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| What's on in Brisbane theatre this month..... |
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If you want to know what is going on in Brisbane theatre, Briztix is the best website to visit. The Briztix website has links to every major theatre production currently occurring in Brisbane and links that will help you to book your tickets and have a great night at the theatre!
Don't miss the following great shows playing in Brisbane in October!
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| Miriam Margolyes in Dickens' Women must close this Saturday! | |
Adored by London’s West End and film fans across the globe, award-winning British actor Miriam Margolyes presents her brilliant one-person show about women in the real and imagined world of Charles Dickens.
Miriam Margolyes is renowned for her roles in the Harry Potter series, The Age of Innocence, Babe and Happy Feet, plus many other films, documentaries and TV series. Catch her in the theatre as she traces the startling similarities of the women in Dickens’ work and life.
Miriam’s 23 different characters (male and female) include The Old Curiosity Shop’s Little Nell, loyal Mrs Micawber from David Copperfield (inspired by Dickens’ own mother) and the cold embittered Miss Havisham from Great Expectations.
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| Love Song Dedications at the Metro Arts | |
A new comedy play by Stephen Vagg based on La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, Love Song Dedications is a romantic comedy that centres around a daisy chain of sexual encounters in which A sleeps with B who sleeps with C and so on until we finally work our way back to A.
Love Song Dedications features a cast of some of Brisbane’s most exciting new actors, including Louise Alston (Trivia), Nick Backstrom (Micro-Trip), Kirsty Cash (Young Lions), Tim Dashwood (The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay), Francesca Gasteen (The Boys), Sarah Kennedy (Creche and Burn, Hitchcock Blonde), Cindy Nelson (All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane), Michael Priest (Rent), Andy Ryan (The Black Balloon) and Candice Storey (Perfect Skin).
Vagg is the writer of the film All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane which recently had its world premiere at the 2007 BIFF. His previous theatre hits include the sell out success Trivia (Newtown Theatre 2006, Metro Arts Theatre 2006), Rebel Tour (Old Fitzroy 2005, La Mama 2006), and the AWGIE-nominated Friday Night Drinks (performed in London, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane).
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| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Cremorne | |
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company
With his taut script and sizzling dialogue, Edward Albee caused a sensation when this play first hit the stage in 1962. And in George and Martha, he created two of the most memorable and timeless characters of modern theatre.
History professor George and his voracious wife Martha use booze and verbal sparring to mask their frustrations with life and each other. Newly appointed Biology tutor Nick and his timid wife Honey arrive at George and Martha’s post-party drinks, unaware that their hosts’ invitation is far from innocent. As the drinks flow freely George and Martha’s darker impulses emerge, and a bewildered Nick and Honey struggle to compete with the increasingly vicious mind games. For all four, this is one night they will never forget!
Featuring Kerith Atkinson, Andrea Moor, Andrew McFarlane
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| Of Our Own Volition opens tonight at the Metro Arts | |
Inspired by recent sightings in an old gaol. Love story. Ghost story. Either way, don’t come alone.
Don't miss this new musical by Katy Forde and Aleathea Monsour, featuring Ross Balbuziente, Paul Careless and Aleathea Monsour
Plays at the Sue Benner Theatre at the Metro Arts until October 20.
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| Harvest Rain's The Best of Broadway & Beyond opens 10th Oct | |
Presented by Harvest Rain Theatre Company
To close the 2007 season, Brisbane's favourite musical theatre company will present a musical spectacular highlighting some of the greatest songs from Broadway and beyond.
Featuring live music and the cream of Brisbane's musical theatre talent, this concert will feature songs from the world's most loved musicals and movies. Enjoy songs from such great musicals as COMPANY, GUYS & DOLLS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LES MISERABLES, RENT, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, INTO THE WOODS, AVENUE Q, THE LION KING and many more!
If you love a bit of Broadway, and can handle a touch of Hollywood, don't miss this exciting concert - THE BEST OF BROADWAY & BEYOND.
Featuring WADE COLBRAN-THOMAS, ANGELA CORNFORD, JULIE COTTERELL, ALEX FEIFERS, LUKE KENNEDY, TIM O'CONNOR, NAOMI PRICE, JORDAN REID, DANIKA SAAL, JUSTIN TRULOFF and SAMANTHA TURK
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| LOOT at the Brisbane Arts Theatre from 11th Oct | |
Presented by Nash Theatre Company
Written by Joe Orton and directed by Brenda White, Nash Theatre will be gracing the Brisbane Arts Theatre stage with their production of LOOT.
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| The Government Inspector at QPAC from 11th Oct | |
Presented by Bell Shakespeare
Renowned director, John Bell, unites two of Australia's finest actors to bring to life a classic comedy of Russian theatre, Gogol's The Government Inspector.
Darren Gilshenan and William Zappa use their consummate skill and energy to play all 19 characters in this sharp and hilarious satire, with plenty of physical mayhem.
Lazy and inept members of a local council are horrified at the prospect of being exposed when they learn a government inspector is coming to town. But they mistake a down-at-heel playboy for the incoming official... and so the games begin.
A dazzling blend of farcical characters and all-too-real situations, Gogol's masterpiece has lost none of its bite. This unflinching send-up of institutional greed, stupidity and sloth, performed by Australia’s national touring theatre company, is not to be missed.
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| Summer Wonderland at the Roundhouse from 11th Oct | |
Presented by La Boite Theatre Company
Welcome to Dickens Court. Old-fashioned battler Bob Jones has lost his job. His neighbour Eugene just bought a mail-order bride but is now in debt to the Russian mafia, and the snobs across the road are desperate to buy a trendy new beachfront apartment. When they discover the grand prize in the Christmas Lights Competition can solve their respective money problems, the neighbourhood goes to war.
From the critically acclaimed writer of THE DANCE OF JEREMIAH comes this wonderful Christmas comedy about fake snow, fairy lights and the great Australian dream.
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| Carousel at Twelfth Night from 16th Oct | |
CAROUSEL is arguably the most wonderful of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals which include OKLAHOMA!, THE KING & I, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
CAROUSEL unfolds a beautiful love story with the unforgettable songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein.
This musical play has been a Broadway success over three times and thousands of productions have played across the globe from London to New York.
Featuring Scott Irwin, Katrina Retallick, Nicci Hope, Dale Pengelly and Karen Crone.
To book call 3252 5122
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| The Laramie Project at the Visy Theatre from 24th Oct | |
On a clear, cold Wyoming morning in October 1998, university student Matthew Shepard was beaten, tied to a fence post in the middle of nowhere and left for dead.
This profoundly moving performance chronicles the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. Matthew Shepard, the victim of a lethal gay bashing, became a national symbol of intolerance, and a deeply personal tragedy for the town.
Compiled from journal entries, news reports and over 200 interviews with Laramie citizens and people deeply affected by Matthew Shepards life and death, this performance brings awareness to the key components of his murder and the crucial weeks that followed.
Don't miss this breathtaking theatrical collage, designed by Kieran Swann and directed by Lucas Stibbard
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If you want to know what is going on in Brisbane theatre, Briztix is the best website to visit. The Briztix website has links to every major theatre production currently occurring in Brisbane and links that will help you to book your tickets and have a great night at the theatre!
Briztix also provides an easy and affordable online ticketing service for producers and theatre companies who do not have their own internet bookings facilities.
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