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The Great Gatsby. Image: Queensland Theatre Company / Shake & Stir Theatre Co.
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The Great Gatsby debuts in Toowoomba

The Great Gatsby premieres at The Empire in Toowoomba before continuing its run in Brisbane.

Artist's render of the new Glasshouse Theatre at QPAC, Brisbane. Image: Supplied.
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Brisbane's new Glasshouse Theatre set to open in March

After long delays, the 1500-seat Glasshouse Theatre will soon open in Brisbane.

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Cluedo review: comedy-thriller brings the board game to life

A board game turned cult film turned stage show, Cluedo is screwball comedy crowd pleaser.

Sunny Luwe is one of many artists impacted by cyclone and extreme weather cancellations. Photo: Supplied.
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The show must go on, unless it’s cyclone season

When cyclones and extreme weather cancel the show, artists often pay the price.

Statue of Bacchus, 2nd Century CE. Collection of Museo Nazionale di Firenze, on view in ROME: Empire, Power, People, Melbourne Museum. Image: Supplied. 2026 Museum blockbusters
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Must-see museum blockbusters in 2026

Dive in to a stunning range of major museum shows in Australia this year – from exciting new permanent displays…

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Times of precarity require bold change, and Queensland's artisan shows how

Artisan, Queensland’s peak organisation for craft and design, is restructuring and many small arts organisations will be watching closely.

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Olafur Eliasson's Presence review: art that physically reboots us

Always wanted to touch a rainbow? Or to see a cloud being born? Olafur Eliasson’s Brisbane exhibition Presence gives you…

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose at Museum of Brisbane 2025. Image: Red Handed Productions.
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Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose review, Museum of Brisbane

The First Nations’ wearable art exhibition, Magpie Goose, weaves themes of community, culture and Country.

A large white gallery room with fluorescent lighting is filled with stones and rocks, plus a water course - an installation called Riverbed.
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Is Olafur Eliasson's environmental-minded summer exhibition so green? 

A social media post has erupted in critical dialogue over waste in exhibition making, ahead of Olafur Eliasson’s major exhibition…

NIDA Open Studios Senior Tutor Louise Birgan. The photograph depicts a fair skinned woman with shoulder length red hair and wearing blue demim overalls over a sleeveless white and blue striped t-shirt. She is sitting on stage at a table, holding a script and is dramatically backlit; rows of theatre seats are visible in the gloom behind her.
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NIDA Open Studios: shaping unique artists through rigorous pre-professional training

Teaching artist Louise Birgan explains how NIDA Open Studio Programs prepare students for professional arts training and practice.

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