Five BrisFest Shows for your next mother and child date
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.
Eight shows to dive into in the final week of BrisFest22
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.
Six shows and events you shouldn't miss in Week Two of BrisFest22
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!
Five shows to sink your teeth into in the first week of the 2022 Brisbane Festival
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.
Five Shows for Teens and young adults to check out at Brisfest this year!
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.
5 reasons to get your mates together and head to Jungle Love this weekend
Well here at Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane we don’t often cross the river - but when we do, we go all the way into the mountains and dance all weekend. That’s right, that gorgeous collective of arts lovers and boho dreamers is gathering for the next instalment of Jungle Love.
Five Emerging Playwrights to Keep Your Eyes On…
That’s why it has been so reassuring to see a plethora of new playwrights emerging in the Brisbane independent arts scene, who have such a gorgeous control over their texts. If you haven’t heard of these indie playwrights before, jot their names down and follow their socials, as I can guarantee that you will be blown away their artistry.
Best Cafes to Stay All Day and Write in Brisbane
One of my favourite past times is to sit in a café and write – whether that be writing plays, short stories, poetry… you name it. So, I thought I’d make a list of the cafes that I frequent the most with a notebook and/or laptop in hand, ready to get those creative juices flowing.
Five Emerging Collectives to Look Out For
Virag Dombay puts her ear to ground and spills the beans on five exciting performance collectives you oughta be keeping a close eye on.
Seven more settings for shows that will blow your mind during Anywhere Festival 2021
It’s Anywhere time, so five unexpected places to catch shows was never going to be enough. Here are seven more settings that for shows during this year's festival that will blow your mind.
Five shows by artists with disability that are transcending form and trashing stereotype
Wanna see something fresh? Yeah you do. This year at Anywhere Festival, there are a heap incredible works of art coming to you from artists with disability, and they are going to be hot. These performers are fiercely deconstructing barriers and stereotypes, giving you an all-new look at the mechanisms of stage and form. They are creating stunning works across theatre, dance, magic, and performance art. Put them at the top of your list.
Five Shows to Take Your Eccentric Bohemian Mum To
The best Brisvegas event of the year, aka Anywhere Festival, is fast approaching, as is Mother’s Day. And I know for a fact that a lot of us, including myself, have an eccentric bohemian one who would thrive watching indie, quirky fringe theatre. So, why not give her the gift of theatre and take her to see one of these shows. One knows, you may even see me and my Mum there…
Five shows for enterprising private eyes
The Anywhere Festival is always one of the best places to see shows that allow you to fully immerse yourself in the action. And we're not just talking immersion, we're talking the kind of shows that give you the full starring role, where you solve the case, and take home the fortune and glory.
Five shows in places you’d never expect
One of the beauties of the Anywhere Theatre Festival is catching performances in the most weird and wonderful places of our town. Here are five of the most unusual and enticing spots to catch some art in this May.
Five shows for ethereal beings who love magic!
I am actually a giddy kid with magic tricks. Ever since I was a little kid, right to my very adult self, a good magic trick gets me all excited! Here’s some Anywhere Festival shows with real magic, really actually real magic, and mysterious magickal themes for all those lovers of otherworldly impossibilities.
Five Female Directors in Meanjin to Look Out For
One of my hobbies (and my jobs) is consuming theatre and I must say that I consume a lot of it. A lot of the theatre that I’ve consumed have been directed by some incredible women who have bedazzled me by the way they make, shape and form stories and worlds on stage. Here’s a few of them that you should keep your eyes peeled out for.
Five Places to Get Your ‘Acting On’ In Brisbane
When I tell people that I work as an actor, they often go ‘I’ve always wanted to try acting’ or ‘that sounds so fun, I wish I could do it too’. If you are one of those people who have always wanted to get into acting, then guess what? There is a plethora of acting schools in Brisbane that offer weekly/monthly/term based acting classes for adults at both beginning, emerging and established levels of performance. Here’s five amazing independent training spaces.
Five Independent Performance Venues to put on your 2021 Bucket List
Brisbane has a wild independent arts scene - don’t miss out on all the incredible fabulosity taking place all around you.
Three Unmissable Acts at Yonder
Following its successful debut in 2019, Yonder Festival is back for another glorious weekend of art, theatre, music, dance and workshops. This year the line-up is rich with fresh independent acts, grown right here in our own backyard. To help you navigate your way through the program, here are three promising performance picks to point your peepers at.
Into the Unknown: Three Brisbane projects born in Lockdown
There was a period of time where the vibrant city of Brisbane lay still, hiding from the oncoming pandemic like Alan Grant trembling in front of a T-Rex, exclaiming ‘It can’t see us if we don’t move’. Many folks took to new hobbies in valiant attempts to combat the dread and disconnect that arose from a city in Lockdown. Here are three Brisbane creatives who dove headfirst into new projects during lockdown.