Review (Creative Futures): Electric Universe

Picture: Solstice Dance Collective’s Electric Universe at the Anywhere Festival Paint Factory Hub (Image credit: Creative Futures Photography).

The world premiere of Electric Universe, the latest new contemporary dance work by Solstice Dance Collective (SDC), received a rapturous response from audiences at the 2026 Anywhere Festival. Geoff Lawrence describes Electric Universe as ‘an unforgettable show that is an exhilarating and highly professional piece of contemporary dance. And one that I am delighted to highly recommend.’

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Review (Creative Futures): Basement Baroque

Basement Baroque musicians performing in the darkened Paint Factory 'basement.'

Cellist Evalyn Legried has developed a winning format—programming well-known and less familiar pieces of Baroque music, and collaborating with established and emerging musicians, to attract audiences to enjoy intricate melodies, dramatic contrasts, and elaborate ornamentation of the baroque period.

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Review (Creative Futures): The Heartbreak Club

A group hug by the four female members of The Heartbreak Club, staged at The Paint Factory, during the 2026 Anywhere Festival (image credit: Creative Futures Photography).

Catherine Lawrence suggests that the Thundering Productions’ new work, The Heartbreak Club, makes for a fun evening out for a group of friends or Book Group members—describing the show as ‘a play that is light on the serious homicidal ideas, and heavy on the gentle comedy and healing.’

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Review: Abba Girls Tribute Show

Sadly, Abba’s Agnetha and Frida were not available to perform outside a Yeronga warehouse on Friday night. Which was a not a problem for a very enthusiastic audience, as the…

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Review: IKEA Wars

Kieran Bullock has hit a stream of improv comedy gold with IKEA Wars. The format is simple: challenge two local comedians to a ‘gameshow’ competition, where each must assemble an…

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Hysterical: Are you enough?

A hallmark of our show Hysterical is the audience journal entries that are used as inspiration for our performers. When Eleanor submitted hers for our show at the New Zealand…

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Hysterical: How do you wear the labels painted on you?

For one night only on Sunday 4 August at 7.30 pm, Meanjin-based theatre collective Oh, Artemis! will reprise their acclaimed improvised theatre production, Hysterical, at The Paint Factory Yeronga. Hysterical follows the stories of three women at pivotal moments in their lives and explores…

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