Posts Tagged ‘Theatre’
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…
Read MoreReview: 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.
Read MoreReview: The Dire Theatre Company Radio Variety Hour
Yeronga’s Paint Factory offers a range of nooks and crannies, several of which are cleverly reimagined by exceptional performers and creatives during Brisbane’s Anywhere Festival. My 2024 Anywhere Festival hot…
Read MoreReview: 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…
Read MoreReview: 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…
Read MoreReview: Somnium
Somnium is the perfect title for choreographer Kelsey Dell’s compelling new work, that is ‘inspired by states of dreaming and the imaginings of our unconscious minds.’ If you are looking…
Read MoreReview: As Told By The Boys That Fed Me Apples
How better to tell the story of the 136,000 Australian horses sent to the First World War, than through the experiences of three of the ‘boys’ who fed apples to…
Read MoreReview: 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…
Read MoreThe wait is over…
“Wait for It!” is the silly clown extravaganza you’ve been waiting for! Making its Anywhere Festival premiere “Wait for It” made its debut in the 2023 Freshblood Festival. The show…
Read MoreReview: 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…
Read MoreStarts Streaming Friday
“Making It Up…” starts streaming on demand Friday. From the comfort of your own home.https://anywhere.is/event/making-it-up/
Read MoreHysterical: 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…
Read MoreHysterical: 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…
Read MoreThe Human Centipede Parody Musical | Synergy Production Co & Anywhere Festival – Review by Darcie Rae
As soon as I saw the name of this production in the Anywhere Festival program, I knew I could not go past it. The infamous (surprisingly award-winning) 2009 horror film…
Read MoreART – Review by Kaylee Vera
The Tony, Olivier and Moliere Award winning play from the 1990’s, ART , is presented to an Australian audience for the first time during the 2023 Anywhere Festival. ART was…
Read MoreThe Reunion – Review by Rebecca Lynne
The night began slowly, with audiences greeting each other at their assigned tables and chatting as if we were all old high school friends. Each table was joined by a…
Read MoreQueen and Friend: Choose Your Own Comedy Adventure – Review by Kristy Stanfield
Presented by Grimes Productions as a part of the 2023 Anywhere Festival, Queen and Friend is a show made up entirely on the spot with two expert story weavers and…
Read MoreA Drop Too Many – Review by Catherine Lawrence
Created in response to the SEQ/Northern NSW floods and droughts, A Drop Too Many is a physical theatre work that highlights community strength in the presence of disaster—reminding audiences of the equal…
Read MoreReview by Rebecca Lynne of “Servitude” Presented by Pigasus Productions
Pigasus Productions brings West End an easy-going afternoon of funny and familiar customer service stories.
Read MoreReview by Rebecca Lynne of “Murder on the ‘Not-So’ Orient Express”, Presented by Mystify Events
Presented by Mystify Events, an event planning and entertainment group, Murder on the ‘Not-So’ Orient Express is a murder mystery set in an alternate 1920’s Brisbane. With heavy references to…
Read MoreReview by Theatre Haus of ‘The Girl on the Moon’ presented by Aoife Kissane and Matias Nunez
Steeped in the magical city that is Brisbane, ‘The Girl on the Moon’ is the coming-of-age story that Brisbanites need.
Read MoreReview by Elise Lawrence of Putting On The Mask, presented by Haus of Beaver Productions
Claire Fitzpatrick presented a moving one-woman performance exploring the wide-ranging emotional impacts of loss. Seated at a small table facing the audience, Fitzpatrick performed the rituals of getting ready in…
Read MoreReview by Catherine Lawrence of Murder on the ‘Not-So’ Orient Express, presented by Mystify
Mystify’s ‘Murder on the ‘Not-So Orient Express’ promised to be an entertaining 80 minutes of mayhem, mystery, intrigue and entertainment—and certainly had all the hallmarks of popular interactive murder mysteries. A 1930s journey on a train, a body, a cast of apparent strangers (but are they?), and a mystery or two to be solved. But this particular mystery had a few too many twists, turns and revelations for a show that ran for 80+ minutes.
Read MoreReview by Elise Lawrence of Oberon 11 presented by Inscape Assembly
Put on your detective hat for intergalactic immersive theatre by InScape Assembly Oberon 11 is an intergalactic prison, verging on purgatory, which houses four prisoners: a 19th century French socialite,…
Read MoreReview by Theatre Haus of ‘Little Shop of Horros’, presented by Cope Creative & de Jager Productions
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ was bloodthirsty.
