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'A love letter to Brisbane': Louise Bezzina’s 2025 Brisbane Festival program revealed

For her sixth and final Brisbane Festival, Bezzina’s program is “bold, joyful, and created with and for the city”.

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of appointments and departures in the Australian arts sector.

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Brisbane Festival's loss is Powerhouse's gain – Louise Bezzina changes roles

A changing of the guard in Brisbane's cultural organisations sees the Festival CEO move to the Powerhouse.

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10-year look back at major performing arts festivals shows some things haven’t changed

As some prominent performing arts festivals wrap up their programs for another year, we take a reflective look back on…

A scene from 'Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show' at Brisbane Festival, featuring an array of performers dressed in colourful designs posing on a catwalk, surrounded by seated audience members.
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Festival review: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show, South Bank Piazza

This semi-autobiographical stage show exploring the French fashion designer’s life and career is visually splendid but, ironically, lacking in theatrical…

Dancer/choreographer Luke Murphy, looking sweaty and slightly dishevelled, holds an old-fashioned alarm clock up to one ear, in a scene from the dance-theatre production Volcano. He wears a dark suit jacket over a grey coat, and stands in front of a background of dingy wallpaper to which sheets of blank paper are pinned.
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Festival review: Volcano, Brisbane Powerhouse

On a glassed-in stage, two men reenact their memories in an endless loop – but what if those memories aren’t…

A brunette man with a light blue shirt, a dark blue jacket is typing on a blue typewriter. Trent Dalton.
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Trent Dalton to be artist-in-residence at the Museum of Brisbane

Best-selling author Trent Dalton will be inviting Brisbanites to share love stories once again in an interactive love letter experience.

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Making it count: Brisbane Festival announces its 2024 program

Brisbane Festival has just 23 days in the year to make an impact, and AD Louise Bezzina is making every…

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Theatre review: Betsy and I (Undercover Artist Festival), Queensland Theatre

A new, disability led, semi-autobiographical performance that explores the relationship of a person with a disability through her friendship with…

There's Something About Music from L to R: Irena Lysiuk, Naomi Price, Luke Kennedy and Marcus Corowa Photo: Damien Bredburg
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Review: Brisbane Festival opening

An eclectic opening night event set the tone of inclusivity and diversity for Brisbane Festival’s 2023 program.

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