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Nov 3, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Nance Haxton |Michelle Wakim |Anthony Mullins
Worldwide sensation Round the Twist has morphed over three decades from best-selling book to much-loved TV series and now a world-premiere musical. Round The Twist The Musical, a co-production between Queensland Theatre and QPAC, opens in the QPAC Playhouse on November 12. This iteration of author Paul Jennings’ creation that revolves around the sometimes-supernatural adventures of a family who live in a lighthouse began with a spark of an idea eight years ago.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Nance Haxton |Olivia Stewart |Louise Martin-Chew
One of Baykali Ganambarr’s fondest childhood recollections is being mesmerised by the legendary Warumpi Band when they played on Elcho Island where he grew up. He’s now drawing on those memories narrating the band’s tribute musical Big Name, No Blankets, playing the role of founder and guitarist Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher. They are playing the Concert Hall at QPAC, September 20-21, as part of Brisbane Festival.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Nance Haxton
With more than 1000 performances during Brisbane Festival, including a series of blockbusters, it’s easy to overlook the smaller more innovative productions. And yet they are often the beating heart of the program. Or, in the case of Metro Arts – the renowned melting pot that supports smaller more edgy works – this beating heart is more like a room-size stomach with audience members invited inside to take part in a captivating feast for the senses.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nirs.org.au | Nance Haxton
The Parliament of NSW has unveiled a powerful artwork celebrating the enduring cultural heritage of the traditional owners of the land where Parliament stands. The sculpture and plaque on Parliament’s Macquarie Street forecourt is a collaboration between Dharawal and Yuin artist Alison Page, Indigenous heritage consultant Rowena Welsh-Jarret and ceramicist Simon Reece.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nirs.org.au | Nance Haxton
A Queensland Museum exhibition is honouring the heritage and contribution of Australian South Sea Islanders, as well as shining a light on a difficult chapter of Australian history. `Say our Name’ explores the rich cultural identity of Australian South Sea Islanders – the descendants of people brought to Australia as indentured labour to work on sugar cane and cotton farms.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Nance Haxton |Gillian Wills |Cameron Pegg
Brisbane Festival is about to showcase the biggest Indigenous line-up in the festival’s history. More than 180 First Nations creators and performers are taking part in a two-week program, the largest involvement of First Nations artists in the festival. For multidisciplinary storyteller and performer Ghenoa Gela it is immensely significant that her Torres Strait Islander heritage is to be celebrated at Brisbane Festival in two show, Straight From The Strait and GURR ERA OP.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Nance Haxton |Gillian Wills |Jane Llewellyn
The Quandamooka Festival is defying the recent trend of festivals collapsing. Instead, it promises to be bigger and better when it returns this month as the first full-scale Quandamooka Festival since 2022. Celebrating First Nations arts, music, food and culture, the festival will run on North Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah this Friday (from 4pm) and Saturday, August 30-31.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
nirs.org.au | Nance Haxton
The Commissioner overseeing legal recognition of Torres Strait Islander customary adoption in Queensland says the process has been so successful that it should be used as a model for similar customs around Australia. Commissioner C’Zarke Maza of Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa says the state now provides a process to legally recognise the Ailan Kastom where a child is gifted by birth parents to another family member. “So this practice is certainly, I regard it as unique.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
nirs.org.au | Nance Haxton
An Indigenous-led social enterprise that employs and trains young Indigenous people and recycles e-waste in the community is so successful it has expanded its Brisbane operations. The recycling hub at Brendale handles old IT equipment from private and public entities, saving precious minerals from landfill while ensuring data security is not compromised.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Lisa Woolford |Nance Haxton |PHIL BROWN
“I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not. Not now, not ever.” Then prime minister Julia Gillard’s words echoed around the mostly male parliament in 2012. That phrase from the 15-minute impassioned monologue has since become a cultural touchstone in Australian politics. Now Julia, which wasa sold-out success when it premiered in Canberra and Sydney in 2023, brings Adelaide audiences the human story behind the famous speech.
