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Image provided by Savoyards Hot Shoe Shuffle 19 June - 3 July 2021 The STAR Theatre, Wynnum State High School, Peel Street, Manly Savoyards kicks off their 60th anniversary season with a production of the 1992 Australian tap musical, Hot Shoe Shuffle. This is the first time that Savoyards will produce this musical, with direction... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Dylan Evans The Time Is Now 24 May - 5 June La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Content warnings: discussion of domestic violence, harassment, and coarse language A show that gives voice to a generation often silenced or dismissed. The Time Is Now stars real teenagers with real conviction, spanning diverse cultures, backgrounds and political... Continue Reading →
Scripted by Disapol Savetsila from the true stories and experiences of young people around the world during COVID-19, A Bed of Roses is an immersive theatre experience that explores the familiar frustrations of a share house with the added stress of a global pandemic. After the devastating year that was 2020, the housemates of 22 Rose Street... Continue Reading →
Review of May 9 performance. The Drawer Productions placed the audience at the heart of an unravelling family mystery with their unsettling immersive theatre piece SHELTER. I saw SHELTER on Mother’s Day and it turned out to be an appropriate choice with its focus on mother-daughter relationships and themes of legacy, intergenerational trauma, history’s tendency... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Queensland Theatre Taming of the Shrew 8 May - 5 June 2021 Bille Brown Theatre, South Brisbane Two sisters. One wants to marry, one doesn’t. What could possibly go wrong? Queensland Theatre will transplant Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to an Italian silent film set in their upcoming season. Suitors are... Continue Reading →
As part of the launch of Queensland Theatre’s 2020 Season, I spoke with Trent Dalton, author of bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe, and Tim McGarry, who is adapting the novel for the stage. Boy Swallows Universe is set in Brisbane in the 80s, and it has a very distinct sense of place and time. How... Continue Reading →
Mental Illness Is Not A Crime 7-8 May 2021 Elements Collective, Fortitude Valley Please note that this production is for patrons aged 18+ Award-winning speculative fiction author and performance artist Claire Fitzpatrick debuts her live interactive show at Anywhere Festival 2021, presented by Haus of Beaver Productions. Mental Illness Is Not A Crime is a... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by JTM Productions Sex, Lies & Betrayal - Memoirs of a Hollywood Star Thursday 6th May 7.30pm & Sunday 9th May 7.30pm | The Old Museum, Bowen Hills Friday 7th May 8.30pm & Saturday 8th May 9.30pm | Elements Collective, Fortitude Valley Saturday 8th May 7.00pm | Method Art Collective, Brendale Please note that this production is for patrons... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Lynch & Paterson The Pirates of Penzance 16 - 18 April 2021 Twelfth Night Theatre, 4 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills Lynch & Paterson’s production of The Pirates of Penzance returns to Brisbane, promising to hit the spot after a long dry spell in the Brisbane musical theatre scene. With two hours of non-stop... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Lamb 30 & 31 March 2021 QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane City Directed by Green Room Award winner Julian Meyrick, Jane Bodie’s Lamb is a play charting two generations of a farming family, with original songs by Mark Seymour. Spanning 40 years of life on an Australian sheep farm, Bodie’s bittersweet story explores the... Continue Reading →
Hell Ship 22 & 23 March QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane City Renowned writer, historian and performer Michael Veitch brings his one-man show Hell Ship to Gardens Theatre, telling the true story of one of the most dramatic, yet now forgotten chapters of Australia’s early maritime history. Hell Ship is the tale of hardship and heroism,... Continue Reading →
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble Artistic Director, and director of A Sleep of Prisoners, Rob Pensalfini. Image supplied by Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. A Sleep of Prisoners 4 March 2021 St John's Cathedral, Brisbane City Tickets $15 A slice of Queensland entertainment history will be recreated next month with a performance tribute to the 60th anniversary of the... Continue Reading →
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