Brisbane Festival announces its 2021 program
Artistic Director Louise Bezzina hopes people will be able to come together "in a really bright, shimmery way, with a sense of celebration" at this year's Brisbane Festival.
Artistic Director Louise Bezzina hopes people will be able to come together "in a really bright, shimmery way, with a sense of celebration" at this year's Brisbane Festival.
Leading playwrights and directors talk about how to honour the original book, while breathing new life into it for the theatre.
The eight plays include the highly anticipated adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe, The Taming of the Shrew directed by Damien Ryan, and Sheridan Harbridge reprising her stunning turn in Prima Facie.
Sam Strong's final QT season includes four world premieres, among them Boy Swallows Universe, and two classics transplanted to Queensland.
Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival are to stage a theatrical adaptation in September 2020, directed by Sam Strong.
The young playwright wins another honour for The Almighty Sometimes, while Behrouz Boochani, who is locked up on Manus Island, is given a special award.