Buzz builds as The Hive Collective ready their premiere season

Queensland’s new independent theatre company is staging three plays by Australian female playwrights at Metro Arts’ New Benner Theatre.

Working on the established principle of strength in numbers, three Brisbane theatre directors – Heather Fairbairn, Heidi Manché and Kate Wild – have joined forces to help address the impact of COVID-19 on Queensland’s arts landscape.

Operating under the name The Hive Collective, the trio are each experienced theatre artists. Their inaugural season – three works by contemporary Australian female playwrights – takes place at Metro Arts from 17 February – 27 March. Each play will be directed by one of The Hive Collective’s co-Artistic Directors and designed by a predominantly female creative team.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts