Australia - Brisbane Theatre Newsroom Page 15

Next up on my local artists interview segment is Cal Harris, one of the performers in Head First Acrobat's production of Circus 'Cision as a part of the Wynnum Fringe Festival.

Next up on my local artists interview segment is director, producer, playwright, dancer and actor Liam Burke.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) much-loved free live music sessions return for a special six-week season with Green Jam Unlocked on the Melbourne Street Green from this Friday 6 November 2020.

Next up on my local artists segment I will be interviewing three independent theatre companies and collectives who have been working with Dead Puppet Society on professional developments as a part a professional development program called THE DPS Lab. First up was the Naughty Corner Collective, then came The Fizzy Rascals and now it's time for Minola Theatre. Minola Theatre is a collaboration between Kat Dekker, a director, creative facilitator and Queensland Theatre Associate Teaching Artist, and Bianca Butler Reynolds, a writer, performer and academic who holds a PhD in playwriting and Jungian psychology from QUT. Minola Theatre was founded by Kat and Bianca in 2019 as a home for 'timeless stories told for now', with a focus on empowered female voices and locally relevant narratives. Minola Theatre has produced five successful productions to date, with two more works currently in development. More information about the company and creatives can be found at minolatheatre.com.au. Here's what they had to say...

Opera Queensland is set to launch its 40th Birthday season with a joyous celebration of family, friends and song. Opera Queensland Under the Stars takes centre stage at Brisbane Riverstage on Saturday 28 November 2020.  

Limelight has reported that Queensland Theatre has announced their 2021 season, featuring Our Town, Triple X, The Taming of the Shrew, White Pearl, Prima Facie, Boy Swallows Universe, Return to the Dirt and Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook.

Next up on my local artists segment I will be interviewing three independent theatre companies and collectives who have been working with Dead Puppet Society on professional developments as a part a professional development program called THE DPS Lab. First up was the Naughty Corner Collective and next up are the Fizzy Rascals, a group of experimental theatre makers interested in pushing the boundaries of form and visual aesthetic. Their core team consists of four members: Jennifer Bagg, Fiona MacDonald, Mark McDonald and Linnea Tengroth. Working collaboratively to devise works with a focus on movement and striking images, we believe in striving for a universal language in storytelling. Our works are handmade with vigour and passion, accumulating skills with each new process and striving for big images. We bring expertise in areas such as devising, physical theatre, acting and directing. Currently we are pursuing an interdisciplinary practice, exploring ways of incorporating the language of film, puppetry and dance into live performance. Here's what they had to say...

Next up on our local artists segment is the Naughty Corner Collective. The Naughty Corner is a Brisbane based theatre collective founded in 2017 by local creatives Bianca Bality, Jess Bunz, Claire McFadyen and Joe Wilson that is dedicated to creating independent contemporary works that are visceral, provocative and which explore the intricacies of human relationships, and the choices and situations that connect and bind our communities. Through heightened design elements and investigative storytelling, The Naughty Corner explores what it is to be human through works that uncover the underbelly of the ordinary. I was very fortunate to be able to sit down with them and have a chat about their creative journey with the DPS Academy, a professional development opportunity for emerging artists working in the form of visual theatre. Here's what they had to say...

Three independent theatre directors have joined forces to combat the devastating toll of COVID-19 on Brisbane's theatrical landscape.

Last night I was invited to see The Curator Theatre Company's production of Vincent River, a one-act play play by Phillip Ridley told by two characters who are in different stages of grief over the death of someone dear to them.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will be the place to be this summer with two captivating circus productions by internationally acclaimed Brisbane-based contemporary circus company Circa.

Next up on my local artists interview segment is Michael Beh, the director of upcoming show Vincent River and the founder of The Curators Theatre.

Award-winning comedian Jenny Wynter will bring some spontaneous-flavoured magic to this month's Queensland Cabaret Festival.

Hayward Street Studios presents Misfits School Of Arts. Performances take place 25 November - 5 December 2020.

Next up on my local artists interview segment is the wonderful Bianca Butler Reynolds. She is Brisbane-based actor, playwright, theatre-maker and academic. She is a founding partner and co-Artistic Director of Minola Theatre, with production credits including Love you hate you drive you wild, Highway of Lost Hearts, Grace and Begotten.

Thanks to recovery funding from the Queensland Government, Queensland's flagship arts companies will once again grace the stages of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 27 September to 20 December 2020.

Next up on my Brisbane local artists interview segment is the incredibly hardworking and generous CEO and Artistic Director of Anywhere Festival, Paul Osuch. This is probably one of my favourite interviews I've done and I really cherish Paul's vulnerability and openness in his responses. Here's what he had to say...

The Curators' timely revival of Philip Ridley's modern masterpiece VINCENT RIVER debuts at CHRIST CHURCH, Brisbane's newest, inner-city, indie theatre venue, from 13 - 31 October for 13 performances only.

Written by Yasmin Reza and adapted by Christopher Hampton, Ad Astra's God of Carnage serves as a delightful night of theatre

Next up on our local artists segment is (drum roll please)... The Good Room. They are a Queensland-based performance collective who use the experiences of ordinary people to create extraordinary theatre works, as part of a process that blurs the line between 'audience' and 'maker' to explore theatrical collective authorship. Theirs is an investigation of empathy, connectedness, stakes and sacrifice. Mirrorballs, rose petals, panda suits and party dresses stud our theatrical universe but totems of party, play and celebration are often subverted; this is richly affirmative, highly contemporary, and widely accessible theatre - underpinned by rigour, ethics, and deep consideration.

Brisbane Writers Festival has announced Room to Dream, a celebration of arts, led by literature.

Outcomes for Play Local were announced on the 20 August 2020. Play Local funding of $812, 635 will fund 52 live music and performing arts venues throughout the state to host performances by Queensland acts and artists.

This September, the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble will release Macbeth in the Dark. A radio play version of Shakespeare's great psychological tragedy Macbeth, a perfect play for an infected world.