Music ensembles unite for All In The Wash
22 May 2014Two music ensembles and a talented performer explore the space between jazz and classical music in All In The Wash. more
Wicked fairy tales come alive in The Magic Hour
15 May 2014Cinderella. Hansel and Gretel. Sleeping Beauty. Red Riding Hood. While these names conjure up childhood memories of happily-ever-after fairy tales, under the surface you'll find the original stories of the Brothers Grimm were dark, twisted versions of the sugar-coated bedtime stories you knew. more
Share House arrives at Brisbane Powerhouse
15 May 2014Shared living has been well represented in pop culture over the years. From the obvious to the obscure, the sharehouse is not just a place, but a whole way of life unto itself. more
Anywhere Theatre Festival returns for fourth year
08 May 2014Stripping the art of performance back to its basic elements of a stage, the performers and the audience, Anywhere Theatre Festival takes theatre out of its traditional setting and throws it into the most unexpected places. more
La Boite Indie premieres Machina
08 May 2014An interruption-free space is sacred. Yet, in the digital era we live in, we are losing hold of the few sacred spaces that remain untouched by email, the Internet, social media, and other forms of distraction. However, despite the incredible power and potential of quiet moments – the time to allow your mind to wander, ask the big questions and spawn new ideas – they are quickly becoming extinct. more
Laugh along with Red Cordial Love at Fish Lane Studios
08 May 2014Conjuring memories of your first kiss, dancing with your arms around your crush at the high school disco and the song you swayed to, Red Cordial Love is an experiential dance performance of love and youth. more
Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls at QUT Gardens Theatre
08 May 2014The dusty-plains and small towns of the Australian outback were a long way away from the big cities experiencing the full force of the swinging 1960s – a time of free love, flower power and the decay of social order. But it's in rural Queensland during this era that the scene of QUT Gardens Theatre’s Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls takes place. more
QTC proudly presents A Tribute of Sorts
01 May 2014Variety shows could be best described as ostentatious, flashy and a little bit kitsch. And, in Queensland Theatre Company’s newest production A Tribute of Sorts, the plot presents what happens when two oddball teen cousins create their very own variety show. more
Puppeteers arrive at Judith Wright Centre for It’s Dark Outside
01 May 2014There are some things that we would rather not think about. Things like growing old and maybe even suffering from dementia. more
Youngsters showcase acrobatic talents in CircUS
10 Apr 2014It’s been a while since the last train full of clowns, bearded ladies, lions, elephants and fairy floss makers pulled in to town. The new-age circus – while just as much a spectacle of those of old – is more about seemingly impossible human feats. Well on their way to becoming professional acrobats, the students of Flipside Circus are tumbling and twirling in to Judith Wright Centre for CircUS. In an impressive show of bends, flips, twists and intricate towers of small bodies, CircUS is a delightful display of homegrown talent. You can catch the performance by the next crop of circus artists from April 9–12. more
Oscar Theatre Company blurs boundaries with BOY&GIRL
03 Apr 2014Let those pre-conceived ideas of gender pigeonholes fly as you step into Brisbane Powerhouse’s Visy Theatre for BOY&GIRL. more
Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno tour arrives in Brisbane
20 Mar 2014On Monday March 24, QPAC’s Concert Hall will play host to a rare spectacle in which one woman will demonstrate and educate audiences about mating in the natural world. more
QTC’s Macbeth brings murderous plot to QPAC
20 Mar 2014Retaining its dark themes and iambic script, Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been given a new brand of bravura by the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). Directed by Michael Attenborough and presented in association with Brisbane theatre troupe Grin & Tonic, QTC’s production stars a cast of 15, which includes Jason Klarwein and Veronica Neave who play the royal couple. Set in the wilds of the Scottish highlands, General Macbeth is told by three witches that he shall some day be king. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth is determined to carry out a murderous plan to make himself the new ruler and fulfil the witches’ phrophecy. You can see the intriguing tale on stage from March 24 to April 13. more
Guys & Dolls come together on stage at QPAC
20 Mar 2014Familiar faces will grace QPAC’s stage when much loved musical Guys & Dolls comes to Brisbane. Starring Ian Stenlake, Daryl Somers, Liz Buchanan, Wayne Scott Kermond and Angela Harding, the show’s 2014 incarnation will feature the classic showtunes the musical is known for – including ‘Luck Be A Lady’ and ‘Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat’. Audiences can step back in time to the glitz of the 1940s when the charming Tony Award-winning show comes to town. For information and to purchase tickets, head to the QPAC website. more
When Dad Married Fury brings bombshells to the stage
06 Mar 2014Playwright David Williamson sets his characters some interesting challenges in his newest theatrical work, When Dad Married Fury, playing at QUT Gardens Theatre March 7–8. more
The Truth Is exposed at The Twelfth Night Theatre
20 Feb 2014As part of a new project supported by the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, The Truth Is reveals a narrative centred on culture and identity and set in Southeast Queensland. more
World Theatre Festival bedazzles at Brisbane Powerhouse
13 Feb 2014A multicultural hotpot of theatrical talent, World Theatre Festival returns to Brisbane Powerhouse this week for its fifth energetic instalment. more
An unlikely troupe comes together in Cosi at La Boite
06 Feb 2014The Roundhouse Theatre will host La Boite’s new production of Australian comedy classic Cosi from Saturday February 8 until Saturday March 8. more
Now Hear This storytelling slam tells of love
06 Feb 2014SLQ opens its proverbial heart for Now Hear This: Love is a four letter word on Valentine’s Day. more
Be enchanted by An Evening With David Sedaris
16 Jan 2014Not a stand-up comic, nor a performer, David Sedaris somehow manages to weave his dry wit and incisive social critiques into a comedic strand of language that leaves you inspired and uplifted. Experience the man and the writer in person when he sits down with audiences at Brisbane Powerhouse for an evening of reading and conversation. On Thursday January 23, the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls will take to the stage to deliver his usual satiric observations of the human condition in person. more