Suzannah Conway

Suzannah Conway is an experienced arts administrator, having been CEO of Opera Queensland, the Brisbane Riverfestival and the Centenary of Federation celebrations for Queensland. She is a freelance arts writer and has been writing reviews and articles for over 20 years, regularly reviewing classical music, opera and musical theatre in particular for The Australian and Limelight magazine as well as other journals. Most recently she was Arts Hub's Brisbane-based Arts Feature Writer.

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Circus review: Duck Pond, QPAC

Reimagining 'Swan Lake', Circa’s production is a delightfully fresh take on the art of circus.

Salamander, Brisbane Festival. Image: Damien Bredburg
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Commitment to community at the Brisbane Festival

Celebrating home-grown talent, the Festival also includes significant international collaborations.

Euan Fistrovic Doidge, Elandrah Eramiha, Monique Salle, Mark Hill. Image Darren Thomas
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Musical Theatre: The Wizard of Oz in Concert, QPAC

The latest production from Prospero Arts of a perennial favourite ticks many heart-warming boxes.

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The art of writing a compelling strategic plan

In a highly competitive marketplace, the arts company that can convince funding bodies of its uniquely placed vision for the…

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Theatre review: Tiny Beautiful Things, Bille Brown Theatre

The best advice comes from an unlikely source in the stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s well-crafted book.

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Exhibition reviews: eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness and Michael Zavros: The Favourite, QAGOMA

Two Irresistible exhibitions presents a unique double blockbuster of the work of contemporary artists who offer separate yet synergistic practices.

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Performance review: Break, Metro Arts, Brisbane

A story told from the inside out – Break is a dance work about a body reaching its limits.

Jack Liebeck, Townsville 2023. Photo: Andrew Rankin
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The Australian Festival of Chamber Music offers an impressive 2023 program

Artistic Director Jack Liebeck returns to Townsville/Gurambilbarra with five world premieres and a feast of guilty pleasures!

The Ring Cycle, Opera Australia. Image supplied
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Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle is finally heading to Brisbane

Several years in the making and delayed because of COVID, Wagner’s monumental work comes to Queensland for the first time.

black&write! Fellows Jacob K Gallagher and Dakota Feirer. Image supplied
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Supernatural crime and poetry win Indigenous Fellowships

The State Library of Queensland’s black&write! Fellowships for 2023 have been announced with two diverse works from First Nations writers…

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