Artists
Danielle Aquilina
Theatre Maker, Playwright, Live Performance Artist and Professional Fun Person, Danielle recently graduating from the enriching intensive internship with the globally acclaimed Physical Theatre Company “Zen Zen Zo” in Brisbane.
Armed with a Creative Arts Bachelor’s Degree with a major in Performance and a Graphic Design minor, Danielle’s extensive journey is a testament to her boundless devotion to the arts.
A seasoned professional and crowd favourite of Improvisational Comedy, Danielle’s latest artistic expression finds itself in Slam Poetry, like reading a page straight out of her diary, her latest semiautobiographical work Fat Girl is an explorative physical theatre deep dive into the anthropomorphic exploration of body dysmorphia.
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Captain Kirk and the Contender
Captain Kirk and the Contenders are an intergenerational live music experience.
With a focus on indie music from the 80s, 90s and 2000s to our can expect guitar driven classics with lush harmonies and fresh interpretations.
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Kodi Ryke
Kodi Ryke is an up and coming theatre producer based in Meanjin. Heralding from the far off lands of Mackay, he has moved here in order to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at QUT.
Kodi is interested in breaking down the barrier between performance and audience, producing works that are aware of the audience and attempts to implement them into the plot of his plays. When watching his plays you are not just an audience member but a character in the play’s world.
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Annie Caulfield
I really believe this work has called me to it. I have a deep passion for getting to know death, intimately. I believe we need to talk about death more, with our loved ones, AND as a community.
I support and empower people to have choice over the way they die. Providing information, support, and a listening ear, all the way through to after death care and home or family-led funerals.
I like to listen more than I speak.
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Solstice Dance Collective
Solstice Dance Collective is an independent contemporary dance group based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. They are dedicated to exploring unique and innovative ideas and translating them into a compelling visual language. SDC is committed to pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance and offering a platform for creatives to express and showcase their artistic visions. Through their performances, the collective aims to educate and engage audiences, using dance as a medium to explore complex themes and provoke thought.
Artistic Director: Esmée Henry
Dancers and co-choreographers:
Meghan Blackburn, Grace Campbell, Eva Cattarin Mattioli, Clare Dark, Kelsey Dell, Noah Hockey, Chloe Jarvela, Ava Schnehage, Emily Underwood and Mia Williams.
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The Velvet Collective & The Travelling Rose Theatre
Creatives
Producer & Playwright | Nic Davidson
Director | India Rose
Stage Manager | Ewan Robertson
Assistant Stage Manager | Eden Hungerford
Set Design | Harri Thorne
Lighting Designer | Alla Macdonald
Sound Design | Andrew Oxford
Costume Design | Ruby Pumpa
Graphic Designer & Marketing | Lucille Bennett
Cast
Juniper Grace | Isabella Kirkwood
Francis ‘Turtle’ Janet | Cameron Scott
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Dumas | Finnley Quinn
Byron E. Crow | Nathan Turner
Mrs Beatrice Dumas | Jo Willians
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Calvin Smith
Calvin Smith is a Brisbane-based playwright, author, composer, and actor, with an interest in gender politics and philosophy. He is retired from his former career as an academic, and is now focused solely on his creative endeavours.
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Edge Comix
LifeStory is celebrating a unique and fascinating life at the Anywhere Theatre Festival. The only
catch is, the life they are celebrating is completely fictional and created in the moment on stage.
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Threepence Theatre Productions
What’s your poison? Welcome to Cindy’s Cupcake Cafe. Cindy Klift is a vigilante out for justice. Enjoy a cupcake and watch as her world as a sweet cupcake maker and vigilante collide. Is she a hero of virtue or hypocrite that’s gone too far? You decide…
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Kathryn Collins, Grace Lofting, Griffin Walsh and Sophie Wickes
Eleanor is for sale at an op-shop – her urn priced, unfairly, at $9.95. Trapped in the Halloween costume she died in, Eleanor reflects on her life, her death, and the stranger who jokes she “looks like an Edna.” EDNA-GY is Fleabag in limbo. A dark comedy about legacy.
