Tame Impala announces biggest every Australian Tour!
Joining Tame Impala on all dates are Texan genre-defiers, Khruangbin. In Australia last year playing their debut sell-out headline tour, the sunny instrumental three-piece will warm crowds with their mind-expanding live show.
Led by multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, Tame Impala have established themselves as one of Australia’s most astounding live acts. A meditative, light-infused party of psychedelic euphoria, their live experience is world renowned - last year impressing at ...
Giants Among Us video installation is currently playing at Metro Arts
Passers-by become audience as they bear witness to gentle giants sharing an invitation to pause, watch and listen. Towering above passers-by, children peer, play and pace, asking audiences the question; do you notice us now?
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Created in collaboration with children through a series of exploratory workshops, Giants Among Us is a reflection on Article 13 of the UN Convention on the rights of the Child, which states that “the child shall have the right to freedom of ...
In Conversation with Leigh McGrath and Stephen M Irwin – Creators of Harrow
ABOUT HARROW SEASON 3
Our lovable, irritating, smart and flawed renegade pathologist Dr Daniel Harrow returns for a third season. After 20 episodes, many viewers thought they knew all there was to know about our conflicted, eponymous protagonist, a man at once morally upright with his own unshakeable code of conduct, yet who can also be secretive, sly, and has already killed twice.
But there is much more to discover – truths and half-truths that will pull our feelings one way then ...
Vika and Linda Bull Between Two Shores is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse
Between Two Shores is an evocative, moving selection of songs and personal stories from the two sisters. Blending together narratives from their lives and careers through their unique vocals and instinctive harmonies, the duo takes us on a journey of the diverse pathways they have forged into soul, gospel, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry.
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Since their multi-platinum conquest of pop radio with the Black Sorrows in the late 1980’s, through to ...
Forbidden Romance: A Love Cabaret at Metro Arts
Now we turn the tables on opera and musicale! With the stunning voices of Irena Lysiuk and Henry Kafoa, music’s greatest genre rivals are entwined in their own romantic comedy Forbidden Romance: A love cabaret! Drama and hilarity will ensue!
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Join Brisbane City Opera as we explore the turmoils and tantrums of this forbidden love through the all-time favourites of opera and the modern musicals.
Forbidden Romance: A Love Cabaret
5 – 8 February 2020
Epson ...
WOW Australia 2020
With a packed program each day, you’ll experience and participate in a captivating range of keynotes, conversations, workshops, exhibitions, lunchtime performances and demonstrations, taking place each day from 9am to 5pm. Then in the evening, continue your WOW experience with additional ticketed performances.
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There will also be exhibitions and original performances from outstanding women artists, some made just for WOW. And of course it wouldn’t be complete ...
Boyle and Waters in Leotard at Metro Arts
Two performers. Dozens of vintage leotards. A million sequins.
Who were the women who wore these leotards? What were their secrets? And how many interpretive dance routines will there be?
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Leotards reveal the truth of the body, underneath the most absurd layers of adornment. In LEOTARD, Boyle and Waters reveal the truths of these characters under their absurd adornment of mental sequins. Leotard is a timely exploration of the performance of womanhood via ...
Dates announced for the 2020 Alliance Française French Film Festival
In keeping with such a momentous year, this beloved event will once again unveil a thrilling selection of contemporary French cinema, guaranteed to captivate and stimulate audiences around the country.
Presented by the Alliance Française in association with the Embassy of France in Australia and Unifrance Films, the 2020 season will screen at Palace Cinemas and affiliate locations throughout March and April, encompassing 8 cities and 4 satellite locations.
Celebrating his 4th year as ...
Ephemera by Benjamin Knapton is coming to Metro Arts
Created by Benjamin Knapton, the installation combines 40 interviews from people integral to Metro Arts over the past 40 years. Using various video editing techniques across a multitude of screens, the work provokes questions about place, community and social context: how can architecture, people and organisations interact to create something worth talking about?
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Ephemera is a kaleidoscopic event that will hold the mind, the eyes and the ears in equal enchantmen...
The Australian Ballet The Happy Prince is coming to QPAC next month
The possibilities for dance in Wilde’s characters – the golden Prince, his loyal friend the Swallow, the seductive Reed, the pitiful Match Girl – will be fabulously realised in Murphy’s distinctive choreographic style.
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The Happy Prince features a specially commissioned score from the renowned composer Christopher Gordon, who composed the scores for the films Mao’s Last Dancer, Ladies in Black and Master and Commander, alongside the work of award-winning ...
