Maho Maho Magic Bar | Broad Encounters & Darkfield | Realscape Productions
There’s nothing like being stumped by a magic trick and some of them blew me away. I was racking my brain to work out how they were pulling off those tricks and I doubt there is anyone who could keep a smile off their face while objects disappear and then reappear inside a completely in-tact orange.
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 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.
Interrogating control, grief and family, SHELTER will draw you in with its secrets, make you laugh with its warmth and break your heart with the truth.
Is there anything else we simply MUST know about the show?
“ART! ART! ART! Visual art is a big part of the world of SHELTER, for our characters and for the space. Part of the SHELTER experience is your ability to contribute to the art in the space. Want to leave your mark? Come along to the show.”
A solo performance-art ritual event where all who enter the space become participants
‘101 Ways to Stare at a Wall’, originally began as a provocative 8-minute performance event! It has actually been inspired by a particular piece of post-war avant-garde music, written by the iconic experimental US composer, John Cage. He liked to work with the Laws of Chance – ‘Indeterminancy’ - to help him compose his works, and I thought I might try that too! So, all stage directives have been worked out by the throwing of dice… And, it has now been expanded in layers, to fill approx. one hour!
It's Parisian salon culture of the 1920's but with an absurdist twist - Think ‘Midnight in Paris’ meets ‘Salvador Dali’.
If you enjoyed Midnight In Paris or The Great Gatsby but also love Back to the Future or Salvador Dali then you will feel right at home at the Time Travel Café. We believe that everyone deserves to feel special and at The Time Travel Café, everyone is.
'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' - a live art performance of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian responses) experiences
'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' is a one-hour immersive, interactive, and live art performance of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian responses) experiences. With body painting, letter writing, hair brushing, as well as interaction with textures, foods, and scents, and ending with guided meditation, the show is an extension of a previous show with Vulcana Circus and Ruckus Brisbane. Inspired by artists Carolee Schneeman and Marina Abramovic, 'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' aims to break down barriers between our mental and physical selves, and allow us to reconnect with others through immersion and touch.
"It’s the weird house party of your dreams." - Dots+Loops bring forth their latest art mash-up
It’s the weird house party of your dreams! Picture a big party at your best mate’s Queenslander, add three awesome adventurous musical duos, and make it about 10% weirder than you currently have in mind. We have bulk drums, we have synths galore, we have a clothesline, it’s all there!
What I’m Here For | Elbow Room
It was enjoyable watching the actors interact with individuals walking by but it was just as intriguing the passers-by try to piece together what was happening in front of them and there was a group of about twenty individuals staring at two or more particular people with headsets on. Some stopped to take photos, others tried to listen in but some just walked by...
Crunch Time | Counterpilot
There’s an explicit attempt to link the democratic processes at play in the work’s conception with debates and developments happening around global politics. Sibthorpe’s notes reference Brexit and Trump. There’s a development within the work that explicitly plays with the idea of leadership spills. If there’s a moment that elevates CrunchTime above a good dinner party, it’s that one.
Invisible Things | Alex Mizzen
The show pulls out a lot of darkness, a lot of deep hidden internal thoughts, and I realise about a third of the way through that this is very real for Alex, she is not acting this experience, she is having it.
La Silhouette | Sui Ensemble
Created by Brissie legends Sui Ensemble, this was a roller-coaster of thrills and spills and colourful mayhem, with a brutal message of home truths revealed layer by layer like a very dangerous game of pass the parcel.
Biladurang | Joel Bray
The set is intimate. Obviously. The whole room is five meters by ten. We are offered terry-towelling robes and champagne. It is true, I have been to parties and illicit liaisons like this before, these same mundane walls, the art that becomes commonplace in these holding pens, these anonymous rooms where people stay when they are in-between places, meeting nameless others.
Ride | Backbone Ensemble
The nature of the tiny venues - the inside of a car - and the lively Saturday night timeslot - makes for an intimate confessional that has guest spilling secrets and demanding phone-jacks. The whole show has a feeling of risk, the kind of chance you take when you jump into a car with a stranger.
Cargo Club | CfAT & DarahRouge @ MetroArts
These artists have made deeply personal work; the line between script and history is too blurry to grasp. These are stories that need told, and these are the people that need to tell them.In a stunning collaboration, these ten diverse and talented artists have created a work that is sublime, ethereal and very, very raw.
The Outhouse | Phoebe Manning & Sarah O'Shanesy
We all crammed into a tiny house in Highgate Hill in a manner reminiscent of many clowns jammed into a tiny car. Sitting on laps and crouching in corners, we settled in on top of each other and traveled together on a whimsical journey.