Monday, May 30, 2016
As soon as I saw a tree of mannequins dressed in underwear bathed in harsh florescent lighting, and heard the announcement to ‘switch your phone to vibrate’, I knew I was in for a long…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:18PMTuesday, May 24, 2016
Ana Marina has built an international career in musical theatre, which has included the role of Cosette in the 10th Anniversary production of Les Miserables and Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:47AMTuesday, May 17, 2016
On the eve of the 40oth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, I had the privilege to sit with actor Tama Matheson in the glow of a newly erected set in QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre, and …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:28PMSunday, April 24, 2016
Standing at three hours long with two intervals, it is testament to Stephen Carleton’s writing and the actors’ storytelling that made this production of Bastard Territory fly by. …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:03PMFriday, April 15, 2016
Currently at the intimate Studio Theatre, Alex Broun’s The Critic explores the value of theatre reviewers and their apparent make-or-break power over a playwright’s career. The Critic�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:38AMTuesday, April 12, 2016
What happens when you mash-up extreme acrobatic theatre with the three great heroines of twentieth century drama: Miss Julie, Hedda Gabler and Nora? In the progressive endeavour to challenge…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:59PMIt’s Darwin, 2001. Russell and his partner Alistair have transformed Russell’s childhood home into the ‘Tectonic Plate’ – hip urban café and art gallery by day, queer cabaret …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:29PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Queensland Theatre Company’s new Artistic Director Sam Strong will be heading up a team of 10 leading artists in an Australian-first program to create an exchange and dissolve borders b…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:07AMThursday, February 4, 2016
Musical Chameleon, Brad McCaw, wears many hats – singer, winning cabaret artist, composer, playwright, director, and producer. He is one talented Queenslander. As part of Brad’s Artist-I…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:48PMMonday, February 1, 2016
Based on Stephen King’s horror novel and 1976 film, Carrie The Musical has made its blood-soaked Brisbane debut, presented by Wax Lyrical Productions and the Brisbane Powerhouse. Comp…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:34AMOpening over the weekend in Brisbane is the acclaimed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS, which heralds in a new rap number for Rum Tum Tugger, a new tap numb…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:20AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
Heathers: The Musical. How very. Before there was Mean Girls, there was Heathers, the iconic high school movie from the 80s starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. And now there’s Hea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:49AMSimon Painter and Tim Lawson, producers of smash hit extravaganzas such as The Illusionists and Le Noir are back in town bringing with them highly-skilled performers from over thirty countri…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AMMonday, January 11, 2016
The first production for shake and stir’s 10th anniversary year-long party started with the family friendly, summer holiday show, George’s Marvellous Medicine. Aces of the stage adaptati…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:54PMMonday, January 4, 2016
What do scrunchies, Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, the 80s, and Trevor Ashley have in common? Remember the 1988 cult film Heathers? Well sick back biatches, because Trevor Ashley is bringi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:38PMThursday, December 17, 2015
For the first time in the award’s history, the three finalists for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2016-17 includes and all-female lineup. Queenslanders Kathryn Marquet …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:31AMIt’s not often you can tell funny-slash-embarrassing stories about your partner, in front of them AND an entire audience, and get away with it. Radio personalities, comedians, hu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:01AMTuesday, December 8, 2015
When two comedians get married, love can be a funny thing… Two comedians from rival radio stations on the same stage at the same time. The twist? They’re married… to each other. Fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:15PMSunday, December 6, 2015
Sometimes you head along to the theatre as a reviewer and have no idea what you are going to witness – hits and misses are part of the job. Last night I saw the most humble, extraordinari…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:34AMLes Misérables has been rousing audiences to their feet all around the world for more than 30 years. I remember listening to the 6-album vinyl records over and over because the music was …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:06AMTuesday, October 27, 2015
An homage to Chekhov, Afterplay is a two-hander play in which the characters are taken from two different Chekhov plays and fast forwarded twenty or so years into the future. Sonya from Unc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:13PMFriday, September 18, 2015
The human mind is the battlefield in which our sins fight for power over our souls. In Natalie Weir’s astounding masterpiece, The Seven Deadly Sins – Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Laziness,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:23AMTuesday, September 15, 2015
The tragedy Titus is the fictional account of Roman general Titus, returned from war to face a queen bent on revenge for the death of her son. As one of Shakespeare’s least performed works…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:38PMMonday, September 7, 2015
The life of Ned Kelly has rich dramatic material for a musical. The infamous bushranger divides Australia into those who admire him as someone who fought against inequality to the extent tha…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:40AMSunday, September 6, 2015
There are many impressive things about this young company (who by the way, turn 10 next year). The accumulation of shake & stir’s hard work, talent, passion, energy, accessibility and …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:56AMSunday, August 30, 2015
Brisbane audiences are in for a special treat with Marina Prior’s one-woman show – A Prior Engagement – heading to Brisbane Powerhouse’s Visy Theatre this September 10 and 11. She…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:34PMSaturday, August 1, 2015
On Saturday night at their Holy Trinity Headquarters in Fortitude Valley, Heartbeast Theatre unveiled their latest offering, King Lear; the well-known tale of the titular King that generall…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:29PMThursday, July 30, 2015
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company and QPAC, the world premiere play (with songs), Country Song is a fictionalised story inspired by the life of Jimmy Little. After being inspired …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:21PMMonday, July 27, 2015
Escapism is a new escape room experience open at Strike Bowling Wintergarden: locked together in a room with 50 minutes to escape There are three scenarios to choose from- Butcher’s Burro…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:20AMSunday, June 28, 2015
It’s impossible to predict what delights awaits you when planning to attend a Sven Swenson production. With intriguing storylines and surprising plot twists assured, the lead-up to openin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:52PMSaturday, June 20, 2015
The Queensland Cabaret Festival is about to wind up another busy year on Queensland stages (June 10 – 20). Highlights of the 2015 festival featured some big names such as Tex Perkins, Mar…
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