David Burton

David Burton is a writer from Meanjin, Brisbane. David also works as a playwright, director and author. He is the playwright of over 30 professionally produced plays. He holds a Doctorate in the Creative Industries.

David Burton's Latest Articles

Bluey. A group of animation dogs sit on a green carpet on top of floorboards in a bunched up.
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Theatre review: Bluey’s Big Play, QPAC

Pop culture phenomena Bluey and Bingo become puppets in this well-crafted experience for under eights.

Queensland Music Festival Music Trails Program
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Queensland Music Festival expanding, recommiting to regional engagement

With new funding and programming, the festival dramatically reinvented itself during COVID.

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Book Review: Life Skills for a Broken World by Dr Ahona Guha

A practical guide to good psychological help to bring in the new year.

A promotional image for Opera Australia. Against the sails of the Sydney Opera House a figure in red looks up to the sky.
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What our opera companies are offering in 2024

New leadership means new energy for major companies in an exciting year.

Christmas. A clapping and joyful standing audience looking around, while a performer with a red dress throws their arms in the air on the stage behind them.
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Christmas concerts are keeping Australian artists employed

For the performing artists who get busier than ever at this time of year, the main focus of their work…

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Book review: Bright Shining, Julia Baird

A companion piece to her earlier book, 'Phosphorescence', 'Bright Shining' explores the quality of grace.

A photo of Claire Christian, a romance author with short, bleached hair and black glasses. She's standing against a flower background.
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Romance as BookTok feminism? Australian authors disrupting the form

Competing with BookTok's global success and the traditional misogynistic response towards romance books, Australian authors are looking to innovate.

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Wesley Enoch criticises 'an age of inarticulate leadership'

Reflecting on the state of the arts, Queensland and First Nations theatre-making at the end of 2023, Wesley Enoch has…

A life-size Bingo and Bluey pose outside the iconic 'Brisbane' sign on the Southbank riverfront.
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New attraction, Bluey's World, to launch exclusively in Brisbane

The brand new purpose-built immersive attraction will open in August 2024.

Gods and Monsters by Chris Wormersley. Image is a book cover on the left with a car with a light inside on a dark night, and on the right an author's shot of a grey haired and bearded man with glasses, a white shirt and a grey suit jacket.
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Book Review: Ordinary Gods and Monsters, by Chris Womersley

A suburban crime thriller with darkly humorous undertones.

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