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Werewolf plays at the 2026 Brisbane Festival. Photo: Lewis Ferris.
Interviews

Werewolf turns a party game into immersive theatre: ‘Every night is so completely different’

The hit production Werewolf arrives in Australia for Brisbane Festival.

Installation view, UNLEASHED+, HOTA Home of the Arts in partnership with Artisan. Photo: J Ruckli.
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'Dynamic and fresh': emerging makers unleashed on the Gold Coast

Artisan and HOTA team up to present an exhibition supporting Queensland's emerging craft and design practitioners.

Alison McDonald leads an artist talk at Artisan’s MADE 2026 symposium. Photo: Jade Ferguson / Visual Poets Society.
Features

'We can all feel it': Australia’s craft sector says it's time for a national making agenda

The MADE 2026 symposium asked what the craft sector could achieve if it started speaking as one national voice.

The Farm's No One Gets Out of Here Alive. Photo: Billie Wilson Coffey.
Interviews

No One Gets Out of Here Alive dances with death: ‘We want it to go beyond words’

Playing Brisbane Festival and then Bleach Festival, No One Gets Out of Here Alive is a dance-theatre work about an…

Jim Henson with the Fraggle Five from Fraggle Rock. Photo: The Jim Henson Company.
Interviews

Celebrating 70 years of The Jim Henson Company at QAGOMA: ‘I think puppetry is the last magic trick’

A world exclusive exhibition is about to open in Brisbane with puppets, props and even a full-size set from The…

Strong is the New Pretty. Photo: Sam Scoufus / Compadre.
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Strong is the New Pretty is about more than women kicking goals: 'It speaks to a bigger movement'

Strong is the New Pretty traces the inspiring story of how the AFLW was created, but for its creative team,…

Daybreaker, pictured here in New York City, presents a morning dance party at Brisbane Festival. Photo: Sasha Bianca.
Features

10 must-see highlights at Brisbane Festival 2026

This year's Brisbane Festival ranges from a morning dance party to the world premiere about the women fighting to play…

Matilda the Musical returns in 2027. Pictured: Matilda Int. Tour 2023. Photo: Hanan Assor.
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Matilda the Musical is returning to Australia in 2027

More than one million Australians saw it the first time around. Now Matilda The Musical is back, with Tim Minchin's…

My Brilliant Career, a Melbourne Theatre Company production, toured as part of Merrigong Theatre Company and Canberra Theatre Centre’s 2026 seasons. Photo: Pia Johnson.
Industry News

Regional arts powerhouses join forces to create new national theatre pipeline

With backing from Creative Australia, the Second Cities Producing Consortium seeks to fix Australia's broken touring model.

Stephanie Lake Company's Vista. Photo: Pippa Samaya.
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Vista by Stephanie Lake Company review: from monochrome to full colour

The latest work from Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, Vista gives us one view of the vicissitudes of life… and then…

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