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So you got the grant, what’s next?
Harmonie Downes
So you got the grant, what’s next?
Harmonie Downes

A while back I wrote an op-ed on how to prepare a grant and work with a writer on crafting a decent application. Now let’s talk about getting the first successful grant and what to do and what NOT to do. It feels like winning the lotto 100%, but stuff has just gotten real and you’re probably totally wigging out now.

Harmonie Downes
Flying Arts Alliance awards record prize pool for regional artists
Kaylee Vera
Flying Arts Alliance awards record prize pool for regional artists
Kaylee Vera

The QRAA exhibitions I have seen are a strong reminder that remote and regional communities regularly produce outstanding artists. The judges, Jonathan McBurnie and Fiona Foley have, through their selection, highlighted that Queensland as a whole is home to stunning contemporary art practice.

Kaylee Vera
“Join us for an immersive celebration of the indomitable human spirit.” Sophia Hodych on ‘Art of Courage'.
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“Join us for an immersive celebration of the indomitable human spirit.” Sophia Hodych on ‘Art of Courage'.
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Ukraine has an unbelievably rich and complex history, some of it horrific and heartbreaking, some fun and heartwarming. Immersive theatre provides audiences with an opportunity to choose which scenes to see, what knowledge to gain and what emotions to experience.

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Observatory Theatre: ‘What does theatre do in a post-truth, post-pandemic world?’
Catherine Lawrence
Observatory Theatre: ‘What does theatre do in a post-truth, post-pandemic world?’
Catherine Lawrence

The Observatory Theatre team launched their 2024 Season at Yeerongpilly’s Studio1. Lachlan Driscoll (Creative Producer), Lucy Rayner-Toy (Associate Producer) and colleagues certainly have much to celebrate. In developing what Driscoll describes as ‘big, bold, ambitious theatre that responds to today,’ the 2024 Season focuses on supporting and developing new works, centred on their successful Telescope new writing program.

Catherine Lawrence
"The Festival will showcase the best and most innovative comedians and performers." Rosa Sottile on the 2023 Brisbane Improv Festival
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"The Festival will showcase the best and most innovative comedians and performers." Rosa Sottile on the 2023 Brisbane Improv Festival
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This week we have some killer shows in a huge diversity of formats from horror to musical to drama to classic improvised comedy - it’s something for everyone!

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37: The play that exposes the dark underbelly of Footy
Writeousness
37: The play that exposes the dark underbelly of Footy
Writeousness

This is an excellent show par none that can be enjoyed by both arts and footy lovers. By including the vessels of sportsmanship, authenticity, integrity and an outstanding dialogue, this quality production aptly conveys the community spirit, thrilling energy and intense physicality of this much loved and popular sport. The talented ensemble tackles the deep themes that writer Nathan Maynard covers in this play with humour, energy and a whole lot of heart particularly when the top dogs are pitted against the underdogs. 

Writeousness
“Post-genre means equity and inclusivity: every genre, every discipline, every community, has something valid to share.”
Nadia Jade
“Post-genre means equity and inclusivity: every genre, every discipline, every community, has something valid to share.”
Nadia Jade

Looking at it this way, the most important aspects therefore weren’t just the pieces we programmed, or the particular genres involved, but how, and why, we do what we do. This realisation has given us so many more possibilities artistically, but also resulted in us curating using our values of social equity, non-hierarchical artistic collaboration, and celebrating community first.

Nadia Jade
“Join us for an immersive celebration of the indomitable human spirit.” Sophia Hodych on ‘Art of Courage'.
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“Join us for an immersive celebration of the indomitable human spirit.” Sophia Hodych on ‘Art of Courage'.
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Ukraine has an unbelievably rich and complex history, some of it horrific and heartbreaking, some fun and heartwarming. Immersive theatre provides audiences with an opportunity to choose which scenes to see, what knowledge to gain and what emotions to experience.

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NGPE Conversations #2: The Jodie Rottle Fight for Fun
MJ O'Neill
NGPE Conversations #2: The Jodie Rottle Fight for Fun
MJ O'Neill

“I wanted music to be enjoyable and funny instead of stressful and serious. Eventually, I found myself asking, why are we even doing this? Fortunately, I had some really, really fun colleagues.”