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Tim Jackman and Tammy Tresillian
“The trick is to enjoy the good and know that even the very, very bad…they’re just…moments.”
When an unassuming accountant and an eccentric homeless man meet on a park bench their connection changes the course of both their lives.
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Indy Clark
Indy Clark has been a songwriter, singer, and musician for more than thirty-five years.
His first band, 2a° (To a Degree), caught the attention of a number of labels, including Island Records. In the mid-nineties, Indy formed The Expressions and played regularly throughout London. The band signed to Big Shot Music publishing and released a handful of singles before splitting up in 2000.
The next decade brought many gigs, radio sessions, and the release of four albums. Indy continues to write and perform.
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Vanessa Gordon
Native Tongue: Migration Stories features spoken word by Vanessa Gordon and a lineup of storytellers sharing their journeys to Queensland. Experience a blend of laughter and reflection, exploring struggles, triumphs, and profound connection that unite us all. Come along for the celebration of identity
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ME n U Theatre Co.
Would you rather be trapped in the woods with a man or a bear? This verbatim show explores real people’s answers to the viral question. A 70-minute adventure through the woods, The Bear Truth shares community stories of gender-based discrimination with heart, humour, and hope.
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Whitfield Studio
In 1907, two artists venture into the bush to paint a portrait. What follows is a surreal, satirical spiral through romance, art history, and entrails. Primitives is a gothic tragicomedy that blends live art, dark humour, and one giant eagle.
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Vacant Collective Theatre
Founded in 2016, Vacant Collective is a Brisbane-based theatre group committed to devising performances that offer a platform for thought-provoking, authentic storytelling. With a focus on themes that challenge societal norms around race, gender, and sexuality, the company aims to fill the “vacant” space for bold, progressive theatre in the local arts landscape.
Vacant Collective made its debut at the Short + Sweet Festival in 2016 and has since showcased work at numerous festivals across Brisbane, including the Anywhere Festival. The collective operates on a philosophy of inclusivity and creative freedom, inviting artists from all backgrounds to use the company as a canvas for original, boundary-pushing work.
In 2025, Vacant Collective returns to the Anywhere Festival with a dynamic team of creatives, united in their mission to reimagine the boundaries of traditional theatre.
Creative Team
Directed & Co-Produced by Laura “ElleJay” Bayly
Written and Assistant Directed by Bill Murray
Social Media Content, Marketing & Technical Production Amelia Kase
Intimacy Coordination Tammy Sarah Linde
Set, Props & Costume Design Jaymee Richards
Cast
Darcy Harries as Max
Will Collits as Jesse
Sally Jacobs as Alex
Liana Hanson as Charlie
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Artful Dodgers Theatre
The Artful Dodgers bring you a Shakespearean Star Wars comedy written by local writer John Grey. Join us for laughs, swordfights, and piratic romances! Suitable for Star Wars lovers of all ages.
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MFTF & Mme N
Performing together for the second time, MFTF x MmeN’s Kaotik Blonde LIVE Anywhere Festival set will include the first live performance of their sophomore single Kaotik Blonde, their 2024 debut single Supermodel, and new MmeN interpretations of MFTF’s catalogue. Not to be missed experience for fans of Dance & Electro-pop.
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Pippy Productions
It’s the day after their Mum’s funeral. Karmen’s pulled an all-nighter. Kip’s worried. Katrina’s brought the wrong pastries. Join the sisters in their Mum’s loungeroom as they sort through the clutter. Ornaments. Clothes for Vinnie’s. And all the things they’d left unsaid – until now.
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Joanne Tindale
Joanne is an emerging writer, creative producer and director who is currently undertaking a PhD in Screenwriting at Griffith Film School. Buttercup and Venus: Cowkeepers Extraordinaire marks Joanne’s first theatre production. Her writing is informed by social justice issues, gender inequity related to ageing, and the representation of older women on screen.
