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Next up in our Brisbane Local Artists interview segment is Dorothy (Dot) Mae. Working as a performing artist and teacher, and as a Captain Starlight, Dot is very passionate about teaching youth about the arts and helping them release their creativity. Not only that, but she is one of the loveliest and supportive humans that I've ever met. Here is what we had a chat about...

don't think I've ever met someone more passionate about the arts and youth arts than Katherine Quigley. She is the current Artistic Director and CEO of Backbone Youth Arts, the Chair of Vulcana Women's Circus and an active member of the Queensland Chamber of Arts and Culture and the national youth arts steering committee. A scholarship recipient and graduate of NIDA's inaugural cohort, Masters of Fine Arts in Cultural Leadership Katherine specialises in producing collaborative, experimental multi-arts and cultural experiences. Her career spans 15 years as a producer of multi-arts festivals, events, exhibitions, theatre and circus and has produced works for most, if not all, major theatre companies in Brisbane and fringe festivals around Australia. She has also worked with artists in Australia, Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom. In addition to her studies at NIDA she has completed a Bachelor of Creative Industries with subjects in Drama, Film and Music and a Graduate Certificate in Accounting (partial completion) at the Queensland University of Technology. Katherine is also a peer assessor for Arts Queensland and the Australia Council. She is quite honestly everything I aspire to be and I'm so thankful to have been able to interview her for this segment.

Queensland Ballet has announced updated changes to its season due to the growing health crisis.

5@5 is a new online initiative in response to the changing times in which we live. At Camerata, we've noticed the constant online, often negative. news cycle can be a little overwhelming for some.

As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, most, if not all, of your local artists, actors, entertainers, creatives, directors, producers, playwrights, you name it, have lost their jobs. This not only means that they've lost their financial income but a platform on which the showcase their creations. Consequently, over the course of the next few months, I will be conducting interviews with local artists in the hopes of providing a platform for their artistic voice to be heard. My aim is for this to result in two-three interviews being posted per week. First up is an award-winning comedy and cabaret artist Jenny Winter, who chats about her recently released video Hug an Artist .

According to Aussie Theatre, HOTA has announced that it will close for the time being.

At just 18 and 21, Brisbane theatre producers Liam and Kyle Head take their second instalment of 10 Act Cabaret straight to the Brisbane Powerhouse, April 7-9.

The ultimate feel-good show, The Choir of Man, will rock into Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Playhouse from 7 to 18 April 2020.

Presented by If Theatre, Mother proves that Noni Hazlehurst is one of the storytellers of our times. The stage becomes a storybook and we are its readers, as Hazlehurst, through every cry, twitch, cackles and shuffle, shares a story with of compassion from someone who is deeply hurting and misunderstood. Running for seventy-five minutes, Hazlehurst vanishes into the character of Christie, a heartbroken and grief stricken homeless, alcoholic mother who longs for the touch of her child, from her trembling walk and constantly twining fingers, to her dry and hardened voice. As audience members, we get lost in the rhythm of her conversations, the longing in her voice, the love she feels for her not only her son but for her husband and her uncertainty in where she belongs and what role she can play in the world. She desperately wants to play the role of the Mother, but her husband won't allow that because of her alcoholism but she is the Mum so shouldn't that be enough? This is just one of the many questions the play asks its audience to critically think about.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre and acclaimed Brisbane Theatre Collective MYTHS MADE HERE will present a modern take on the ancient Greek tragedy MEDEA. 

Following sold-out houses on London's West End, the Sydney Opera House, and most recently on tour in the USA, Australia's hottest tap dance sensation, THE TAP PACK are bringing their high energy, tap comedy show to 16 venues across Queensland this June and July!

If you loved The Gruffalo, don't miss the sequel, which returns following previous sell-out Australian tours a?" now in a new West End production! Join the Gruffalo's Child on her adventurous mission in this magical musical adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, when it comes to QUT Gardens Theatre from Sun 26th April a?" Wed 29th April.

It's not often a piece of work comes along that threatens to completely challenge society's perception of love, but that's exactly what Queensland Theatre's upcoming production, Triple X is set to do.

One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY will play a limited season at Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Lyric Theatre from 24 July a?" Tickets on Sale now!

Andy and Terry are back to face their biggest challenge yet when the stage adaptation of THE 91-STOREY TREEHOUSE plays at QUT Gardens Theatre from 14 to 17 April.

Following a year of outstanding artistic milestones in 2019, including a Helpmann Award nomination for Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert for Sara Macliver in Concert and three Matilda Award nominations for When The World Was Wide (The Lord Mayor's Award for Best New Australian Work, Best Musical or Cabaret, Best Male Actor in a Leading Role - Tama Matheson and Best Set Design - Caroline de Lore, Camerata a?" Queensland's Chamber Orchestra, returns to the mainstage with their highly anticipated Season 2020 opening performance, Compassion.

Fans of the hit TV show Bluey will say a?oeWackadoo!a?? when tickets for the world premiere of Bluey's Big Play a?" The Stage Show in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Playhouse go on sale at 10.00am on Friday 21 February 2020.

For one night only join Austria's greatest glam pop vocalist along with Australia's queen of cabaret in an evening to remember. Eurovision legend Conchita Wurst returns to Australia with dear friend Trevor Ashley for an evening of musical magic.