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‘Beauty and the Beast’ // Queensland Musical Theatre

by Sophie Mason June 11, 2021

by Sophie Mason June 11, 2021

‘Beauty and the Beast’ was nostalgic. Daring sword fights, magical spells, a prince in disguise! Queensland Musical Theatre had it all and…
Community Reviews Reviews
‘Death by Design’ // Footlights Theatrical

by Grace Lockett June 11, 2021

by Grace Lockett June 11, 2021

‘Death by Design’ was witty. Footlights Theatrical brings this eccentric play to life on the unassuming stage of the Belmont Services Bowls…
Professional Reviews Reviews
‘A German Life’ // The Gordon Frost Organisation and QPAC

by Oliver Hetherington-Page June 7, 2021

by Oliver Hetherington-Page June 7, 2021

‘A German Life’ was wunderbar. From the very beginning, when 78-year-old Robyn Nevin shuffled onto the stage as the 102-year-old Brunhilde Pomsel,…
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‘Three’ // Australasian Dance Collective

by Erika Tucker May 28, 2021

by Erika Tucker May 28, 2021

‘Three’ was striking. The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Playhouse was abuzz for ‘Three’ contemporary dance world premieres on Wednesday night. The…
Independent Reviews Reviews
‘Anatomy of a Suicide’ // Metro Arts Theatre

by Priya Shah May 28, 2021

by Priya Shah May 28, 2021

‘Anatomy of a Suicide’ was moving. There was electric energy on opening night at the Brisbane premiere of ‘Anatomy of a Suicide’.…
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‘Next to Normal’ // Redcliffe Musical Theatre

by Alley Edwards May 28, 2021

by Alley Edwards May 28, 2021

‘Next to Normal’ was tempestuous. Emotions are powerful things. Even though we all know the sting of anger, sadness, or jealousy, these…
Professional Reviews Reviews
‘Horizon’ // Playlab Theatre

by Erika Tucker May 27, 2021

by Erika Tucker May 27, 2021

‘Horizon’ was confronting. Playlab Theatre’s ‘Horizon’ opened with a bang at Brisbane Powerhouse’s intimate Underground Theatre Wednesday night, gripping the audience as…
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‘Two Weeks with the Queen’ // Javeenbah Theatre Company

by Sophie Mason May 27, 2021

by Sophie Mason May 27, 2021

‘Two Weeks with the Queen’ was wholesome. While the world is unable to freely travel, Javeenbah Theatre Company took their audience all…
Independent Reviews Reviews
‘In the Dark’ // Big Fork Theatre

by Oliver Gough May 22, 2021

by Oliver Gough May 22, 2021

‘In The Dark’ was atmospheric. In the eerie underground venue of Spring Hill Reservoir, the audience was plunged into total darkness, the…
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‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ // Spotlight Theatrical Company

by Priya Shah May 21, 2021

by Priya Shah May 21, 2021

‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ was grooving. Gold Coast’s Spotlight Theatrical Company are making the ‘earth move under our feet’ with the…

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29may(may 29)8:00 pm24jul(jul 24)8:00 pmOur HouseBrisbane Arts Theatre

04jun(jun 4)7:30 pm19(jun 19)7:30 pmFirst Things FirstSunnybank Theatre Group

16jun(jun 16)7:30 pm26(jun 26)7:30 pmThe Wedding SingerDavid Venn Enterprises and HOTA

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Presented by David Venn Productions and HOTA
Musical Theatre Performance

It’s 1985. Hair is big, collars are up and a Wedding Singer is the coolest guy in the room!

Based on the smash-hit Hollywood movie starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, comes a hilarious new musical comedy that celebrates all the fun of the ’80s.

Following sold-out performances on Broadway and across the UK, ‘The Wedding Singer’ features your favourite characters and a sparkling new score that does for the ’80s what hairspray did for the ’60s.

Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s number one wedding singer and the life of the party. That is until his own fiancee strands him at the altar. Bitter and broken, Robbie begins to make every wedding as disastrous as his own until a warm-hearted waitress named Julia intervenes. Only trouble is, Julia’s about to be-you guessed it-married! Can Robbie pull off the performance of the decade and win the girl of his dreams?

Come join the party and just say YES to the most joyful, romantic musical in years.