Joanne co-produced the inaugural Women in Film and Television online film festival (funded by Screen Queensland in 2021) and directed the short documentary Mei-Mei, Speak More Chinese (2023). Her chat show Chop Chat Cook (Episodes 1–34) is available on her YouTube channel. As an Arts Reviewer, Joanne reviewed performances for Brisbane Festival and Culture Box. She was also a finalist in the Brisbane Festival Portrait Photography Competition in 2015 and 2016.
Joanne holds a Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Asian and International Studies with Mandarin language. Prior to following her love of the arts, Joanne’s professional background was in project management with the Australian Agency for International Development, as a manager in the community services sector and as a registered nurse.
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Anje West
“Absolutely brilliant…superb performances”.
Winner of the 2024 Anywhere Festival Award for Music, Anje West is a singer and producer with over 30 years of experience as a performing artist.
She has devised and performed in six sold-out seasons of the Anywhere Festival, creating the Bossa Nova Sunset Club series and To Sergio With Love, along with new projects and bands to delight audiences who simply love great music, and personal stories shared with spontaneity, heart and humour. You’re in good hands.
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Brandon Lee Jazzy Brissy
Featuring a Jazz Guitarist Brandon Lee and also known as Jazzy Brissy. Close and open your eyes for a moment, at peace. With Anywhere Festivals, celebrate unforgettable times and memories.
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Backyard Flamingo
Surrounded by weaponised incompetence, while your to-do list just grows and grows? Why cry at home about it, when you can come to the theatre and cry here? Playing in a real office, it’ll be just like work: you’ll laugh, you’ll drink, and you’ll stuff yourself with cake.
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Hats Off
Join us at the Anywhere Festival in Brisbane as we launch our album, Reflection. This collection of original songs captures our collective journeys as Hats Off, blending heartfelt lyrics with soul-driven sound. Come and enjoy a fun night of music, connection, and celebration as we bring Reflection to life.
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Sepulchre Serenade
A gothic metal opera of blood, poetry, and damnation.
Sepulchre Serenade conjures a darkly theatrical retelling of Faustus—where doom, folk, classical and thrash collide with haunting visuals, arcane literature, and horror spectacle. Not quite opera, concert, or cabaret—this is something far stranger. Enter if you dare.
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The Raven Hotel
Conversations with Maria! is back after a sold-out debut at Anywhere Festival last year! This wildly funny, improvised comedy invites the audience into a whirlwind of music, misadventure, and middle-aged mayhem. With opera, ballads, and bold audience participation, no two shows are the same.
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Black Square Quartet
Black Square Quartet brings an electrifying fusion of rhythm and movement to the stage with Five Quick-Tempered Dances—a dynamic program of contemporary string quartet music inspired by dance. At its heart is Thomas Green’s String Quartet No. 2, a high-energy work commissioned by BSQ during the pandemic. The journey continues with Jessie Montgomery’s percussive Voodoo Dolls, a brand-new work by BSQ’s own Mike Patterson, and a bold reimagining of Duke Ellington’s Blue Bubbles by Philip Eames.
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Northside Soul Sisters
Besides the therapeutic benefits of singing, we have gained an appreciation for all genres and singing styles. Our group consists of women from many facets of the community across all ages and abilities.
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Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble
The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (QSE) was founded in 2001. Since its inception QSE has gained a reputation for energetic, accessible and unique productions of Shakespeare’s plays.
Vision
Transforming communities through creativity.
Mission
QSE exists to:
- Powerfully share epic stories with live audiences
- Provide world class training opportunities to actors and non-actors
- Support creativity in contexts and communities where it has been historically excluded
- Nurture an ensemble of artist managers that drive the company’s activities and works together to develop their skills on stage and off
Performing Shakespeare demands the cultivation of the whole self in the service of the communal enterprise, and as such is the ideal vehicle for this exploration. Although the Ensemble performs the works of other playwrights and authors, Shakespeare will always be the home from which we travel.
