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One Million Stars public art installation in King George Square!

The artwork is a fully immersive experience, inviting visitors inside a four-metre high, 15-metre wide dome created from 370 brightly coloured star garlands, forming a kaleidoscopic effect accompanied by a soundscape created by artist Michelle Xen. Open all day and night during the festival, visitors can walk in and out, stay a while and reflect on the light filtering through the iridescent star strings, run your hands along the stars and think about the many hearts and hands that have ...

Hot Brown Honey Theatre Review

Mixing up elements of cabaret, burlesque, music, physical theatre and dance in a wild cavalcade of bright colours and big energy, Hot Brown Honey shrinks a big room down to the intimacy of a friend’s living room. A very groovy friend with hip-hop, James Brown and Living Colour spinning round and round and round. // Presenting their ideas in a confrontation way with the shake of the hip and a sly wink, the seven women make it very clear that they are not going to take anything but ...

Dermot Kennedy Debut Australian Tour

Imbuing the folky grit of Glen Hansard and Ray Lamontagne while variously employing production techniques more familiar to the likes of Drake or James Blake, Kennedy will hit the East Coast on the back of the whirlwind success of his EP Doves and Ravens. The release has garnered fans worldwide for it’s stark combination of electronic wizardry and heartbreaking balladry. A prodigious talent, Kennedy’s love of music came from humble beginnings. As a 10-year-old up to no good at a ...

Smash hit Hot Brown Honey returns to Brisbane in April!

Steeped in the Word of The Mother and packing a punch of Hip Hop politics, Hot Brown Honey will make you laugh until you cry, clap until your hands bleed, dance in the aisles and shake every part of what your mama gave you.   //   With lighting, music and costume set to ignite the change we want to be, Hot Brown Honey is an extraordinary production that spins tradition on its head, going above and beyond to challenge boundaries and embrace resilience. Hot Brown Honey is ...

Jake Bugg Solo Australian Accoustic Tour

Hitting Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for three huge solo acoustic shows, Bugg is well known to audiences down under for his boundless energy and shopworn tenderness, with his visits always attracting fevered excitement from both locals and ex-pats alike. Recorded in Nashville with Black Keys frontman (and super producer) Dan Auerbach, Hearts That Strain shows a side of Jake Bugg rarely revealed on his previous three studio albums. It could be the secrets of the road or maybe just one ...

Shakespeare meets Tim Finn for Queensland Theatre’s Twelfth Night at QPAC this April!

A shipwreck sets in motion a wild and whimsical tale of mistaken identities, separated twins, rebellious servants, unrequited love and a pair of ridiculous yellow stockings. After the twelfth night, the land of Illyria will never be the same.   //   Washed ashore and separated from her twin brother, the plucky Viola must learn to survive alone in an exotic foreign country. Disguising herself as a man, she quickly becomes entangled in a web of amorous pursuits gone awry. ...

The Killers Australian Arena Tour!

The Killers will be heading to Australia to perform in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, before wrapping up the tour at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena on Friday 4 May. ‘They write razor-sharp irresistible synth-rock anthems, with colossal choruses that sting and gleam and they perform them with a slickness and proficiency that may just be in their Las Vegas blood.’ – The Guardian ‘They have a good time on stage – and it’s infectious.’ – Independent 'Flowers sounds great, ...

World Science Festival Brisbane 2018 Film Program Line-up!

This year’s program of events includes an exceptional film line-up including the world premiere of Close Encounters of the Third Kind featuring an 84-piece orchestra and 80-voice choir.  This stunning international collaboration between World Science Festival Brisbane, Film Concerts Live! And Columbia Pictures brings together cinema, science and live music in one spectacular evening of extra-terrestrial excitement. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND IN CONCERT: WORLD PREMIERE |  24 ...

I carry your heart exhibition by Brisbane artist Sarah Sculley!

Jugglers Art Space will be taken over by a range of colourful and emotive artworks that explore a number of muses from the inside out. The collection aims to unite people from across the globe, from different backgrounds and beliefs and to offer you the opportunity to empathize, understand and connect.   //   Included are a number of collaborative works with Ladies on Wall - street artists from Jakarta, Indonesia. I carry your heart Exhibition 17 March - 27 March ...

World Science Festival Brisbane 2018

World Science Festival explores and celebrates the entanglement of science and art through a curated program of thought-provoking conversations, inspiring theatrical and cinematic experiences, interactive workshops and engaging demonstrations. Queensland Museum Network has secured the exclusive licence to host World Science Festival in the Asia Pacific from 2016-21.   //   The only global extension of this hugely popular initiative, World Science Festival Brisbane ...