Performing Arts

AWAKEN YOUR SPRING SENSES

 Tue, 2011-10-04 10:00 The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion in an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll. Told through "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade" (Entertainment... Read more

TAKE A STAB AT HAPPINESS

 Mon, 2011-10-03 10:00 William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream has never looked this good. This modern take on the world-renowned dramatic play is showing at the Arts Centre Gold Coast from Thursday 6 – Friday 7 October. This version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before.... Read more

TOSCA

 Sun, 2011-09-25 10:00 Puccini's spectacular work makes a triumphant return to Queensland with its original director John Copley. Napoleon is poised at the doorstep of Italy ... in a climate of civil unrest and fear, the fiery singer Floria Tosca and her lover Cavaradossi are drawn into a complex web of ruthless... Read more

RHINOCEROS IN LOVE

 Fri, 2011-09-23 10:00 The most successful Chinese play of all time has been performed to more than one million people in China. Now it comes to Brisbane.  It was one night, during one of the many performances of Rhinoceros in Love, when the audience audibly repeated a line; “loving her is the best thing I... Read more

THE SUM OF US

 Fri, 2011-09-09 10:40 John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, McLeod's Daughters, Better Homes and Gardens) stars in a modern Australian classic. The Sum of Us is a bitter sweet comedy that revolves around the devoted and loving relationship between widower, Harry, and his homosexual son, Jeff, and their individual searches for a... Read more

GUYS, GIRLS & GANGSTERS

 Sun, 2011-09-04 13:15 Brisbane is about to relive the swinging style that was the 1930s when the Gangsters' Ball rolls into town for a one night only showcase of glamour, cabaret sideshow vaudeville, magic, and of course big bands. Now in its fourth year, The Gangsters' Ball tours the country putting on shows... Read more

Dreaming in the Spiegeltent

Fri, 2011-08-26 07:51 Welcome to the magical world of The Dream Menagerie. Believe what you see, for you’ll never see what you believe! Strut & Fret Production House invites Brisbane to join their international cast of curiosities in a thrilling new Brisbane Festival Spiegeltent experience. The internationally... Read more

THE LESBIAN LANGUAGE OF LOVE & LUST

 Tue, 2011-08-16 11:01 Brisbane-based poets, Betsy Turcot and Eleanor Jackson, will be launching their two-person poetic dialogue “A Mills & Boon Swoon” on 28 August 2011 at the Judith Wright Centre as a part of the Queensland Poetry Festival. We all know the formula for love, right? Boy meets girl, they... Read more

DOUBLE PLATINUM TOUR - THE TEN TENORS

 Wed, 2011-08-10 12:26 Caloundra to Mackay,  19 - 25 August QPAC, Brisbane, 1 & 2 September Some people think classical music and rock are at opposite ends of the spectrum. The TEN Tenors not; witness their latest offering; Double Platinum; a brand new show alongside a double album of the same name, marking the... Read more

THE KRANSKY SISTERS

 Tue, 2011-08-02 10:00 The Kransky Sisters are back from a tour of the wilds of Europe with Three Bags Full. Don’t miss the award-winning trio as Mourne, Eve and youngest sister Dawn return to Brisbane with their oddball mix of music, song and story. Equipped with their dueling tambourines, tuba, musical-saw,... Read more

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