Review: Straight from the Strait (Brisbane Festival)
This world premiere production of a new musical honouring Torres Strait Islander railway workers radiates joy.
Elise Lawrence is a freelance writer and caffeine-based life form currently living in Brisbane, Australia. Her writing has been published in Limelight, Mous Magazine, Kyoto Journal and Hot Chicks with Big Brains, among others, and she blogs about her new home city at Backstreet Brisbane.
This world premiere production of a new musical honouring Torres Strait Islander railway workers radiates joy.
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