‘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.
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Boy Swallows Universe extended due to popular demand
The stage version of Trent Dalton’s hit Boy Swallows Universe has been extended for a sixth and final week. Here’s how to get tickets.
‘Overwhelmed’: Second author in famous family scores book prize
Queensland Ballet’s Mary Li has joined her iconic husband in the author stakes, and has taken out The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.
I frickin’ loved it: Moby Dick gets mashed up with Star Trek
Dead Puppet Society’s entertaining space opera based on Moby Dick doesn’t have a white whale, but there is a scary white entity out in space where nobody can hear you scream, writes Phil Brown.
Struggling Arts sector welcomes $33.5m cash splash
Minister Leeanne Enoch has done small to medium Arts organisations a huge solid in announcing $33.5 million in funding for the struggling sector.
Confronting, finger-pointing theatre that ‘blows sh*t up’
Some people will cheer while others may cringe as Brisbane outfit Polytoxic takes a blowtorch to contemporary society with dance numbers and a cast in high vis vests, writes Phil Brown.
Last chance to catch Brisbane Festival’s floating success story
It’s fast becoming the hit of the Brisbane Festival and is proof that and artistic director Louise Bezzina’s bright idea has turned out to be one of her best, but you’d better hurry if you want to enjoy this experience for yourself.
11 artists shortlisted from 100 to create $12m Queen’s Wharf extravaganza
Some $12 million will be spent on art for Brisbane’s massive Queen’s Wharf development, with the artist shortlist already being culled.
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.
Was Romeo a girl? Well he is now
Casting a female actor as Romeo is not as unusual as it sounds, according to Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble’s Rob Pensalfini, and the proof is in the pudding because their new production of a Shakespeare classic is terrific.
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