strobe lighting. Ad Astra present the heart-pounding psychological thriller Death and the Maiden to close their 2021... Continue Reading →
Death and the Maiden 19 November - 4 December Ad Astra, 57 Misterton St, Fortitude Valley Ad Astra’s final production for 2021 is the chilling Death and the Maiden, written by Ariel Dorfman and directed by Jacqueline Kerr. Set in Latin America, the story centres on Paulina Salas (played by Sandra Harman), a woman whose... Continue Reading →
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