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Nov 4, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Heidi Maier |Olivia Stewart |Laurie Marsden
Power, precision and impressive experimentation – these are the qualities audiences can expect to find in The Next 14 Seconds, the latest production from award-winning Brisbane artistic ensemble Phluxus2 Dance Collective, premiering at QPAC on November 28.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Stephen Vagg |Heidi Maier
An early role as Lady Macbeth while touring with The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe laid the groundwork decades ago for Roxanne McDonald’s upcoming star turn at La Boite in 2025. One of the treats next year promises to be a production of Shakespeare classic Macbeth, co-directed by La Boite’s artistic director Courtney Stewart and Polytoxic’s Lisa Fa’alafi.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Stephen Vagg |Heidi Maier |Michelle Wakim
The jacarandas are in bloom and the weather’s getting balmy, which means it’s time for the 4MBS Brisbane Shakespeare Festival. The focal point of the festival is Shakespeare in the Park, which happens at the Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre, a wonderful venue for keeping the works of William Shakespeare alive and breathing and on stage.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Stephen Vagg |Heidi Maier |Michelle Wakim
Not all musicals deserve to be recycled but one that does is Jesus Christ Superstar. For a start, for many people it’s a beautiful way of accessing the gospels and, like it or not, the story of Jesus is foundational to western civilization and values. And, hey, the music’s pretty good too! Maybe recycled is the wrong word to use in this case. Perhaps resurrected would be better.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Graham Strahle |Heidi Maier |Sean Sennett
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Stephen Vagg |Heidi Maier |Michelle Wakim
There’s no theatrical experiences quite like the ones you have when you’re young, before the capacity for wonder gets squeezed out of your soul by critics, worthiness and hidden ticket fees. Brisbane Arts Theatre has always been a place of magic for me because so much of my formative theatre-going experience happened there.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Louise Martin-Chew |Jane Llewellyn |Heidi Maier
Mackay might be best known for sugarcane and mining but it has long punched above its weight also as a cultural powerhouse. Put that down, in part, to Mackay’s diverse population. Its first inhabitants and custodians were the Yuibera peoples and since colonisation South Sea Islanders, Italians, Maltese and Filipinos have also created communities in this North Queensland city. This cultural strength is visible in the quality of the city’s public art and the programming of Artspace Mackay since 2003.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Jane Llewellyn |Heidi Maier |Louise Martin-Chew
Brisbane Powerhouse artistic director and CEO Kate Gould was interrupted by otherworldly sounds during her speech opening the venue’s Night Feast, but more on that later …Set within the lush surrounds of the creative hub, Night Feast invites food and culture fans to dine under the stars by the Brisbane River.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Heidi Maier |Helen Barlow |Louise Martin-Chew
Tarnanthi Art FairA reminder to art lovers near and far that thousands of works from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists across the country will be for sale this weekend via the online Tarnanthi Art Fair. While the digital platform – here – may not offer the same tactile and social opportunities as an in-person fair, it does mean you can browse the works from any location – and return to shop as often as you like between 5pm on Friday, October 18, until 9pm on Monday, October 21.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Jane Llewellyn |Heidi Maier |Louise Martin-Chew
Bridget Currie: each one a worldCarrick HillBridget Currie’s exhibition, each one a world, invites audiences to interact with her work and explore our relationship to nature. Co-presented with the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) for the Nature Festival, the exhibition at Carrick Hill celebrates the stunning house and its expansive gardens. Through works developed over two years, Currie presents a series of varied responses to the environment.
