• Editor's Choice Strong Is The New Pretty

    Queensland Theatre Company: Strong Is The New Pretty

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    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…
    Editor's Choice Macbeth

    West Australian Ballet: Macbeth

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    Choreographer Alice Topp reimagines Shakespeare’s tragedy in a contemporary world of politics, media and influence. Six years in the making, this co-production with Royal New Zealand Ballet had its world premiere in Wellington in February. Drawing on 1940s big band, 1970s funk, progressive rock and electronic dance music, Christopher Gordon’s score combines…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Strong is the New Pretty

    QPAC - Playhouse
    It’s not just about a sport. It’s about a revolution. “Kick it to me!” The celebrated Australian playwright behind sell-out smash hit RBG: Of Many, One and international phenomena Prima Facie and Inter Alia, Suzie Miller turns her extraordinary imagination to the birth of the AFLW in this world premiere.…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus

    South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…
    Editor's Choice Gilbert & Sullivan: A Soiree of Song and Satire

    Prospero Arts: Gilbert & Sullivan – A Soiree of Song and Satire

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Following a successful Melbourne season for Opera Australia in May this year, Prospero Arts is bringing this concert celebration of G&S to Brisbane. Directed by Stuart Maunder with James Dobinson as Musical Director, the Brisbane lineup includes Jason Barry-Smith, Billy Bourchier, Nina Korbe, Irena Lysiuk, Ben Mingay and Cassandra Seidemann,…
    Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…
    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Merrigong Theatre Company: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Direct from its triumph in London’s West End, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, this unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) comes to Wollongong! Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate…
    Someone Else’s Story

    SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre: Someone Else’s Story

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    Communities are made up of vulnerable, unique and beautifully flawed people. And that’s a good thing, because it would be boring if we were all the same. Someone Else’s Story is a sharp, comedic exploration of society’s moral fabric when an ordinary morning train ride quickly derails and the commuters, a…
    Zerial

    Aerial Artists Australia: Zerial

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Showcasing a spectacular mix of never-before-seen acts alongside your all-time favourites, this is a show you won’t want to miss. Featuring the soaring vocals of musical theatre sensation Teagan Wouters and acclaimed opera singer Mark Oates, Zerial blends powerful singing with breathtaking physical artistry. Be captivated by a magical lineup of aerialists,…
    Stories of Our Land

    Youth Mill Performing Arts Foundation: Stories of Our Land

    The Princess Theatre, Brisbane 8 Annerly Rd, Woollongabba, QLD, Australia
     Bringing together young First Nations performers from across Australia, with cultural connections spanning Queensland, the Torres Strait, the Northern Territory, Victoria, Western Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Stories of Our Land shares powerful stories of Country, culture and identity in a new contemporary performing arts production premiering in Brisbane this September. Guided…
    Brisbane Festival

    The Farm: No One Gets Out Of Here Alive

    Talbot Theatre, Thomas Dixon Centre 406 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Created by The Farm – known for bold physicality, emotional directness, and irreverent theatricality – No One Gets Out of Here Alive confronts mortality into a deeply visceral experience that takes us beyond words into the nature of dying. Death is a taboo subject, something Western culture doesn't like to…