Brisbane Festival 2024 reveals a world-class program of global premieres, iconic artists and dazzling productions!
The fifth program from Artistic Director Louise Bezzina invites audiences to experience the pinnacle of artistry with world premieres, Australian exclusives, Queensland commissions and Brisbane spotlights taking centre stage across 23 days.
Brisbane Festival’s 2024 program will unite, inspire and empower people across 1000+ performances staged in the city’s premier arts venues, unique landmarks and close-knit communities.
The eclectic and electrifying toast of Europe, Jean Paul ...
Check out the first trailer for The Wild Robot – coming to cinemas this September!
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandal...
Titanic. The Human Story Exhibition is coming to Brisbane this July!
Travel back to 1912 through photographs, handwritten letters, wayward keepsakes, and other personal belongings telling countless stories about the fates and heroic deeds on board.
Created by the Spanish company Musealia and with the contribution of Titanic historian and expert Claes-Göran Wetterholm, this experience separates fact from fiction like never before.
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An audio guide in multiple languages will serve as your narrator, bringing every historical account ...
Win tickets to The Promised Land starring Danish superstar Mads Mikkelsen!
In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath, on which seemingly nothing will grow, with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
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In exchange, he’ll receive a desperately desired Royal name for himself. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, arrogantly believes this land belongs to him.
When de Schinkel learns that the maid Ann Barbara and ...
It is time – the teaser trailer for Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King has arrived!
Disney unveiled a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the new film coming to Australian cinemas December 19, that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. An all-star roster of talent has been announced, bringing new and fan-favourite characters to life - plus, celebrated award-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the film’s songs produced by Mark Mancina and Miranda, with additional music and performances by Lebo M.
Said Miranda, “Elton John. ...
Spanish Film Festival 2024 – The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Movie Review
The film is based on the book Unearthing the Silence: Antoni Benaiges, the master who promises the sea by Francesc Escribano and it is a powerful indictment against unchecked power and conservative thinking. In 1935 Antoni began teaching in a small village in the province of Burgos. His unique (for the time) teaching techniques were not well received nor was his political stance, one that openly opposed Fascism.
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Loved by all of his students yet loathed by their ...
Inside Out 2 Movie Review
The story is based around a world where our basic emotions are personified by characters that excel in those emotions, so you have Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith), Fear (Tony Hale), Disgust (Liza Lapira), Anger (Lewis Black) and Joy (Amy Poehler) who has the hardest job of all reigning in all these potentially destructive emotions. Now it wouldn’t be a relevant story without the addition of some new emotions and characters that mirror our times.
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Mirroring real ...
Delia’s Gone Movie Review
Louis (Stephan James) a young man with the mental age of a pre-teen lives with his older sister Delia (Genelle Williams) in the family home. Both parents are deceased and so Louis relies on his sibling heavily. He wakes up one morning and finds her dead in the kitchen. Although innocent he is charged and convicted of manslaughter.
After his release from prison, he returns home and thus starts his search for the truth. Untangling the details proves elusive as these secrets have been held ...
Possum Magic is coming to Brisbane this July!
Lovingly adapted by Monkey Baa Ar8s8c Director Eva Di Cesare and Co-Founder Sandra Eldridge, Possum Magic is directed by Eldridge and features Sarah Greenwood, Teale Howie, Josh Virgona and Sarah Woods.
Audiences meet Grandma Poss, who loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink; she makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives, Grandma uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible. Hush has many wonderful adventures but being invisible ...
A Quiet Place: Day One Opening Night Gala is coming to Dendy Cinemas!
Set during the immediate aftermath of the alien invasion, discover why the world went silent with the highly-anticipated prequel to A Quiet Place.
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Experience the day the world went quiet. As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sammy fights to survive.
A Quiet Place: Day One Opening Night Gala
27 June 2024
Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Dendy Cinemas Portside
www.dendy.com.au