Brisbane

Music review: Romance, QPAC
Romance was a far-ranging classical program that showed off the exceptional talents of this youthful orchestra.

Creating a new Australian musical through a personal story filled with love and joy
Keir Nuttall and Kate Miller-Heidke’s 'Bananaland' promises musical fun and side-splitting hilarity with some underlying serious themes.

New “squishy concrete” to protect cultural assets during extreme weather
A Queensland University of Technology engineer has developed a building material that could be used to help galleries and museums…

Queer cultural festival expands citywide
The rebranded and expanded Melt OPEN will celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community of Brisbane and beyond.

Q&A: Meet the creatives behind Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas!
Glass slippers and pumpkins aside, Tae’s wheels of steel are roaring into this year’s Brisbane Festival with her Fairy Godmother…

Music review: Opening Applause, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Two premieres and two perennial favourites open the 2023 Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville with a well-chosen and beautifully…

Theatre Review: Capricorn, La Boite Theatre
An unconventional rom-com following the fractured trajectory of a relationship in decline.

Music Review: DIVAS, Queensland Performing Arts Centre
An extraordinary vocal talent interpreting a wide range of renowned female singers.

Performance review: Chopin’s Piano, QPAC Concert Hall
Musica Viva’s unique stage adaptation of Paul Kildea’s book on the composer Chopin, his preludes, and one fateful instrument.

Fine music ensembles are on the rise, but what is driving their success?
How our diverse and burgeoning chamber music ensembles create a unique voice and what they contribute to the overall musical…