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Metro Arts Announced Award Recipient of 2020 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards.

Arcana Brisbane will present Dear Adults… as part of the Brisbane Anywhere Festival for a limited number of shows from Friday the 21st of May to Sunday the 23rd of May 2021. Tickets are currently on sale at anywhere.is/dearadults.

MELT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture returns to Brisbane Powerhouse from 20 – 30 May 2020

The award winning musical Come From Away landed on Brisbane's shores on Sunday night and whilst its future is still uncertain, its story is more relevant than ever. Partly it's because it is indeed the 20th anniversary year of 9/11 but more so because of it's celebration and banding together of communities; something that's ever present in our co-vid climate.

Review | Conviction by The Hive Collective

Next up on our local artists interview segment are Zara Pasfield and Renzo B.Larriviere, the co-creators of Photosynthesis Ballet: Florescentia (and Evanescent) at Curiocity Brisbane from the 12th-28th of March. Here's what they had to say...

As the second show of The Hive Collective's debut season, Elektra/Orestes is a contemporary adaptation of Socrates epic of the same name, although I imagine that Socrates might be rolling over in his grave...

To celebrate Women's History Month, next up on my arts in conversation is Asabi Goodman, Lisa Hickey, Lauren Roche and Amanda McErlean from the cast of The Curator's The Revolutionists. Their respective bios are featured at the bottom of this article. Here's what these remarkable ladies had to say...

Interview | Composer and Musician Matt Hsu

The Bull, The Moon & The Coronet Of Stars | The Hive Collective

Co-created, written and performed by Virag Dombay, Gabby Fitzgerald, Zac Lawrence and Lachlan Driscoll, Handle with Care is a new conceptual work set to tread the boards of the Brisbane independent theatre scene at the end of this month.

Hello, Gaz Rhumbo! is a new absurdist comedy presented by Lightning Bolt Creative and written by Willem Whitfield, who also stars in the titular role, that made its debut at Backdock Arts on Saturday. It followed its protagonist's journey from life to death (literally), exploring themes of the innocence, sexuality and the uncertainty of life. For those that know me personally, know that I love absurdism and as a theatre-maker myself, I love to delve into its waters whenever I can. It's a form of theatre that's hard to do and when creating a new work that resides within that genre, it's often easier to flop then to soar. Knowing that, I applaud Whitfield and his company for delving into such uncharted waters. Their work didn't flop, but it also didn't soar.

An interview with Brisbane artist Rebel Lyons

Last night, QPAC's Lyric Theatre transformed into our favourite green ogre's swamp and it is quite the spectacle. And the musical spares no expense with only the most dazzling costumes, set and puppets. Whilst I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I'd be laughing and cheering through a mask at the theatre, it was worth it to be immersed in such a world of colour, hope and love. From Fiona getting her own fairytale ending, to Farquad re-uniting with his long-lost father, to the Pinocchio finally accepting himself for who he was... the musical has it all.

It's not everyday that you get to go to the opening night of a debut Queensland production at QPAC, featuring a creative team and cast made of Queenslanders. So that in itself, was a quite a wonderful feeling. With an original story by Joe Brumm, set by Rockhampton born designer, Jonathon Oxlade and new music by Joff Bush, this brand-new play of the worldwide tv hit sensation of the same name is all that I imagine a child's definition of heaven would look like. There's multiple dance parties, a very thorough game of hide and seek, there's glowing balloons and there's been bubbles.

For many of us, Love Actually plays a fundamental role in our Christmas Celebrations. Whether it's listening to its iconic playlist as you make Christmas lunch or watching it every third or second day until Christmas.

INTERVIEW | Charlie Gehrman and Zoe Jeffrey, creatives on the UQ Law Revue 2020: Law Actually

Next up on my Brisbane local artists segment are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artists, Kristian Santic and James Elliott, who've recently combined forces to create The Time Travel Cafe. Kristian is an interdisciplinary performance artist and director specialising in the forms of Theatre, Dance, and Circus with a strong curiosity for experimental and hybrid work. His collaborative nature and holistic training style yields collage-like performances that are heavily influenced by the utilization of diverse modes of expressions: live projection, community interaction/sustainability, large-scale spectacle, installation, and cinematography. Kristian's experience extends across production, creative consultancy, choreography, dramaturgy, film, and workshop facilitation. Kristian is a strong believer that the role of art is to heal and serve the community and it's collective consciousness.

A review of Love/Hate Actually

ALL-STAR ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN LEAD CAST CONFIRMED FOR SHREK THE MUSICAL AT QPAC