Kate Herbert

Oct 18, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Vyshnavee Wijekumar |Tony Way |Cameron Woodhead |Kate Herbert

Anna Cordingley’s design crafts meticulously observed locales for this smeared kaleidoscope of small-town gothic, from a bloodstained laundromat to the inebriated confines of a seedy karaoke bar. And a large and talented cast has been assembled to play Hope Hill’s denizens. You won’t be able to glean every jot and tittle of their stories in one play-through, though you’ll be able to deduce much from what you do see.

Oct 16, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Vyshnavee Wijekumar |Tony Way |Cameron Woodhead |Kate Herbert

Sometimes country music is, yes, all about beer and trucks (no complaints). But in some of its finest moments it is three supremely talented women with no trucks left to give. The Chicks opened their show at Rod Laver Arena on Monday with Gaslighter – the title track from their 2020 album that draws from singer Natalie Maines’ divorce.

Oct 14, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Vyshnavee Wijekumar |Tony Way |Cameron Woodhead |Kate Herbert

The last time the Chicks were here, in 2017, they still had the Dixie – and its slavery connotations – in their name. After the death of George Floyd in 2020 they removed it. The backlash they faced in 2003 for criticising the USA’s invasion of Iraq inspired Not Ready to Make Nice which remains one of their absolute best and they brought all their raw power to it.

Oct 14, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Vyshnavee Wijekumar |Tony Way |Cameron Woodhead |Kate Herbert

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Oct 7, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Kate Herbert |Kate Jones |Cameron Woodhead |Tony Way

Rob Mallett takes us beyond Elvis impersonation. The curled lip, trembling thigh and rockabilly quiff are all present and accounted for, but this charismatic incarnation stitches brilliant artist into flawed human being, unfurling from a mamma’s boy prone to stage-fright into the overworked superstar whose music and image conquered the globe.