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Queensland Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons is a 2019 production taking another bow in 2025.

The 25 best shows and cultural events to see in Brisbane in 2025

From singing nuns and hobbits to ice-skating legends, here are highlights of the year ahead.

  • Nick Dent

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Anh Do’s Weirdo books and his Wolf Girl series are set for screen adaptations.

Beloved Anh Do series to make it to the screen

Do’s children’s books have topped sales lists for the past five years. Now, they’ll make the jump to the screen.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
‘The Boab’ at Cottesloe 2021.

Sculpture by the Sea rejected funding that could have saved event: premier

Roger Cook said local governments had offered to fund the now-cancelled Sculpture by the Sea event if the location was moved from Cottesloe to a different beach.

  • Holly Thompson
Keanu Gonzalez and Yashith Fernando are the leads in a new locally written and produced musical called ‘One Day in September’.

Musical explores the curiously closeted world of Aussie rules

One Day in September imagines the world of a footballer grappling with coming out.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Kate Bush with Meldrum.

Could Countdown be reborn on the ABC?

The landmark music program is celebrating its 50th birthday. Its impact on local artists was undeniable, and there are calls to bring it back.

  • Michael Dwyer
Samantha Harvey speaks after winning the Booker Prize)

Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

The world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction has been announced in London this morning. Australian Charlotte Wood was among six authors shortlisted, but an English author took out the award.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
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Casey Donovan (centre) leads the cast of Sister Act.

Casey Donovan spearheads a sparkling cast in spirited show full of uplifting silliness

It’s a joy to watch a feel-good musical that does exactly what it says on the box.

  • Cameron Woodhead
Left, pianist Jayson Gillham and, right, former Melbourne Symphony Orchestra managing director Sophie Galaise.

Sacked pianist’s action against MSO reveals its divisions

Sacked pianist Jayson Gillham will come up against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for an initial hearing in the Federal Court next week.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Then Premier Dominic Perrottet, the Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin and Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich pictured looking at the flood damaged artworks from Lismore art gallery that are being restored by conservators at the Registrar-General’s Building in Sydney in May 2022.

New theatre HQ and gallery set to put Lismore back on the arts map

A former joinery factory is set to become the centrepiece of an arts-led regeneration of flood-ravaged Lismore.

  • Heath Gilmore
The Cygnet now has its old name, the Como Theatre – and a new face and purpose.

South Dullsville no more? Wake-up call for Perth’s sleepiest inner-city suburb

A leafy inner-city area known for its sought-after real estate – but definitely not its nightlife – is suddenly looking more interesting, and it’s tapping into a zeitgeist.

  • Mark Naglazas

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