| | JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Harvest Rain Theatre Company
Last night Harvest Rain opened Jesus Christ Superstar - the latest offering in a year of amazing theatre from the the company. Running until the 29th August at the QPAC Playhouse, this blockbuster musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice tells the story of the last 7 days of Jesus' life from the... 
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| | CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - Brisbane Arts
The Brisbane Arts Theatre’s production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof uses Tennessee Williams’ original script to deliver a version of the play written before any alterations were made for the stage and screen in the censorious 50s. We are first introduced to Brick as the feckless anti-hero of this very...
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| | SHAKESPEARE'S R&J - QUT Gardens Theatre
Shakespeare’s R&J is a highly physical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with a cast of four young men set in a Catholic boarding school during the 1950s. Typical of mischievous teenagers in any era, these school boys are initially drawn by the forbidden allure of Romeo and Juliet which is banned in...
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| | ESSENTIALLY DANCE - QUT Dance
Essentially Dance showcases the work of QUTs dance students, and features choreography by Shaaron Boughen, Andrew Pronger, Tiina Alinen, Zaimon Vilmanis, Lisa Griffiths and Paul White.The show runs from 15-19 June at the QUT Gardens Theatre. Tickets are $18 / $12. For bookings phone 3138 4455 or...
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| | BETWEEN THESE LINES - Harvest Rain Theatre Company
A very funny and true-to-life story that follows a family through an entire day, each member going about their individual day: (pre-school, private investigator etc.), and you get to watch how they all interact with other characters who themselves are all connected, without the original family...
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| | CLOSER - Brisbane Arts Theatre
Closer is a play about the perversity of love, in which the lives of four people become entangled through a complicated series of relationships. Written by Patrick Marber, it won several awards in the UK and US, and was made into a feature film starring Julia Roberts and Jude Law. This production...
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| | DANI GIRL - Harvest Rain Theatre Company
Pediatric leukemia is not something you'd normally sing about. However, Dani Girl isn't your normal musical! With music by Michael Kooman and story and lyrics by Christopher Diamond, this is the story of Dani, a precocious 9 year old who finds out her leukemia has returned. The musical follows her...
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| | SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD - Harvest Rain Theatre Company
Looking for a great night out that isn't going to cost you the earth? That will lift your spirits? With a live band, great music and fabulous singing? Have I got a deal for you! 'Songs for a New World', the latest offering from Harvest Rain , is a musical extravaganza. This show is only running...
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| | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Starlight Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare. Written in the late 1500s and still performed on many a stage today, this should only highlight Shakespeare's ability to write about characters and events that stay relevant forever. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian...
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| | DANTE'S INFERNO - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Inferno is the first cantica in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, and has proven to be an overwhelming favourite among generations of artists that have repeatedly appropriated this first part of the poem over the lesser known Purgatorio and Paradiso sections. You just have to view Peter...
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| | KING LEAR - Bell Shakespeare
The story of King Lear is one of Shakespeare's blockbusters - a tale of families, friendships and alliances torn apart through pride and jealousy. Bell Shakespeare's production, which opened last night at the QPAC Playhouse, is no exception. Under the direction of Marion Potts, John Bell and his...
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| | THE TIMELY DEATH OF VICTOR BLOTT - Metro Arts and Dead Puppet Society
The Timely Death of Victor Blott
co-presented by Metro Arts and Dead Puppet Society
Featuring the true star of the show, the Puppet, Victor Blott, alongside Kieran Law, Bianca McIntyre, Elizabeth Millington, Courtney Stewart, Anna Straker and Chris Vernon.
A gothic fairytale about the life...
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| | JANE EYRE - QUT Gardens Theatre (Student Showcase)
Jane Eyre is part romance, part psychological thriller. Set in Victorian England, it follows the character of Jane from a peniless orphan, through her life at Lowood school, to Thornfield as a governess. This story has it all - love, jealousy, deceit, arson and sacrifice!
Performed by the Second...
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| | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - QUT Gardens Theatre (Student Showcase)
A Streetcar Named Desire first opened on Broadway six years before the second-wave of feminism began to dismantle defined gender roles in the home and workplace. Back in 1947, tangible freedoms were yet to be realised by the likes of Blanche DuBois, an ageing southern belle from Mississippi, and...
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| | THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES - THAT Production Company
The Vagina Monologues is just what it says it is - a series of monologues with vaginas (or virginae, my spell-check informs me) as their shared theme. Written by Eve Ensler in 1996, the play has been translated into 45 languages and performed in over 130 countries. Celebrity-studded performances...
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| | FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Starlight Theatre Company
A delightful story about Tevye who has a gorgeous and patient wife Golde and five daughters trying to hold on to traditional ways in his Russian village, while everything is changing around him. The village matchmaker Yente has her keen eye out for suitable matches, however, the older daughters are...
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