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The Valley Fiesta returns for 2018!

With live music, theatre and arts presented over a new five-day format, the twenty second edition of the Valley’s flagship festival offers a packed program of live entertainment from 29 August – 2 September. The 2018 program includes music, performance, food, workshops and visual arts across three laneways and more than 40 venues. Highlights include the Brunswick Street Mall Main Ring, which will host free daily entertainment including Le Coup Cabaret, a high-flying performance by ...

Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends, New Worlds Tour!

A program that showcases the core of the American values in literature and music. A show that communicates the bridges artists have built between America and Europe. Twain, Hemingway, Whitman, Cooper, Bernstein, Gershwin and Foster are some of the strongest voices that influenced generations of humans in America and gave the world a picture of the charm, energy and creative force of the ‘New Worlds’.   //   “Mr. Murray described the idea as ‘the collision of ...

La Scala Ballet is coming to Australia!

This November, Italy’s celebrated Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company (La Scala Ballet) performs live for the first time in Australia and only in Brisbane. La Scala Ballet will be accompanied by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.   //   Enjoy the ultimate La Scala Ballet experience. See both Don Quixote and Giselle over one spectacular weekend in Brisbane from 16 to 18 November 2018. QPAC is located in South Bank, Brisbane’s cultural epicentre. Make the most of your ...

The 2018 Lavazza Italian Film Festival returns this September!

Sitting at the heart of the program are our SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS which include: The 2018 winner of Best Original Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival, HAPPY AS LAZZARO, Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders LIFF14) enchanting third film; and from Matteo Garrone, the director of Gomorrah comes DOGMAN - the Cannes Film Festival award-winning tale of a dog-lover in desolate Southern Italy who is driven to terrifying extremes by a violent local bully. Strong dramas are aplenty with films from ...

The Book of Mormon is coming to Brisbane!

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.   //   Now with sold out productions in London, on Broadway, North America, Melbourne and Sydney, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. The Book of Mormon From 16 March 2019 for a limited season QPAC, Brisbane www.qpac.com.au

Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival 2018 at the Brisbane Powerhouse

Be part of this distinct film festival dedicated solely to virtual reality technology. The Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival showcases the world’s greatest virtual reality short films, music videos, documentaries and creative works. Selections have been handpicked from across the globe to showcase the next generation of filmmakers and help people experience this ground-breaking form. The 2018 program includes titled works: Inside Manus: Inside Manus harnesses the immersive ...

Jeff Dunham: Passively Aggressive touring Australia this September!

Dunham released his latest standup special, Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster, on Netflix this year.  The special features Dunham along with his ill-behaved and slightly demented posse of characters for a gleeful skewering of family and politics. Dunham and his famous cohorts Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Bubba J, and Peanut also consider what a new member to their already dysfunctional family could mean, putting the ‘relative’ in Relative Disaster. Dunham, a Guinness World Record ...

Jasper Jones Theatre Review

Set in the dying days of 1965, the play pulls no punches is showing how difficult it was growing up in a small town where racial intolerance was the tone of the day and the grind of daily boredom was never far away. Into this environment Charlie, a boy who dreams large comes face to face with many of life’s ugly truths while he acts as the show’s narrator. The play is presented in a brisk fashion, with the clever use of a revolving stage and having the actors play multiple roles to ...

Korean Film Festival 2018

Presented by the Korean Cultural Centre Australia, KOFFIA showcases the wonder of Korean culture through film.  From big budget Blockbusters, gripping indie flicks, rom-coms, pop culture musings and more, the Festival presents a packed program of world-class cinema, from the hottest Korean filmmakers.   //   KOFFIA is a cinematic experience for people of all tastes, ages and cultural backgrounds. Every film presented at the Festival screens with English subtitles. ...

Ferrell Fest is coming to Brisbane this August!

Time to crack out the Jazz Flute and get ready to Shake and Bake with a festival dedicated to Will Ferrell! Event Cinemas Myer Centre Brisbane are bringing some of his greatest films back to the big screen this August!   //   The must see classic movies include Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Blades of Glory and Step Brothers. If you have never seen these legendary flicks, now's your chance to see them on the big screen! Get in quick though, ...