• Editor's Choice The Paper Escaper

    Brisbane Festival: ESCAPE

    QPAC - Playhouse
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page…
  • JARJUM @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: JARJUM

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    JARJUM is a powerful multi-media production combining a short dance film with a live contemporary dance performance, whimsical puppetry and honest storytelling, celebrating the voices, strength and creativity of First Nations youth. Created by First Nations choreographer Mitch Currie, JARJUM brings together young people from metropolitan and regional communities to…
    New Annual: All In by Dance Makers Collective

    New Annual: All In by Dance Makers Collective

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    All In by Dance Makers Collective is a joyful, immersive celebration of dance featuring choreography by Miranda Wheen and music by award-winning composer Fiona Hill. In this mass dance work, three local dance groups perform alongside some incredible professional contemporary dancers with a cross-section of styles under their belt. Will…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…
    New Annual: All In by Dance Makers Collective

    New Annual: All In by Dance Makers Collective

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    All In by Dance Makers Collective is a joyful, immersive celebration of dance featuring choreography by Miranda Wheen and music by award-winning composer Fiona Hill. In this mass dance work, three local dance groups perform alongside some incredible professional contemporary dancers with a cross-section of styles under their belt. Will…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…
    SYNAPSE @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: SYNAPSE

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    What is happening to our brains? SYNAPSE explores the impacts of all the things our brain wasn’t designed to handle and digital overstimulation. Live musicians and dancers attempt to grapple with ecosystem collapse, mass data, algorithmic ubiquity, and the anxieties of our digital ‘Age of Enlightenment’, and what gets spat…
    SYNAPSE @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: SYNAPSE

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    What is happening to our brains? SYNAPSE explores the impacts of all the things our brain wasn’t designed to handle and digital overstimulation. Live musicians and dancers attempt to grapple with ecosystem collapse, mass data, algorithmic ubiquity, and the anxieties of our digital ‘Age of Enlightenment’, and what gets spat…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…

    The Clocktower Centre: Victorian Opera in Concert

    The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
    Settle in for an unforgettable morning of music as three of Victorian Opera’s most dazzling young talents present a captivating concert filled with operatic gems, hidden treasures, and delightful surprises. This is opera in its most intimate and enchanting form. These rising stars are the proud recipients of the Victorian…
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…