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Steven Pinker, a 70-year-old Caucasian man with curly gray hair, a stern face, wearing a navy suit.
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Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, announces first Australian tour in 2026

An Evening With Steven Pinker will dive into Steven Pinker's latest book on the hidden power of common knowledge.

Nina Korbe as Molly Johnson in a promotional image for QPAC and Opera Australia's 2026 co-production, 'The Drover's Wife – The Opera'. The photo shows a First Nations woman standing in profile, her arms folded and her face shadowed beneath a battered Akubra hat. The background is shadowy, highlighting the isolated female figure.
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The Drover's Wife – The Opera to have 2026 world premiere at QPAC’s new Glasshouse Theatre

Adapted by Leah Purcell AM from her play, novel and film, The Drover's Wife – The Opera features a score…

A promotional image for La Boite and Dead Puppet Society's climate change production, 'We're All Gonna Die!'. The photo shows a female Asian-Australian actor's shocked looking face as they are engulfed by spreading rubbish and garbage.
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We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'

We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

Ebony Bott, the incoming Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival. The photo shows a confident, fair-skinned woman with lightly curled, shoulder-length blonde hair smiling at the camera. She wears a charcoal-coloured jacket and pants over a white shirt.
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Brisbane Festival appoints Ebony Bott as New Artistic Director

Ebony Bott’s first Brisbane Festival program will be presented in 2026.

a group of performers including some bare-chested circus performers on stage in a scene from Opera Queensland and Circa's world premiere production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice', 2019. The back white wall has THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE in red scrawled across it.
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Opera Queensland and Circa’s Orpheus & Eurydice set for European premiere at Edinburgh International Festival

The critically acclaimed production, created by Opera Queensland and Circa and presented by Edinburgh International Festival and Opera Australia, unites…

a group of performers including some bare-chested circus performers on stage in a scene from Opera Queensland and Circa's world premiere production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice', 2019. The back white wall has THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE in red scrawled across it.
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Opera Queensland and Circa’s Orpheus & Eurydice set for European premiere at Edinburgh International Festival

The critically acclaimed production, created by Opera Queensland and Circa and presented by Edinburgh International Festival and Opera Australia, unites…

Four performers bathed in red light have their hands in the air. They are in a huddle. Scenes of a Yellow Peril.
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Scenes from a Yellow Peril reviewed: QPAC show exploring systemic and structural racism

A show that uses verbatim words to depict scenes of violence and racism in Australia and New Zealand.

Five men stand in a sandy space with a fire pit in front of them. Dear Son. Bille Brown Theatre
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Theatre review: Dear Son, Bille Brown Theatre

Reflecting on First Nations fathers and sons, 'Dear Son' is a heart-warming tribute to masculinity, beautifully realised and lovingly delivered.  

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Theatre review: Breaking the Castle, Frankston Arts Centre and more

This extraordinary piece of writing is brought vividly to life in a one-man show by and starring Peter Cook.

hyperreal sculpture of woman in bed in gallery setting. QAGOMA
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Exhibition review: Wonderstruck, QAGOMA

A curated blockbuster from the basement that places interactivity central.

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