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Tainika Kane-Potaka (left, back) as #13, Emily Marszalek (centre back) as #46, Madeline Armit (right, back) as #11, and Sharnee Tones (front) as #25. Image credit: Justin Harrison Ad Astra have kicked off 2024 with Sarah DeLappe’s drama The Wolves, transforming their black box theatre into an indoor soccer pitch where all the guts and... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Morgan Roberts Big Yikes! 13 - 23 March 2024 Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Big Dreams. Bigger Doubts. Big Yikes! Playlab Theatre’s latest mainstage production, Big Yikes!, premieres this March at the BrisbanePowerhouse. Written by emerging Meanjin playwright Madeleine Border, this is a coming-of-age story that explores the uncertainty of school leaving... Continue Reading →
The Wolves 15 February - 9 March 2024 Ad Astra, 57 Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigate big questions and wage tiny battles with all the vigour of a pack of adolescent warriors. Written by Sarah DeLappe and directed for... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Pygmalion 2-3 & 9-10 February 2024 Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Hub, 28 Tallowwood Street, Seven Hills Minola Theatre proudly presents Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy of class, language and gender politics. When egocentric phonetics professor Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower-seller Eliza Doolittle, he isn’t expecting... Continue Reading →
Art of Courage 3 - 17 February 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Art of Courage is a not-for-profit immersive theatre performance that unveils a tale of hope, resilience, and the spirit of the Ukrainian people, promising a captivating journey through the soul of Ukraine and a profound exploration of history, tradition, and the enduring power of... Continue Reading →
Observatory Theatre Creative Producer Lachlan Driscoll launches the 2024 season, photographed by Lucy Rayner-Toy. Observatory Theatre has launched their 2024 season, unveiling a year of new works by Brisbane-based playwrights and with a strong focus on creative development. The season will open with a staged reading and post-show discussion of The Cane, a "hauntingly beautiful... Continue Reading →
The cast of Rent, photographed by Wendell Teodoro Rent 27 January – 11 February Playhouse Theatre, QPAC The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, Rent, will embark on an Australian tour in 2024, opening in Brisbane and moving on to Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Canberra. Step into the vibrant streets of New York... Continue Reading →
The cast of The Amateurs at Ad Astra, photographed by Christopher Sharman Life, death, art, and the search for purpose twist together in Jordan Harrison's compelling tragic comedy The Amateurs, directed by Susan O’Toole Cridland and superbly performed at Ad Astra. Written by American playwright Jordan Harrison, The Amateurs premiered off-Broadway in 2018 and made... Continue Reading →
Shakespeare Pick and (re)Mix 18 & 25 November 203 The Jayco Lunchbox, George Clayton Park, 55 Upper Esplanade, Manly QLD 4179 Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo, and Juliet walk into a bar… Calling Shakespeare lovers, Shakespeare loathers, and everyone in between! Come on down to The Jayco Lunchbox and join us for a dose of rambunctious laughter,... Continue Reading →
Spamalot 17 - 26 November 2023 Twelfth Night Theatre, Bowen Hills Hold onto your coconuts and prepare for a hilarious adventure and musical madness as Monty Python's Spamalot gallops into Brisbane, presented by Paterson Productions. This musical promises to deliver classic Monty Python comedy, catchy tunes, and enough laughter to leave your cheeks sore, starring... Continue Reading →
Triple Threat - A Cabaret 23 & 30 November, 9 & 21 December 2023 PIP Theatre, Milton Presented as part of PIP Theatre's upcoming Toucan Club, Laura Fois' second full-length cabaret Triple Threat promises to be an explosion of comedy, music and passion across horizons. Triple Threat is a fast one-hour comical progression where "three... Continue Reading →
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 10-25 November 2023 KSP Theatre, Burpengary Recommended for audiences 16+ Sweeney Todd is a wronged barber hell-bent on revenge. When he moves in with local piemaker, Mrs Lovett, his thirst for blood increases with his body count. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett's pies are meatier than ever... Ghostlight Theatre... Continue Reading →
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