Amanda Palmer – There will be no Intermission is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse
A triumphant return of an uncompromising artist, the unapologetic front-woman of The Dresden Dolls brings her critically acclaimed one-woman show down under. Fearless messages and intimate confessions, loaded with the drama of real life, this is the album her fans crowdfunded, and in return Palmer gives her all.
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A master at making her personal observations and experiences universal to her broad fan base, join us as Palmer welcomes audiences into her world and ...
The Midsummer Carnival is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse this month
In this twisted tale of love and hypnotism, nothing is as it seems as four young lovers are tangled together by a meddlesome mesmerist to the tune of gypsy jazz in a whirl of magic and mayhem. Weaving a tapestry of storylines, follow fairies into the fire of passions gone awry, or the farcical antics of the carnival Mechanicals and their side-splitting grande finale.
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From the creators of Cluedo: The Interactive Game, The Midsummer Carnival is an immersive theatr...
So Frenchy So Chic returns to Brisbane Powerhouse this month!
Gearing up for a performance sure to be a wondrous melange of the eccentric and the melodic, join Nouvelle Vague as they take us on an unexpected journey through their rich musical history of popular culture, mixed with good humour and glamour, and topped with excellent musicianship.
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Known for their innovative reworking of a diverse range of songs, from new wave classics like Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division), Guns of Brixton (The Clash) and The Killing Moon ...
Jake Moss: With Feelings Exhibition
A collection of blatant and honest paintings, Moss describes his work as colourful, meaningful, philosophical, funny, serious, pretty, ugly and BIG. Growing up with split parents, one whom was very religious and the other who had found their livelihood managing a brothel, Moss brings a kaleidoscope of opinions and influences to his eye catching and controversial images.
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Experience this widely creative and colourful artist and meet him in person during Wonderland ...
Under My Eye, the new circus work from Bianca Mackail is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse
She could stay confined in her visceral minefield of contradictions, deliberations and judgments, but she allows the box to crack open and exposes the honest shit storm of her ramblings and the joy and passion of her beautifully distorted chaos.
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A fiercely vulnerable and extreme physical adventure into the unrelenting chitchat of the mind. Always searching for story, dissecting, criticising, categorising, judging and boxing them all up into distorted ideas and ...
Awesome Ocean Party is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse this month!
She invites you, her party guests, into the depths of her three hearts. Through song, storytelling and ocean-themed everything she weaves together a tale of love, loss, longing and legends of amphibious family histories.
An exploration into our need for human connection, it asks: how can we transform our pain and fear into vulnerability and courage allowing us to be imperfectly human, together?
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Awesome Ocean Party was nominated for Best Cabaret at Melbourne ...
The award-winning musical Becoming Bill is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse this month!
The story of single mum Jane and her two twenty-something boys. Or should that be men? No, boys. Still it’s a normal enough life, not perfect and she’s getting through … until son number one, Bill, decides to write a musical – about his family!
Bill’s doing OK. He’s got his own flat, a job and an on-again-off-again girlfriend. But he also has a brother who called in to play video games three months ago and hasn’t left. Mum just can’t quite find the balance between letting ...
Woody Guthrie: Songs of Freedom at Brisbane Powerhouse
In a world where bigotry, racism, violence and inequality are seemingly on the rise, this show, built around Woody’s songs, is a timely reminder of the universal power of great folk music to celebrate humanity and to give voice to the struggles of ordinary people for a better world.
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Led by the musical prowess of Bruce Hearn (from Melbourne ska legends, Strange Tenants) & The Machinists, Woody Guthrie: Songs of Freedom features icons of Australia’s folk/r...
World Press Photo Exhibition 2019 is now showing at Brisbane Powerhouse
This year, the contest saw 4,738 photographers from 129 countries enter 78,801 images. The 2019 World Press Photo nominees were from 25 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela. Of these nominees, 14 photographers are women (32%), which means a significant increase ...
Comedy is coming back to Sunday’s at Brisbane Powerhouse!
After 5 years, Brisbane Powerhouse is shaking up it’s free comedy program and moving Knockoff, the weekly free comedy event on a Friday evening, to Sunday and welcoming back the original name, Livewired Comedy.
It’s the same event – Brisbane’s best local and visiting comedians live on stage serving up an hour of free rib-cracking laughs – just with a fresh look.
Brisbane Powerhouse Artistic Director, Kris Stewart is keen to bring the laughs back to Sunday and ward off those ...
