

It inhabits a kinky and corrupt dreamscape where all is slightly confusing yet leaves you titillated to know what’ll happen next.

What I wasn’t prepared for was just how much pleasure, as an adult, I got from this skilful and energetic adaptation.

While it indeed delivered the spectacle Aida is known to be, this production of Opera Queensland was not the years’ stand out.

Friday evening saw Brisbane’s glitterati hit the red (starred) carpet for the premiere of Don Quixote by Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

They’re completely silent, surly, dirty and absolutely adorable. Yes, that’s right. They eat maggots and they are adorable.

It’s a story with a dark, clever, crude, twisting narrative that demands as much from the audience as it does from its sole actor.