Anywhere Reviews
Read reviews from Anywhere Reviewers as well as links to other online publications giving you the heads up on what to see at Anywhere Festival.
Every year Anywhere Festival invites writers and performance lovers to write reviews of performances at the festival.We ask people to bring their own perspective and to tell us what we think - we're know you don't want to hear that everything is brilliant... unless of course it is.
Reviews start with the most recent and you can go back through Anywhere Festival reviews of our Brisbane festival, Sunshine Coast Festival, Noosa Festival, Moreton Bay festival and everything else.
Review: Eat Her Out
Eat Her Out is a two woman show, written by and starring Aoife Kissane and Georgia Thomas. The show is a humorous, barbed commentary on queer life under a cost…
Review: Stark Raven Mad
Stark Raven Mad took my family (three generations) on a fantastical poetry journey this morning, at On The Boards Theatre in Tingalpa.
Learn to re-wild your mind with Wild Vacancies-Urban Nature Adventure presented by Sally Guildford
Dr Gemma Regan Re-wilding urban areas back to their original natural state is the in-thing. Now you can learn how to re-wild yourself in the urban environment of Yeronga behind…
Blow the Men Down presented by Flaming Carnations
Review by Kathy M. 2 August 2024 at 7pm The Paint Factory, Yeronga Blow the Men Down written and produced by Julia Cox is a raucous and chaotic comedy performed…
Review: K Mak at the Planetarium
Review by Sarah Skubala Following sell-out seasons at last year’s Anywhere Festival, plus sell-out shows at this year’s Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, K Mak (alongside sister show Angel Strings)…
Review: Set Me On Fire presented by Silent Sky
Set Me On Fire, the premiere work of Silent Sky theatre collective, filled the Backdock Arts theatre with a nostalgia for young love, presented as part of Anywhere Festival 2024.…
Review: Cabarats, presented by Verum Arts
Just from its title, you can tell Cabarats doesn’t want to be taken seriously. Chock full of cheese puns and hammy noir/gangster pastiche dialogue, the show is a veritable charcuterie…
Review: Truth; from a liars lips
When this modest theatre production started, I felt quite removed from the setting; a medieval castle, within which a new queen has just taken charge and struggles with oblique political…
Review: Wait For It!
Review by Katrina Couzens It’s amazing how much you can laugh in just over an hour when you’re in the hands of three clowns (and a very timid broom). It’s…
Review: As Told by the Boys Who Fed Me Apples at Trinity Hall
Review by Sarah Skubala (Theatre Travels) As Told by the Boys Who Fed Me Apples is the Queensland independent premiere produced, directed and designed by Lachlan Driscoll, and performed as…
Destructive Nature by Handlight Productions
Review by Kathy M. 26 July 2024 at 5 pm at House Conspiracy, West End Always curious to see something different, learn about an emerging artist, have a new experience…
Review: Aerialicious UP LATE
I love circus, and particularly aerials, so it probably won’t surprise you to hear that the show I’ve been most excited for this Anywhere was Aerialicious UP LATE, a burlesque…
Review: Whatevfur
Whatevfur; a dog-themed improvisational comedy show held outdoors at Raymond park in Kangaroo Point on Saturday 27th July, was a happy collection of pawful puns, terrier-ific (over) acting, and doggy…
Review: Aiden Schofield, Magician
It’s been a while since I’ve watched a magic show. Aiden Schofield, who played Arcana’s stage in Moorooka on Friday evening (26 July), was a solid meat-and-potatoes reintroduction to the…
Review: Spooky Dog and the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries
Review by Kath M on the 24 July 2024 at 7pm performance. Evilcorp Horror Maze and Bar, Fortitude Valley Presented by Drama Merchant Who doesn’t have a memory of watching…
Review: Set Me On Fire
Set Me On Fire opened Wednesday night (24th July) at Backdock Arts in Fortitude Valley. It’s a heartfelt drama about the breakdown of a relationship, but a lack of detail…
Review: Whistling Past the Graveyard at South Brisbane Cemetery (Theatre Travels)
Review by Sarah Skubala Anywhere Festival is back for its 13th year and boasts 60 productions at 35 locations around Brisbane. As its name suggests, Anywhere Festival is a fringe festival where any…
Review LOVE JUNKIE presented by Sarah Walton
Review by Kathy M. Sunday 21 July at 5 pm Raven Cellar Bar Sarah Walton’s one-woman comedy show felt like being with a bunch of girlfriends sharing stories about the…
REVIEW – The Ukulele Man – The Story of GEORGE FORMBY by Marcel Cole
Review by Kathy M. Sunday 21 July 2024 at 2 pm Raven Cellar Bar I must admit I knew nothing of George Formby or Marcel Cole but was pleasantly surprised…
Review: Heaven on Earth
Heaven on Earth is not what you might expect based on the programme blurb. The bubbly language, the tags–Comedy, Music, Dance, and Theatre–and even Melissa Elvira Billington’s stage name, Foxy…
Review: Chaos Theory by Aaron Ducker
Aaron Duckers “Chaos Theory” performance in the Anywhere Festival was an hour long show that took the audience on a journey into the theory that every tiny gesture, movement and…
Review: The Critical Last Chance Years, Vol. 3
Review by Katrina Couzens Late on Saturday night (20th July, 8pm), I took a bus out to Tingalpa, a suburb I didn’t know existed because, even though it is only…
Introducing Anywhere Reviewer Katrina Couzens
Theatre, Puppetry, Cabaret, Nature Walks… This Anywhere Has It All! Hello there! My name is Katrina, and I’ve been lucky enough to become a reviewer for Brisbane’s 2024 Anywhere Theatre…
Whatevfur
The sun was shining & the weather was Paws-itively perfect for the inaugural Whatev-fur @ 11am in Raymond Park, Kangaroo Point. They don’t care if you have fury hair, just…