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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Spirited Away at Dendy Cinemas!

But when they stop at a village that is not all that it seems, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits, shape-shifting dragons and a witch who never wants to see her leave. She must call on the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.   //   Screening for a special limited season at Dendy Coorparoo from the 22nd July 2021. 20th anniversary of Spirited ...

Open Season returns across two iconic Brisbane venues!

Joining the fun in 2021 is The Princess Theatre, a sister venue to The Tivoli and Brisbane’s newest home for live music and the arts in Woolloongabba’s emerging lifestyle and entertainment precinct. True to the brand of the iconic Tivoli, live music again remains at the heart of the Open Season program with a stunning program of artists and musicians handpicked to perform at across both The Tivoli and The Princess Theatre. As part of Open Season, The Princess Theatre will welcome ...

Submissions are now open for the 2021 Brisbane International Film Festival

With a fresh program team ringing in a new era for BIFF, the 2021 festival will see excellence in programming combined with unforgettable events and a renewed focus on industry and education. Submissions are now open in two categories – feature films and shorts films – and BIFF welcomes submissions across all genres and from all corners of the world. Festival Director Emily Avila said with international borders currently closed, the power of cinema to transport audiences was more ...

Yhonnie Scarce Missile Park Exhibition is coming to IMA

Featuring a major new commission and drawing upon existing works over the past fifteen years, the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, are collaborating to present a major survey of leading contemporary artist Yhonnie Scarce.   //   Scarce’s work often references the on-going effects of colonisation on Aboriginal people. Her research has explored the impact of nuclear testing and the removal and relocation of ...

Brand new festival – Brisbane Winter Sessions – is debuting this August!

After a challenging past 12 months for the live music industry, Winter Sessions is all about celebrating our city’s amazing live music scene. Taking place in Brissie’s most iconic venues, from the CBD to the suburbs, the Winter Sessions program features a stellar lineup of established and emerging artists, across a wide range of music genres.   //   The inaugural year of this festival includes more than 30 free and ticketed events, with over 100 artists performing in ...

The Marriage of Figaro is coming to QPAC this July!

And so begins one of the greatest love stories ever told. This is the opera that changed the direction of the art form. When it premiered in 1786 audiences were intrigued as they watched real people wrestling with feelings of desire, betrayal, remorse, unbridled lust… Feelings they knew well themselves.   //   The original title of the opera translates as, “Figaro’s Wedding or the Mad Day”, and from the first downbeat of the music, utter chaos unfolds with lusty ...

The Scandinavian Film Festival IS BACK – full program announced!

This year’s specially curated selection encompasses films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including ten directed by women, with many screening for the first time outside of Europe. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, THE EMIGRANTS (Utvandrarna) will close the Festival. The Emigrants follows a struggling farming family in mid-19th Century Sweden who decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America. Starring the late Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, The ...

Growing Up Disabled in Australia is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse

Growing Up Disabled in Australia is the fifth book in the highly acclaimed, bestselling Growing Up series. Edited by award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist, Carly Findlay, the book includes interviews with prominent Australians such as Senator Jordon Steele-John and Paralympian Isis Holt, poetry and graphic art, as well as more than 40 original pieces by writers with a disability or chronic illness.   //   Join Carly Findlay with contributors Anna Whatel...

$8 after 8pm is back by popular demand at Dendy Coorparoo!

There's nothing like staying up late with a great movie! Now with Dendy's $8 after 8pm offer it's even easier with $8 tickets for all standard sessions after 8pm from Sundays to Thursdays (excluding Fri, Sat). This is only for a limited time so be quick, this deal cannot last - offer valid for four weeks only, Thursday June 17 through to Wednesday July 14.   //   With a line-up of blockbuster movies such as THE FAST & THE FURIOUS 9, THE CONJURING, IN THE HEIGHTS ...

World Press Photo Exhibition 2021 is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse!

Attracting 4,315 photographers from 130 countries who submitted 74,470 images, this coveted award is the world’s leading contest for professional press photographers, photo journalist and documentary photographers.   //   In 2021, the highly-anticipated exhibition will be even more poignant, following an unprecedented year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice protests around the globe. The nominees share a diversity of interpretations and perspectives to ...