Performing Arts

Opportunities and awards
Enter the 2024 Australian Event Awards, plus winners of Dobell Drawing Prize and Walk of Fame nominees, and more!

Circus review: Cirque Alice, Concert Hall, QPAC
A high-energy, Las Vegas-styled spectacular featuring some of the world’s best circus artists lands in Brisbane.

Public invited to name new QPAC theatre
The long overdue new QPAC theatre is now set to open in 2026. All are invited to submit their ideas…

Comedy review: Nazeem Hussain: You Paid for This, various venues, MICF 2025
Sri Lankan-Australian social media and TV star delivers the provocative goods.Â

RAW Comedy National Grand Final 2025 winner announced
Peter Josip has taken the prize in a highly competitive field.

Comedy review: Carmelo Costa: Homecoming, Coopers Inn 2, MICF 2025
What's it like to move back to your parents' place when you're in your 30s?

Comedy reviews: Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us, Lower Town Hall, Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter: ACMI, MICF 2025
The fast-taking Englishman returns to MICF and a Chinese-American singer/songwriter rocks on stage.

Comedy review: Wankernomics: Just Touching Base, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
In the rich comic vein of a Clarke and Dawe or 'Utopia', Wankernomics is balm for the soul for anyone…

Comedy review: Danny Bhoy: Dear World, Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2025
A quarter of a century later, Danny Bhoy has certainly honed his craft.

Comedy review: Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
Have you ever seen a dirty thought cling like a mad monkey to a vocal chord? Rhys Darby offers all…