An Origin Story
op-ed, article Nadia Jade op-ed, article Nadia Jade

An Origin Story

The name is a tongue in cheek statement about the art in Brisbane. I’ve lived here on and off and passed through town for nigh on thirty years since I was tiny. There is this pervasive myth, the myth of the Deep North, that nothing actually happens here. That because you can’t find it on the main street, it doesn’t exist. But Brisbane has a virulent, passionate artistic history.

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Conviction | The Hive Collective
theatre, review Kristy Stanfield theatre, review Kristy Stanfield

Conviction | The Hive Collective

Beginning in darkness, four figures barely visible on stage, the tension is palpable. Together they deliver the one punchy monologue, setting the scene inside the wandering and turbulent creative mind of our protagonist, a self-critical independent writer. When the lights switch on, the characters launch into action in the writer’s latest play and we watch the action unfold seemingly as it is being written, edited, unwritten, and changed.

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