Brisbane Festival invites visitors to “Find Your Fit” when Queensland’s favourite celebration of arts and culture takes over the city in spectacular style from 30 August to 21 September 2024. From family-friendly spectacles to budget-friendly events, international superstars to hometown heroes, brand-new productions to returning favourites – it’s never been easier to “Find Your Fit” […]

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Brisbane Festival, Queensland’s leading arts and culture festival, will return in September with an incredible program of international and national acts and performances. This year’s program features Lighting the Dark, a bold new work by dancer and choreographer living with Down Syndrome, Chris Dyke. Dyke emanates compassion, transcending limitations and inviting us all into his […]

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Brisbane Festival weaves a rich tapestry of culture, celebration and community throughout the city when the leading arts and cultural event returns from 30 August to 21 September.       The fifth program from Artistic Director Louise Bezzina invites audiences to experience the pinnacle of artistry with world premieres, Australian exclusives, Queensland commissions and Brisbane spotlights taking centre stage across 23 […]

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Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of five Tony Awards, will have its Australian premiere, touring nationally from 2024. Originally developed by Disney Theatrical Group, written by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Adams Family), with music by Wayne Barker, this all-new production is directed by David Morton (Holding Achilles, The Wider Earth).   Peter and the Starcatcher is the untold story of Neverland. Before […]

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This May, the Sydney Opera House’s UnWrapped series presents two new Australian works by critically acclaimed independent artists Mish Grigor and Thomas E.S. Kelly and collaborators. Making their Sydney premieres in two short seasons, Class Act (1 – 4 May) from Melbourne’s experimental APHIDS and SILENCE (8 – 11 May) from groundbreaking First Nations dance company Karul Projects will interrogate rifts in […]

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Stephanie Lake’s explosive Manifesto is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse from 25 – 28 October much to the delight of Melbourne audiences who may missed out on the hottest ticket in town back in 2022. “I am beyond thrilled that we have the chance to bring Manifesto back to our home city and onto the beautiful Playhouse stage. After an incredible […]

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The Kite String Tangle’s Danny Harley and Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) reunite in the high-octane collaboration, Aftermath, at South Bank Piazza during Brisbane Festival 2022. Premiering at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2021, Aftermath’s sell out season received rave reviews. Visceral physicality and a stirring soundscape will again collide in this bold work co-created by Amy Hollingsworth and Jack Lister, as the formidable ADC dancers are […]

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After capitvating Adelaide audiences with its critically acclaimed run of NOISE at WOMADelaide 2022, internationally acclaimed Townsville-based dance company Dancenorth will wow local audiences when its brand new work Wayfinder premieres at the Townsville Civic Theatre as part of NAFA from 24 – 25 June.  A summoning of collective awe and wonder, Dancenorth has gathered an all-star artistic hive mind to create this new work […]

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The theatre darkens and the lights come up on a performance that is completely unknown – for not just the audience but the dancers, too. Welcome to Forgery, where a complex series of algorithms and cutting-edge technology dictate each performance – a show that’s directed entirely by computer and is different every single performance. Developed by award-winning Australian dancer, […]

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Back in March, Dance Informa spoke with Amy Hollingsworth about the upcoming season of a show called Three. We all know what happened next.  Fast forward to late July, and here we are again; only this time none of us can honestly say what’s next. (Indeed, as I write, border closures are once more being announced, […]

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