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That’s Dance and Acrobatics 4504
At That’s Dance and Acrobatics, we specialise in the art of movement—where contortion, acrobatics, and dance come together to create something truly extraordinary. With a focus on artistry and passion, we help dancers and acrobats push boundaries and unlock their full potential.
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Munslow/Hossack Productions
Deb Hossack
Mark Whitmore
David Washbourne
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Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar
Brisbane based Horror-Folk/Dark Cabaret band performing songs inspired by madness, monsters, murder and the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar are excited to present their show at the 2025 Anywhere Festival Moreton Bay.
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Mira Chorik
Mira Chorik is a songwriter who makes art. Her melancholy folk layers bitter-sweet poetry and warm-honey vocals to tell the unadorned story of the heart. Mira crafts live performance spaces that invite participation, emotional intimacy and audience connection. Performances include Anywhere Festival, Moreton Bay Food & Wine Festival, and Woodford Folk Festival. Mira also hosts the Songwriters Roundtable, a supportive space for songwriters to meet and hone the art of storytelling with words and music.
http://www.songwritersroundtable.com/
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D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective
D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective is a Sunshine Coast-based multicultural contemporary theatre company that provides performing arts experiences of the highest calibre for audience members who come to see our shows, artists in search of purposeful development opportunities, school students and the community who participate in our training program and engagement activities.
We are a dynamic ensemble dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional theatre through innovative storytelling and immersive experiences. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective aims to create thought-provoking productions that resonate with audiences on a profound level.
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Rachel Albrecht
Rachel Albrecht is excited to present Couples Therapy at the 2025 Anywhere Festival Moreton Bay.
Playwright – Susan Mattocks
Susan is a writer and stand-up comedian based in the UK, but found her comedy voice while living in Townsville, North Queensland. She has written and presented three comedy workshops for emerging comedians, focusing on writing skills, was a finalist in Raw Comedy 2015, and has supported many comedians including Bev Killick, Matt Okine, Peter Rowsthorn, Troy Kinne, Bob Franklin, Khaled Khalafalla, Kat Davidson and many more. She is a firm believer that humour entertains, engages, and should make people snort!
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Outdoor Theatre Community
OTC have been producing theatre in the Warner area for the last few years and we are excited to be joining the Anywhere Festival Moreton Bay for the first time! Our production ‘Beans Means Love’ is a story of love, comedy and of course – beans! We are excited to welcome two new directors to our company and a new group of wonderful actors and crew. Don’t miss out on our Festival debut.
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Glen Rhodes
Glen Rhodes is a Brisbane based Magician, Comedian, Mentalist, Entertainer and Master of Ceremonies. He is a cheeky chap from London, England. His shows are perfect combination of witty charm, stand up comedy and mind blowing magic entertainment that is guaranteed to have you believing the impossible is, indeed possible.
Glen performs more than 400 shows per year making him one of the busiest magical entertainers in Australia. What does this mean for you? Experience! Glen has a wealth of knowledge gained from performing 1000s of shows and will ensure that you next event will be even more successful and, will tailor a show to suit your audience.
Glen has been creating memorable events for over 15 years and has worked at just about every sort of venue and event, from a small group of businessmen in a city apartment to several hundred at a comedy club. Glen was a weekly performer at The Albion Comedy club for over a year. So whether you are hosting a gala dinner, an awards night, a private party, conference, convention or Christmas party, Glen Rhodes can offer practical, helpful advice that will add some real magic to you next corporate event or private party.
Glen is an experienced, professional magical entertainer based in Brisbane but available throughout Queensland, Australia and internationally. You can hire Glen with confidence , knowing he is 100% reliable and guarantees the success of his shows, he has a successful formula that always gets rave reviews and is happy to work with you to get the entertainment you require
From wedding receptions, trade shows and conferences, Glen will create fun, laughter and mystery with his unique blend of clean comedy and jaw dropping magic
Glen is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magician and past Secretary of the Queensland Society of Magicians.
Don’t Settle For Less!
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