Read MoreReview by Catherine Lawrence of Hello Stranger, presented by The Drawer Productions
Hello Stranger is a thought-provoking show about memory, loss, and love; a funny, sad, educational, clever, and thought-provoking work of immersive theatre.
Read MoreReview by Rebecca Lynne of The Crash presented by Dugald Lowis
Presented as a collection of reflective monologues that blend into short interactions, this heartbreaking tale explores the complexities of love, life, and loss. Staged as a verbatim piece, the story…
Read MoreReview by Catherine Lawrence of The Last Laugh, presented by Fini
Last Laugh is a thought-provoking work of contrasts and questions
Read MoreReview by Catherine Lawrence of ‘Girl on the Moon’, presented by Aoife Kissane and Matias Nuñez
It’s great to see new drama on stage—particularly when the ‘stage’ is one of the expansive nooks and crannies of the Yeronga Paint Factory (a former factory for the manufacture…
Read MoreI Am Woman, Hear Me | Brigitte Freeme
A compelling combination of thoughtful writing and performance skill.
Read MoreTOME | Freeroam Theatre
Freeroam Theatre were improvisational superstars, and their personal soundscape offerings were second to none.
Read MoreThe Great Grandiosa | Act React
A review by Jaydem Martin for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. If you have ever wanted to know what the winning lottery number is going to be, or what riches…
Read MoreMuch Ado About Nothing in the round
A classic Shakespeare tale of trickery and betrayal, which was performed with well drawn characterisations and some fabulous comic timing.
Read MoreI am King. I am Queen. | Roýmata Holmes & Room to Play
A review by Ads J for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. It is still very rare to see the stories of queer people of colour on the stage and screen,…
Read MoreGolden Dreams
Golden Dreams is an interesting new work, with compelling performances.
Read MoreBegotten | Minola Theatre
A review by Virag Dombay for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. Begotten is a touching duplication of inter generational tragedy and trauma mixed with hopefulness. Written and performed by Bianca…
Read MoreThe Shelter | Here and There Productions
A review by Ads J for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. Trapped in a random person’s garage with a group of strangers and limited time to get out may not…
Read MoreA Very Important Meeting | Big Fork Theatre
A review by Oliver Gough for Theatre Haus. Big Fork Theatre reach out, circle back, and touch base with audiences for an office themed improv caper.As part of Anywhere Festival,…
Read MoreA Bed of Roses | Arbour Theatre Company
Scripted by Disapol Savetsila from the true stories and experiences of young people around the world during COVID-19.
Read MoreSex, Lies & Betrayal | Memoirs of a Hollywood Star
A glamourous and salacious one-woman cabaret based on the true stories of a 1940’s Hollywood legend.
Read MoreMeat Mirror | Jay Younger & Lisa O’Neill
A collaboration between Jay Younger and Lisa O’Neill, Meat Mirror is a condemnation of social media and the normalisation of cosmetic surgery to achieve the picture-perfect body.
Read MoreGood Talk | Moontan Productions
A fast-moving two-hander, Good Talk examined the comfortable rhythms and routines of a long-term relationship and the ways that we communicate in silences as well as words.
Read MoreThis Little World | The Giddy Round Theatre
Owen Corey delivered an impressive and moving performance as King Richard II, direct from the USA to your device.
Read MoreSHELTER | The Drawer Productions
The Drawer Productions placed the audience at the heart of an unravelling family mystery with their unsettling immersive theatre piece SHELTER.
Read MoreStarter Boyfriend | Squirt Productions
A review by Lauren Hale for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. Starter Boyfriend investigates how we relate to each other in an increasingly digital and glaringly heteronormative world. Read the…
Read MoreCluedo! The New Suspects | Brisbane Immersive Ensemble
A review by Ads J for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. Across the venue, blackmail, flirtations, arguments, and even a broom closet triste were playing out between the six key…
Read MoreAn entertaining play-within-a-play-within-a-play-within-a-….
‘Caught in the Act’ takes you behind-the-scenes in an entertaining theatrical whodunnit.
Read MoreIntoxication | Before Shot
A review by Lauren Hale for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. At its core, the show is about love and relationships and the anxiety, self-doubt, self-loathing, and questions of worth…
Read MoreSex, Lies & Betrayal – Memoirs of a Hollywood Star | JTM Productions
A review by Jaydem Martin for Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. As we enter the room, we are soon introduced to Miss Nightingale, played by the talented Karla Hillam. Immediately…
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