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Virag Dombay

Virag Dombay is an award-winning actor, director, playright and theatric critic who has been engrossed in the theatric world from a young age. She has been involved in a variety of children’s theatre and mainhouse shows and has directed quite a few as well, with her favourite being Alice in Wonderland. Virag has also put on three of her own works and has produced two short films. Virag currently studies a bachelor of fine arts (drama) with a minor in creative writing. When she isn’t on stage or studying, you can find with a notebook in her lap, jotting down ideas for a new script or reflecting on a piece of theatre she’s just seen.






Interview | Nelle Lee on her adaptation of CHRISTMAS CAROL for shake & stir
Interview | Nelle Lee on her adaptation of CHRISTMAS CAROL for shake & stir
November 24, 2021

shake & stir's A Christmas Carol runs from the 2nd-24th of December at the Playhouse, QPAC

BWW Review: LESBIAN LOVE STORIES at Wynnum Fringe
BWW Review: LESBIAN LOVE STORIES at Wynnum Fringe
November 22, 2021

Created by The Local Lesbians, Lesbian Love Stories is a joyous yet occasionally heartbreaking depiction of sapphic tales from around the world

BWW Review: GREASE by the Musical Theatre students of the Queensland Conservatorium
BWW Review: GREASE by the Musical Theatre students of the Queensland Conservatorium
November 10, 2021

The Musical Theatre Students of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's production of Grease was of a high calibre, but the weight of its outdated message was too heavy to ignore

BWW Review: AWAY at La Boite
BWW Review: AWAY at La Boite
October 30, 2021

Set in the 1960s, first performed in the 1980s, Away is an Australian classic which tells the story of three stories woven together with an embedded Shakespearean text of A Midsummer Night's Dream and ending with a passage from King Lear. Filled with pop culture references to going away, it's a show about escapism and the simplicity of escaping to the beach. It explores the human condition and themes of love, pain, trauma, loneliness of youth.

BWW Review: FOURTHCOMING by shake & stir
BWW Review: FOURTHCOMING by shake & stir
October 29, 2021

shake & stir's Fourthcoming is refreshing, joyous and innovative. If you love reality tv or if you want to experience a night of sexyness, laughter and exquisite stagecraft and writing, this is the show for you.

BWW Interview: Johnny Balbuziente and Cece Peters from shake & stir's FOURTHCOMING
BWW Interview: Johnny Balbuziente and Cece Peters from shake & stir's FOURTHCOMING
October 19, 2021

Fourthcoming is running at QPAC from the 23rd of October.  

BWW Review: MAZE by The Naughty Corner Collective
BWW Review: MAZE by The Naughty Corner Collective
September 30, 2021

Presented by The Naughty Corner Collective, DPS Academy with Dead Puppet Society and Brisbane Powerhouse, MAZE is a visually striking hybrid form of theatre which brings to new light the story of The Bastard Beast of Crete.

Queensland Theatre Announces 2022 Season
Queensland Theatre Announces 2022 Season
September 27, 2021

Last night, Queensland Theatre's Artistic Director Lee Lewis announced the company's 2022 season; a season that's full of big plays and big ideas.

BWW Review: LET'S BE FRIENDS FUREVER at The Good Room
BWW Review: LET'S BE FRIENDS FUREVER at The Good Room
September 22, 2021

The Good Room's Let's Be Friends Furever is a cozy, heartfelt blanket for both canines and humans. Presented as a series of vignettes, this work shares the true stories of dog owners past and present and how having a furry four-legged creature as their pet has profoundly impacted their lives. These vignettes were curated from responses received to on online survey, answered by audience members world wide and curated into the postmodern, wholesome spectacle we witnessed tonight.

Interview | The Naughty Corner on their upcoming work MAZE
Interview | The Naughty Corner on their upcoming work MAZE
September 12, 2021

MAZE runs at the Underground Theatre in Brisbane Powerhouse from September 29 - October 2,

BWW Review: AUNTIE'S FIAFIA NIGHT by Cassus Circus
BWW Review: AUNTIE'S FIAFIA NIGHT by Cassus Circus
September 10, 2021

Directed by Natano Fa'anana, in collaboration with local Pasifika community groups, Auntie's Fiafia Night is a colourful, vibrant and energetic celebration of Polynesian culture, legends and art.

BWW Review: DEMOLITION by Polytoxic
BWW Review: DEMOLITION by Polytoxic
September 8, 2021

Making its world premiere at Brisbane Festival, Polytoxic’s Demolition is an explosive construction-site cabaret written by women, performed by women about what it is to be a woman and more specifically, a woman of colour in the twenty-first century.

Review | FIRST NATIONS FASHION: WALKING IN TWO WORLDS AT BRISBANE FESTIVAL
Review | FIRST NATIONS FASHION: WALKING IN TWO WORLDS AT BRISBANE FESTIVAL
September 7, 2021

Last night I had the honour and privilege to be one of the hundreds of spectators at the First Nations Fashion: Walking in Two Worlds Fashion Show. Even before the models entered the runway, the atmosphere was buzzing with electricity, wonder and, most of all, love and compassion that we could all be sharing this experience together.

BWW Review: Clerks and Recreation by the UQ Law Society
BWW Review: Clerks and Recreation by the UQ Law Society
September 4, 2021

The University of Queensland Law Society’s Clerks and Recreation by the UQ Law Society was a night of frivolity and fun

Review | OF MICE AND MEN by AD ASTRA
Review | OF MICE AND MEN by AD ASTRA
September 3, 2021

Ad Astra's Of Mice and Men tells a story of hope, loss and the power of camaraderie. It is a tale that despite being set in the thirties, still feels incredibly relevant today. Featuring a powerhouse of Brisbane's finest, this is not one to be missed.

REVIEW | TITANIC: THE MOVIE, THE PLAY by Act React
REVIEW | TITANIC: THE MOVIE, THE PLAY by Act React
August 20, 2021

A show with many Roses, Act React's Titanic: The Move, the Play is a hilarious adapatation of one of cinema's biggest blockbusters and to be honest, I actually think it's better than the movie and I've never even watched the movie in English...

 BWW Review: PRIMA FACIE at Queensland Theatre
BWW Review: PRIMA FACIE at Queensland Theatre
August 17, 2021

It's taken me a few days since seeing Griffin Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre's production of Prima Facie to write this review, as I've been struggling with finding the right words to summarise what a profound and confronting impact playwright Suzie Miller has threaded through her words, director Lee Lewis has shaped into life on stage and actor Sheridan Harbridge breathed into existence.

Review: A MIDNIGHT VISIT
Review: A MIDNIGHT VISIT
August 15, 2021

.A Midnight's Visit is an immersive and equally mad playground of Edgar Allan Poe haunting, gothic world which seemingly had no rules.

Review WEST SIDE STORY at QPAC
Review WEST SIDE STORY at QPAC
July 25, 2021

If you're out for a night of good music, dazzling choreography, a touch of nostalgia and a story that still hits too close to home, West Side Story is the place to go.

Interview | Natasha and Chloe, artistic directors of The Local Lesbians
Interview | Natasha and Chloe, artistic directors of The Local Lesbians
July 24, 2021

Interview | Natasha and Chloe, artistic directors of The Local Lesbians



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