The 15th annual Sydney Comedy Festival announces a huge 2019 program!
Across four big weeks from 22nd April to 19th May, the Festival will welcome performers from all corners of the globe including Joe Lycett (UK), David O’Doherty (IRE), Daniel Sloss (SCO), Melanie Bracewell (NZ), Ron Funches (USA), Storm Xu (CHN), Dusty Rich (RSA), Jinx Yeo (SGP), Kanan Gill (IND), Takashi Wakasugi (JPN), Ivan Aristeguieta (VEN) and Gillian English (CAN).
Crowd favourites taking to the Festival stages include Danny Bhoy (SCO), Arj Barker (USA), Jay Pharoah (USA), Lauren ...
Reagan Kelly coming soon to Metro Arts!
Tim Hill directs award winning playwright Lewis Treston’s quintessentially Brisbane show that Queensland audiences have never seen.
Everyone is telling former school captain Reagan Kelly that she should get a degree, get a job, get married and do the whole ‘life’ thing… but what do they really know about life? Her parents are getting divorced, her brother is dating a creep, even her gay best friend has lost his sparkle and her last suicide attempt was a total failure.
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Queerstories returns to Brisbane Comedy Festival!
Fast becoming an institution round the country, Queerstories sells out shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and regional areas, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.
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Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, the stories from Queerstories are also available on the podcast, and as a collection of short stories published by Hachette Australia in 2018 and launched at the Sydney Opera House.
Queerstories
9 March 2019
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane ...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Interactive Screening is returning to the Schonell Theatre this month!
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW interactive screening with live Cards 4 Sorrow floorshow returns to Schonell Theatre, St Lucia on Friday 22 March.
Don't miss a screening of the 1975 cult movie classic with live floorshow by local fan troupe Cards 4 Sorrow.
Whilst you watch the movie on the huge Schonell cinema screen, Cards 4 Sorrow bring The Rocky Horror Picture Show to life as an interactive floorshow on the stage below.
With Time Warping in the aisles! Dress up and sing-along!
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The World According to Farts is coming to Brisbane this month!
Singing sensation Christa Hughes teams up with her Circus Oz buddy, Jim Dunlop to take you on a side-splitting tour of the human body. Apart from learning some anatomy, children enjoy the songs, music and true wonder of the sounds our bodies create.
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Christa finds the human body and ALL of its sounds absolutely fascinating. She loves facts almost as much as she loves to laugh. Her powerful voice and command of the stage (not to mention her cheekiness and irrevere...
Opera Queensland’s 2019 season opens with the Queensland premiere of A Flowering Tree
Inspired by Mozart’s The Magic Flute, A Flowering Tree explores themes of magic, metamorphosis and the healing power of deep and selfless love; a majestic retelling of a traditional southern Indian folk tale, sung in English and Spanish.
The opera recounts the story of Kumudha, a beautiful, young peasant woman with the magical ability to transform herself into a tree covered in exquisite flowers.
A Prince sees Kamudha’s transformation and infatuated by her beauty and magic ...
Christian Hull Compete Drivel Live Tour!
Christian has spent the last nine years working for Australia’s largest radio network SCA as their National Digital Video Producer, creating hours of hilarious content for the national Carrie & Tommy Show with The Project's Carrie Bickmore and comedian Tommy Little. In his downtime, Christian goes home to his inner-city Melbourne apartment and shoots off-the-cuff videos, producing a few of these a week for his own dedicated and steadily growing fan base. His hilarious characters, ...
Comedy Queen, Queenie van de Zandt goes back to her Netherlands at Brisbane Comedy Festival 2019!
Since unleashing alter-ego Jan van de Stool at the Brisbane Cabaret Festival in 2004, Queenie’s Dutch-born “musical therapist” has become one of the greatest cult comedy acts in Australia, touring festivals nationally and reaching the semi-finals on television juggernaut Australia’s Got Talent.
Next month, Australia’s favourite self-help guru (self-appointed) will conjure the laughs in a one-woman exposé: Jan van de Stool in PARTING THE RED CURTAINS.
“I’m inviting all ...
Scared Weird Little Guys are BACK with a highly anticipated Reunion Show!
That’s probably because the Scared Weird Little Guys, those insanely talented dudes who made the whole country LOL, haven’t performed in Brisbane for nearly 10 years! Well, Merry Christmas punters because that’s all about to change! Clear the diary for March, because, they are back!
The Scared Weird Little Guys , or ‘The Scaredies’ (as they are affectionately known) were a part of Australian culture for over 20 years, performing thousands of gigs all over the country as well as ...
Single Asian Female Theatre Review
The laughter it generates makes one look inside to the prejudices that must be overcome in all their absurdity and backwardness. It plays with the acceptance of stereotypes with a wit about itself that puts humour first to make the message more effective. Nobody really learns from shouting.
Rapid fire dialogue peppered with current jargon and the occasional f-bomb gives momentum while a clever set design reinforces visual purpose. The story revolves around family and fortune, some good, ...