Performance Season:

16-26 June 2021

Location:

The Catchment Brewing Co.
150 Boundary Street, West End QLD 4101

Tickets:

Tuesday to Thursday:
$85.00 Premium
$75.00 A-Reserve
$55.00 B-Reserve
$49.00 Student

Friday to Sunday:
$95.00 Premium
$85.00 A-Reserve
$65.00 B-Reserve

Group Bookings Available

Tickets available from HOTA – ‘The Wedding Singer’.

Time

16 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 26 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Home of the Arts

135 Bundall Road

Organizer

David Venn Enterprises[email protected]

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17jun(jun 17)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmWhite PearlQueensland Theatre

Event Details

Presented by Queensland Theatre
Theatre Performance

In Singapore, it’s just another day at the office of Clearday cosmetics. That is until they discover that their new TV commercial has been leaked online. The video goes viral for all the wrong reasons. Someone is definitely going to get fired. Can the high-flying team at Clearday rise above their personal squabbles to save the company?

As they scramble to contain the fallout before the American market wakes up, the open-plan, glass-door office proves to be a nest of secrets, lies and resentments.

Anchuli Felicia King’s new play, ‘White Pearl’, is a ruthlessly entertaining portrait of toxic corporate culture, casual racism and the complexity of pan- Asian relations.

Location:

Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre
78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane QLD 4101

Tickets:

$35.00 – $65.00 (Discounts available for Concession, Seniors, Youth, Groups and Schools).
Season Tickets are also available.

Tickets available at Queensland Theatre – White Pearl.

Time

June 17 (Thursday) 7:30 pm - July 10 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Queensland Theatre

78 Montague Road

Organizer

Queensland TheatreTicketing: 1800 355 528; Phone: 07 3010 7600; Email: [email protected] 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane QLD 4101

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19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm03jul(jul 3)7:30 pmHot Shoe ShuffleSavoyards

19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmMetamorphosesGold Coast Little Theatre

19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm11jul(jul 11)1:00 pmMamma Mia!Matt Ward Entertainment

Event Details

Presented by Matt Ward Entertainment
Musical Theatre Performance

Hey, Dancing Queens! The ultimate feel-good musical is coming to The Star Gold Coast.

Over 60 million people all around the globe have fallen in love with the story and the music that makes ‘Mamma Mia!’. And now, in a stunning new production, we invite you to fall in love all over again! “Voulez Vous”, “S.O.S”, “Take a Chance On Me”, “Dancing Queen” and so many more hits you know and love make this worldwide phenomenon a fabulous night out for audiences of all ages.

On a small Greek island, Sophie dreams of a perfect wedding — one which includes her father giving her away. The problem? Sophie doesn’t know who he is! ‘Mamma Mia!’ features over 22 of ABBA’S greatest hits is coming to The Star Gold Coast – playing at The Star for a strictly limited season.

Location:

The Star Gold Coast

Tickets:

$140.00 ABBA VIP Experience
$95.00 Platinum Seating
$85.00 A Reserve
$75.00 B Reserve

Tickets available from Ticketek – ‘Mamma Mia!’.

Time

June 19 (Saturday) 7:30 pm - July 11 (Sunday) 1:00 pm AEST

Location

The Star Gold Coast

1 Casino Drive

Organizer

Matt Ward EntertainmentEmail [email protected] PO Box 133 Isle of Capri, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217

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24jun7:00 pm8:00 pmEddie Perfect - IntrospectiveQueensland Performing Arts Centre

Event Details

Presented by QPAC
Theatre Performance

Eddie Perfect returns to the stage for one night only with his new show ‘Introspective’ – an intimate hour of a musical comedy about his experiences living in Manhattan, writing two Broadway shows, and the songs that took him from Brunswick to New York and back again.

Stripped back, intimate and honest, ‘Introspective’ will be a candid reflection on Eddie’s recent life and career working on ‘Strictly Ballroom The Musical’, ‘Vivid White’, and on Broadway writing ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’ and ‘King Kong; Alive On Broadway’. Many of these songs have never been heard or recorded, but every one of them has a story.

Having spent the last two years living in New York, Eddie packed up the family and escaped back to Melbourne at the start of the pandemic. In between homeschooling his kids and appearing as a giant frilled neck lizard on the second season of ‘The Masked Singer’, Eddie filled in the lockdown hours reconnecting with the piano. It’s been a time of self-reflection and introspection on the other side of what has been a very loud, stressful, high-stakes period of his life.

