Brisbane Reviews

Details: Jason Whittaker; 12 August 2009

Joanna Murray-Smith’s two-hander, as rich in ideas of the heart and mind as any play from her prolific career, is beautifully established.

Details: Amy Hyslop; 31 July 2009

Once upon a time a Pineapple Queen lived far, far away in The Glasshouse Mountains – but she’s like no fairytale princess you’ve ever seen.

Details: Amy Hyslop; 28 July 2009

There was a whole lot of pink and whole lot of love on display at the opening night of Accolade Productions’ new piece of musical theatre The Pink Twins.

Details: Tamara Whyte; 24 July 2009

The Grimstones – Hatched is enchanting; enchanting as a dark fairytale; enchanting for its mesmerising AUSLAN narration and enchanting in the rich yet simple staging.

Details: Jason Whittaker; 22 July 2009

Kids these days, with their texting and Tweeting and Facebooking... Too busy on that interweb to discover the finer things in life like opera. But what if you combined the two? A contemporary opera for the iGeneration?

Details: Jason Whittaker; 20 July 2009

Cats | Lunchbox Theatrical & David Atkins Enterprises in assocation with Really Useful Group

Don’t panic, Cats fans. I’m not about to scratch out the amber eyes of one of the most wildly popular stage productions of this or any other century (and don’t for a moment think that’s going to be the last feline pun in this review).

Details: Jason Whittaker; 18 July 2009

The School of Arts | Queensland Theatre Company

It is 1967, in small-town Queensland, the sort of quaint country backwater scriptwriters use to justify oddballs and loveable simpletons.

Details: Jason Whittaker; 12 July 2009

Fidelio is a dark, dour work. We are drawn into the murky shadows, squinting almost to make out the politically persecuted left to rot in their underground hell.

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