Pics: Girl From the North Country premiere
QPAC rolled out the red carpet for the opening of Girl from the North Country, starring Lisa McCune and featuring the music of Bob Dylan.
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Review: The most unusual musical of our times
A musical featuring the music of Bob Dylan did not sound like a good idea. Turns out it works, writes Phil Brown.
‘Clever, funny and realistic’: Racy play about race relations worth a watch
REVIEW: It’s Anita Heiss’s racy play about race relations but Tiddas is so much more and it promises to be one of the hits of this year’s Brisbane Festival, writes Phil Brown.
Gallery: World premiere of Holding Achilles
Theatre lovers and dignitaries, including Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and John Kotzas, attended the world premiere opening night of Holding Achilles at QPAC’s Playhouse Friday as part of Brisbane Festival.
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‘Weird’ dance show is the new gold standard for performances
It’s a 45-minute show in which dancers are told what to do by a computer and if that sounds weird it is, writes Phil Brown, but in a good way.
Star pees on stage during Brisbane Festival show
You don’t expect one of the stars of a show to pee on stage but with this Brisbane Festival headline show at Powerhouse, anything can and will happen, writes Phil Brown.
‘Never seen anything like this’: Festival show that must come back
It’s the show that set the Brisbane Festival alight and this North Queensland production is so good our reviewer would travel interstate to see it.
Moment that stopped Boy Swallows Universe opening night
The anticipation for the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe has been akin to the Second Coming, but the premiere of the show was brought to a shuddering halt. Read Phil Brown’s review.
Major Brisbane Festival attraction cancelled
It was supposed to be a transformative experience and a seminal part of Brisbane Festival’s BOQ Festival Garden on the Rainforest Green at South Bank but Circa’s Silver City has fallen victim to Covid and manufacturing problems in Europe.
Putting the Brisbane back into Brisbane Festival
Brisbane Festival has never been more local and with the return of Street Serenades and Brisbane’s Art Boat, the city is being celebrated like never before with 139 productions in a staggering 223 locations.
Riverfire back with a bang for 2021
Brisbane’s favourite free event is back with a major bang this year following the heartbreaking decision to cancel it in 2020 amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
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