With Eddie back on stage and at the piano, and accompanied by violin and cello, ‘Introspective’ is a rare glimpse of what it takes to write songs in some of the most creative and hostile environments known to humankind.

Performance Season:

Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 7:00 PM

Location:

Concert Hall – Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)
Corner Grey and Melbourne Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101

Tickets:

$59.00-$69.00 Tickets

Transaction fees of $7.20 apply per transaction.

Tickets available from QPAC – ‘Eddie Perfect – Introspective’.

Time

(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm AEST

Location

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)

Corner Grey and Melbourne Street

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24jun(jun 24)7:30 pm26(jun 26)7:30 pmHow To Survive a Zombie ApocalypseDark Stories

Event Details

Presented by Dark Stories
Immersive Theatre Event

Can you survive the impending apocalypse? Experience a night that will supercharge your senses!

Witness the horror that is the zombie apocalypse in this interactive theatre production set on the hallowed ground right in the heart of the Brisbane CBD. This isn’t your textbook night of the living dead. This production puts you front and centre of impending doom, forcing you to face the question: “If a horde of zombies was let loose on to the world without warning, would you survive?”

Fortunately for you, a troupe of experienced zombie killers travelling through Brisbane for only a handful of nights in the final week of June will give you the training you desperately need to be the night’s sole survivor.

Can you be the sole survivor?

Performance Season:

24-26 June 2021

Location:

St Andrew’s Uniting Church
299 Ann Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000

Tickets:

$34.00 Tickets

Tickets available from Dark Stories Brisbane – ‘How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse’.

Time

24 (Thursday) 7:30 pm - 26 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

St Andrew's Uniting Church

299 Ann Street

Organizer

Dark Stories[email protected]

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25jun(jun 25)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmKitchen DivaMates Theatre Genesis

Event Details

Presented by Mates Theatre Genesis
Theatre Performance

A dark comedy by Norman Price; think George Gershwin meets Quentin Tarantino. A kitchen cabaret laced with psycho undertones.

A three course feast of cooking, music and mayhem!

It’s Joe’s birthday. He’s busy in the kitchen preparing a celebratory dinner, hoping to rekindle his relationship with his estranged wife, Meagan. The preparations for such an important night are complicated enough without the constant interruptions from the ghost of his cabaret-singing mother. Emerging from the pantry in full showstopping glamour, she belts out advice concerning love, life and false teeth in between singing from her extensive repertoire of cabaret hits.

Things could get messy once Meagan arrives but of course “the show must go on!”

Performance Season:

Friday, 25 June – Saturday 10 July 2021

Location:

Birkdale School of Arts Hall
101 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale QLD 4159

Tickets:

$25 Adult

$20 Concession

$15 Student

Tickets available from the Mates Theatre Genesis website.

Time

June 25 (Friday) 7:30 pm - July 10 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Birkdale School of Arts Hall

101 Birkdale Road

Organizer

Mates Theatre Genesis

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26jun(jun 26)7:30 pm11jul(jul 11)2:00 pmQuartetVillanova Players

30jun7:00 pmDog Act ComedyThe Catchment Brewing Co

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29may(may 29)8:00 pm24jul(jul 24)8:00 pmOur HouseBrisbane Arts Theatre

17jun(jun 17)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmWhite PearlQueensland Theatre

Event Details

Presented by Queensland Theatre
Theatre Performance

As they scramble to contain the fallout before the American market wakes up, the open-plan, glass-door office proves to be a nest of secrets, lies and resentments.

Anchuli Felicia King’s new play, ‘White Pearl’, is a ruthlessly entertaining portrait of toxic corporate culture, casual racism and the complexity of pan- Asian relations.

Location:

Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre
78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane QLD 4101

Tickets:

$35.00 – $65.00 (Discounts available for Concession, Seniors, Youth, Groups and Schools).
Season Tickets are also available.

Tickets available at Queensland Theatre – White Pearl.

Time

June 17 (Thursday) 7:30 pm - July 10 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Queensland Theatre

78 Montague Road

Organizer

Queensland TheatreTicketing: 1800 355 528; Phone: 07 3010 7600; Email: [email protected] 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane QLD 4101

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19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm03jul(jul 3)7:30 pmHot Shoe ShuffleSavoyards

19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmMetamorphosesGold Coast Little Theatre

19jun(jun 19)7:30 pm11jul(jul 11)1:00 pmMamma Mia!Matt Ward Entertainment

Event Details

Presented by Matt Ward Entertainment
Musical Theatre Performance

Hey, Dancing Queens! The ultimate feel-good musical is coming to The Star Gold Coast.