MJ O'Neill
NGPE Conversations #1: Inside Helen Svoboda’s Genre-Less Cinematic Odyssey
MJ O'Neill
NGPE Conversations #1: Inside Helen Svoboda’s Genre-Less Cinematic Odyssey
MJ O'Neill

MJ O’Neill is writing about music again, in a new monthly series. For the first of the ‘Noisy <Gender> Punk Energy’ interviews, meet Helen Svoboda, one of the most dizzyingly accomplished and prolific musicians in the country.

MJ O'Neill
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Diverse writers attending diverse offerings at #brisfest23
Nadia Jade
Diverse writers attending diverse offerings at #brisfest23
Nadia Jade

They are all gathered here for you to check them out, the reviews of Brisbane Festival 2023.

Nadia Jade
Five BrisFest Shows for your next mother and child date
Virag Dombay
Five BrisFest Shows for your next mother and child date
Virag Dombay

Why not make your next mother and child date a show at this year’s Brisbane Festival and consume some live entertainment that you can pour over with a glass of wine post-show.

Virag Dombay
Hello Brisbane Festival, what have we here?
Nadia Jade
Hello Brisbane Festival, what have we here?
Nadia Jade

Brisbane Festival is back again in all it’s glory. Editor Nadia Jade has a good look at the program and gives you a rundown of what’s hot, what’s intriguing, what’s unmissable and what’s worth spending the big bucks.

Nadia Jade
New look who dis? What’s new at Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane
Nadia Jade
New look who dis? What’s new at Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane
Nadia Jade

Check the all-new-look Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane. A bright and fun new space, you can expect to see our regular offerings of loads of reviews of all your fave events, plus a heap of new editorials and fun new opinion pieces. Plus, check out our exciting new What’s On in Brisbane Calendar.

Nadia Jade
The Elephant in the Review
Claire Alcock
The Elephant in the Review
Claire Alcock

Shows like The Bigger Picture have value whether a white reviewer approves of it or not. As much as I enjoyed it, my review is ultimately an incomplete understanding of the work, because I will never have the lived experience that would allow that level of depth in analysis.

Claire Alcock
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Five BrisFest Shows for your next mother and child date
Virag Dombay
Five BrisFest Shows for your next mother and child date
Virag Dombay

Why not make your next mother and child date a show at this year’s Brisbane Festival and consume some live entertainment that you can pour over with a glass of wine post-show.

Virag Dombay
Eight shows to dive into in the final week of BrisFest22
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Eight shows to dive into in the final week of BrisFest22
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The final week of the festival is absolutely chockas full of sexy art to bring the fun, feels and frivolity that a post COVID Meanjin needs. For our final series of recommendations as taken from our latest monthly newsletter, the team brings you eight shows to dive into in the final week of the festival. Show’s are selling out fast, so get your tickets soon or be prepared for a serious case of FOMO.

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Six shows and events you shouldn't miss in Week Two of BrisFest22
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Six shows and events you shouldn't miss in Week Two of BrisFest22
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Not sure what to check out during week two of BrisFest? Don’t worry, NEHIB’s got your back and bring you six shows your shouldn’t miss during week two of the festival, as recommended in our latest monthly newsletter. Get into it, Meanjin!

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Five shows to sink your teeth into in the first week of the 2022 Brisbane Festival
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Five shows to sink your teeth into in the first week of the 2022 Brisbane Festival
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Being spoit for choice, it can be hard to figure out what to see in such a dense program. Luckily the team from NEHIB is on hand to help you choose. Each month, we release a newsletter to give you our recommendations of what you simply MUST see, and we’re giving you a sneak peak of some of recommendations each week of the Brisbane Festival this year, so you can get a taste of what to expect if you subscribe.

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Five Shows for Teens and young adults to check out at Brisfest this year!
Virag Dombay
Five Shows for Teens and young adults to check out at Brisfest this year!
Virag Dombay

For Brisvegas residents, Brisbane Festival is the most wonderful time of the year. It is a time when art is celebrated and rejuvenated. A time when theatregoers roam the streets; a glass of red wine in hand, hopping from one show to the next. If you have a teen that is itching to get into theatre or maybe you have a teen that’s never been exposed to theatre before, here are your must sees of this years season.

Virag Dombay