Dreamcoat delight
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3d ago
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Redcliffe Musical Theatre) Redcliffe Entertainment Centre March 15 – 24 The musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” may be best known for its ‘Any Dream Will Do’, but it is other catchy moments within its overture that see the Redcliffe Musical Theatre matinee audience clap along in immediate glee. When the multiple award-winning Rice-Lloyd Webber musical opens, it is, however, to a bare stage for narrators Taylah-Jay Foster and Mia Hunt (in a very effective split of the role,) to set the scene for the book of Genesis reimagining of ..read more
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Dreams in doubt
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1w ago
Big Yikes! (Playlab) Brisbane Powerhouse, Underground Theatre March 13 – 23 Nervous Lorrie. Sorry… Loxie (Juliette Milne). because that is a cooler rebrand, might be the protagonist of Madeleine Border’s “Big Yikes!” yet as the show opens to her being instructed of the expectations of the coffee-foam-love-heart, fast-paced hospitality world and number one rule of customer service by stressed supervisor Stef (Tenielle Plunkett), she barely speaks a word. It’s an overwhelming time for already-anxious Loxie as she sets about both embarking on life in the labour force and as a share house inhabit ..read more
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Alive and ticking
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1w ago
Frankenstein (Brisbane Arts Theatre) Brisbane Arts Theatre March 16 – April 20 From the opening bell tolling towards the edge of Victor Frankenstein’s nightmare, it is evident that the Arts Theatre production of Mary Shelley’s novel, “Frankenstein”, adapted by A. N. Sandberg, showcases sound and lighting design that is not just on-point, but amongst the best I have ever experienced in an independent theatre production. There are many standout creative moments during the follow of gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein (Reagan Warner) and his intellectual pursuit, insights and even madness  ..read more
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Charles Dickens charm
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by bluecurtainsbris
1w ago
Great Expectations (Villanova Players) Ron Hurley Theatre March 8 – 17 Classics are so for a reason and the final show matinee audience at Villanova Players’ “Great Expectations” appears to be in agreement, given how busy the Ron Hurley Theatre is with people wanting to see orphan and blacksmith’s apprentice Pip’s (Lachlan Gregory Hugh) journey from childhood to becoming a high society London gentleman, thanks to a bequeathed fortune from a mysterious benefactor.   Expectations (#nopunintended) of Charles Dickens’ timeless 1861 story of class conflict are perhaps subverted though directo ..read more
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Circa celebrations
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by bluecurtainsbris
1w ago
What Will Have Been (Circa) QPAC, The Playhouse March 13 – 17 Circa is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Rather than looking back, however, the esteemed Queensland contemporary circus company is introspecting into the moment with “What Will Have Been”, a work created by its director Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble, that is as enigmatic as its intriguing title. It is inspired, as the company’s visionary Artistic Director Lifschitz explains in the show’s program, by grammar, and the tentative transition between past and present. For a celebration of the company’s 20-year milestone, “What ..read more
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Banging bombast
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by bluecurtainsbris
2w ago
Banging Denmark (Pip Theatre) Pip Theatre March 7 – 23 It is ironic that opening night of Van Badham’s “Banging Denmark” coincides with International Women’s Day given the tone of its initial scene, which sees popular seduction community podcaster Guy de Wit (Rijen Laine) offensively outlining his five-step dating program to callers to the ‘safe space’ of his live call line. He really is pathetic (as he later himself admits), as is evidenced by the way he diminishes women through description of so-called seduction techniques to lovelorn men of the internet. There is obviously money to be ..read more
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Pride, prejudice and politics
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3w ago
The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice (Soft Tread Enterprises) QPAC, The Playhouse March 4 – 9 2024’s The Wharf Revue may have link to a classic of literature in both its show title and opening church vs state themed Jane Austen style scene, but it is, rather, a musical motif that runs through this year’s offering from the now-national institution… from an appropriate puppet themed “Avenue Q (and A)” panel show parody to a Sondheim-esque “Company” coalition reflection on the ‘little things they do together’. As with their sell-out 2023 season of “The Wharf Revue: Looking for Albanese”, “The Wha ..read more
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Suave spice
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by bluecurtainsbris
3w ago
Suave Pink Flamingo From December 2023 The glamourous purpose-built Pink Flamingo Spiegeltent at Northshore Hamilton offers an indulgent entertainment experience, none-so-much as in the venue’s resident signature show, “Suave”, which took the Gold Coast by storm in 2020. After an audience mingle pre-show welcome from hosts Hugh and his Miss October Honey Bunny, direct from the Hefner mansion, the show opens to a glamorous black and gold ‘Get this party started on a Saturday night’, and what a suave-alicious party it is with an arc deco theme running throughout, working in conjunction with ens ..read more
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Matinee men
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by bluecurtainsbris
3w ago
Ripped Pink Flamingo Spiegeland From December 2023 “Ripped”, the self-proclaimed ultimate male revue, gets straight down to business in its showing at Pink Flamingo’s custom-designed Speigeltent as ‘Uptown Funk’s sees line of Brisbane’s finest male entertainers stripping down to their bare, chiselled chests. Along with the explosive entertainment that comes courtesy of a show of the sort, there is also a lot of laughs throughout. Special guest host, drag entertainer Justine Kase (appearing until March 16) brings brash humour in interaction with audience members and facilitation of volunteer g ..read more
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Wolfpack power
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by bluecurtainsbris
3w ago
The Wolves (Ad Astra) Ad Astra February 15 – March 9 Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer-nominated debut play, “The Wolves” tells the story of an undefeated female regional US indoor soccer team across five pre-game warm up sessions. And from the moment Ad Astra’s production of the 2016 slice-of-life work begins, the multiple and varied archetypal personalities of the girls practicing drills in preparation of the succession of games, is made evident. There are stereotypes too, in how the girls are identified, by their jersey numbers rather than names, and also how they speak of others, their apathetic a ..read more
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