Location:

The Star Gold Coast

Tickets:

$140.00 ABBA VIP Experience
$95.00 Platinum Seating
$85.00 A Reserve
$75.00 B Reserve

Tickets available from Ticketek – ‘Mamma Mia!’.

Time

June 19 (Saturday) 7:30 pm - July 11 (Sunday) 1:00 pm AEST

Location

The Star Gold Coast

1 Casino Drive

Organizer

Matt Ward EntertainmentEmail [email protected] PO Box 133 Isle of Capri, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217

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25jun(jun 25)7:30 pm10jul(jul 10)7:30 pmKitchen DivaMates Theatre Genesis

Event Details

Presented by Mates Theatre Genesis
Theatre Performance

A dark comedy by Norman Price; think George Gershwin meets Quentin Tarantino. A kitchen cabaret laced with psycho undertones.

A three course feast of cooking, music and mayhem!

Things could get messy once Meagan arrives but of course “the show must go on!”

Performance Season:

Friday, 25 June – Saturday 10 July 2021

Location:

Birkdale School of Arts Hall
101 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale QLD 4159

Tickets:

$25 Adult

$20 Concession

$15 Student

Tickets available from the Mates Theatre Genesis website.

Time

June 25 (Friday) 7:30 pm - July 10 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Birkdale School of Arts Hall

101 Birkdale Road

Organizer

Mates Theatre Genesis

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26jun(jun 26)7:30 pm11jul(jul 11)2:00 pmQuartetVillanova Players

09jul(jul 9)7:30 pm18(jul 18)6:00 pmJesus Christ SuperstarLynch & Paterson

14jul(jul 14)7:30 pm07aug(aug 7)7:30 pmPrima FacieQueensland Theatre

Event Details

Presented by Queensland Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company
Theatre Performance

‘Prima Facie’ is a tour de force indictment of the legal system!

For criminal lawyer Tessa, the law is a thrilling game that she loves to win, taking no prisoners. She has fought every step of the way for her position, and she’s the best there is. Her feelings have no place in her work – just the rules. That’s why, even when she’s called upon to defend men accused of sexually assaulting women, she detaches her feminism and her compassion in the cut and thrust of the courtroom.

But when Tessa finds herself on the other side of the bar – as a victim – the system she thought she had mastered starts working against her.

Suzie Miller’s urgent, gripping one-woman show combines wry humour, raw emotion and an unforgettable character. In a post-#MeToo world, it’s a stinging rebuke to a flawed legal system, and a clarion call to change the rules.

Location:

Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre
78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane QLD 4101

Tickets:

$35.00 – $65.00 (Discounts available for Concession, Seniors, Youth, Groups and Schools).
Season Tickets are also available.

Tickets available at Queensland Theatre – Prima Facie.

Time

July 14 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm - August 7 (Saturday) 7:30 pm AEST

Location

Queensland Theatre

78 Montague Road

Organizer

Queensland TheatreTicketing: 1800 355 528; Phone: 07 3010 7600; Email: [email protected]au 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane QLD 4101

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23jul(jul 23)7:30 pm21aug(aug 21)7:30 pmPriscilla (Queen of the Desert)Spotlight Theatrical Company

Event Details

Presented by Spotlight Theatrical Company
Musical Theatre Performance

Based on the smash-hit movie, ‘Priscilla’ is the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they had ever dreamed of. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dancefloor favourites, this wildly fresh and funny musical is a journey to the heart of FABULOUS!

Featuring a hit parade of dancefloor magic including ‘It’s Raining Men’, ‘I Say A Little Prayer’, ‘Venus’, ‘I Will Survive’, ‘Hot Stuff,’ ‘Finally’, ‘Boogie Wonderland’, ‘Go West’ and many more hits.

Jump on the bus and board this musical event you won’t want to miss!

Performance Season:

23 July – 21 August 2021

Location:

Spotlight Theatrical Company
185-187 Ashmore Road, Benowa QLD 4217

Tickets available from Spotlight Theatrical Company’s website.