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From the Inside, Looking Out 13-31 May 2025 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Acclaimed artist Bernard Ollis OAM invites art lovers to experience his latest exhibition, From the Inside Looking Out. Known for his vibrant and dynamic depictions of life, Ollis presents a fresh collection of works that transform everyday scenes into immersive, colourful... Continue Reading →
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 →
Sustainable BNE Festival 25 May 2025 Roma Street Parklands Free entry After 17 years, the Green Heart Fair will start a new chapter as the Sustainable BNE Festival to better reflect its mission to promote sustainable lifestyles. After starting out as a suburban gathering of 500 people, it has grown into a major event that attracts more... 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 →
Pearls 3pm, 1 June 2025 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Experience music that transcends time and embraces the soul when Southern Cross Soloists return to QPAC's Concert Hall this June with Pearls — a luminous program with guest soloists, pianist and composer Joe Chindamo OAM, soprano Nina Korbe (pictured above), alongside Southern Cross Soloists. Featuring... 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 →
BSAF 2020 in 96 Albert St. Image credits: @mellumae Brisbane Street Art Festival 10 - 18 May 2025 Northshore Brisbane with mural locations across Brisbane Brisbane’s most iconic locations are set for a stunning makeover when Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) returns for its 10th big year. Ambitious, large-scale murals will transform Northshore Brisbane, including pieces from internationally... 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 →
Camerata & Paul Grabowsky: The Art Of Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 7pm Concert Hall, QPAC This fresh and joyful concert brings QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the inimitable ARIA award-winning pianist Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra, who always perform without a conductor. The concert program celebrates tradition and reimagines... 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 →
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