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Qld Theatre’s Jasper Jones is coming to QPAC this month!

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In the sizzling summer of 1965, a bookish 14 year-old boy flees from the boredom and bullying of small-town life by burying himself in stories of epic adventure. He never thought he’d find himself living one.

Charlie Bucktin lives in a tiny, insignificant bush town where nothing happens. Nothing, that is, until the town’s very own Huckleberry Finn – the light-fingered and dark-skinned Jasper Jones – stumbles upon a gruesome crime out by the dam.

Who else would he call on for help but the sharpest kid around? A midnight tap at Charlie’s window sparks a race to solve a murder and clear Jasper’s name.

Somewhere between Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and classic movie Stand by Me, Kate Mulvany’s adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novel is a bittersweet, joyous coming-of-age yarn set in a community where every weatherboard house hides a dark secret.

Jasper Jones
28 July – 18 August
Playhouse, QPAC
www.queenslandtheatre.com.au

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion Exhibition at GoMA

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:34:35 +0000

‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ explores the tremendous innovation of Japanese fashion designers from the early 1980s to the present. With nearly 100 garments featured in the exhibition, ranging from the classic and elegant to outrageous, this will be a fascinating experience and rare opportunity to view these unique creations first hand.

Japanese fashion made an enormous impact on world fashion in the late 20th century. Designers such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto revolutionised the way we think of fashion today.

Their works will be shown alongside examples by the techno-couturier Junya Watanabe, a protégé of Kawakubo, together with the pioneer of the ‘Ura-Harajuku’ movement Jun Takahashi, and the new generation of radical designers including Tao Kurihara, Hiroaki Ohya, Matohu, Akira Naka, Hatra and mintdesigns.

Curated by eminent Japanese fashion historian Akiko Fukai, Director of the esteemed Kyoto Costume Institute in Japan, this exhibition explores the unique sensibility of Japanese design, and its sense of beauty embodied in clothing.

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion Exhibition
GoMA – Brisbane
1 November 2014 – 15 February 2015
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia Exhibition at Queensland Museum

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:02:42 +0000

Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia exhibition traces the changing shape and character of the bicycle, and its impact on Australia’s social, economic and political life. The exhibition features a wide range of material culture related to cycling in Australia, including different types of bicycles, cycling fashion, advertisements and promotional posters, and trophies and medals won by some of Australia’s most successful cyclists. Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia is a touring exhibition from the National Museum of Australia.

Exhibition highlights
• The Cadel Evans collection — a Ridley ‘Helium’ road bike from the 2008 Tour de France, and a Cannondale mountain bike.
• Peter Heal’s recumbent bicycle — used to set solo cycling records across and around Australia.
• A four seater solar bike from the Queensland State collection
• Hubert Opperman’s beret — worn by ‘Oppy’ throughout his life as a tribute to the French for their generous support.
• Ernie Old’s Malvern Star — a ‘Sid Patterson’ road racer presented to the champion long distance cyclist in about 1956.
• Harry Clarke’s penny-farthing — an 1884 bicycle owned by a champion penny farthing racer.
• The Ken Ross cycling collection — medals won by one of a few Australian cyclists in Europe after the First World War.
• Marion Sutherland’s bicycle — made in Melbourne by Arthur Sutherland for his wife, Marion, about 1913.

Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia
Queensland Museum, South Bank
29 November 2014 – 8 June 2015
www.qm.qld.gov.au