As a collective the cast and the directors have come up with a collage of 5 scenes exploring life on the brink; public transport, romance, hospital drama and misadventure.
See Cinematic Theatre for and by Young People at it’s most vivid and vibrant… don’t miss it.
Set in the heart of Fortitude Valley, four playwrights turn a dirty alleyway into the legends of nights out – where drunken youth roam free and the pavement becomes a stained and silent tapestry of history.
The Alleyway Theatre Project invites you to grab a milk crate and squeeze right up next to the stories of the Valley’s night animals.
All the World’s A Stage is an exciting all-male Shakespeare show from the UK.
Famous extracts, linked by a modern, original narrative, spoken by a boy actor, who desperately wants to perform on the stage.
Will he get his wish? Meet Juliet, Cleopatra, the Mechanicals, Richard 3 and many others.
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Can we control our need for control?
an-i-mal-i-ty explores the basic instincts of control and manipulation and why we both consciously and sub-consciously practice the art of manipulation on a daily basis.
A playful look at the an-i-mal-i-ty of human nature as it wages war on the social conformities of our society.
Meet Melanie. 26. Bored. Bruised.
Enjoys frothing milk and blowing steam. Looking for a captive audience to hang off her every word and not interrupt.
Bring an open mind and a large tip- not the “be good to your mother” kind.
After years of searching, deep in DaVinci’s own vault, beyond countless locks and traps: the lost manuscript of the world’s first Space Opera.
William Shakespeare’s missing masterpiece is the tale of a young farm boy, torn from his quiet desert homeland to fight the dark forces of the evil Empire.
Tom is in love with Alice, who loves him too. But nothing is simple: they are young, they have parents and teachers…They are teenagers.
Demain L-Aurore is a brand-new musical from La Petite Famille, France. A youth musical theatre company dedicated to producing works for teenagers.
Escape with Queenie D to explore the magical world beyond the mirror in this contemporary fairytale featuring new media and old.
After a highly successful debut in 2011, creative professionals work alongside talented young people from across the Sunshine Coast in this performance, adapted especially for Anywhere Theatre Festival.
There are a few places still wild enough to accommodate a Fox.
Oddly, a lot of those places are pubs, alleyways, libraries and people’s back yards, because the older a city gets the cleverer the wild things must become.
The Black Fox Himself has left their tongues sharp, their voices strong and their egos impenetrable.
Got 5? asks for just 5 minutes of your time.
We welcome you to our production of “The Heiress”, a play by John Burgoyne (1786).
So stand back, relax, we’re not crazy! We’re just passionate about performing… Anywhere at Anytime!
Get a taste of the English stage at the State library of Queensland with lunchtime screenings of four classics filmed with multi- camera setups.
Volpone, The School for Scandal, The Duchess of Malfi and Doctor Faustus.
“The best spoken, most intelligently staged and thrillingly effective Malfi I’ve seen in years” The Stage
A family of Gremlins has taken residence in Brisbane. Roxoff, Mofball & Botolf Gromlot are trying to launch their new budget airline and fulfill their dream of flying.
Tickets sales are going well, and their maiden voyage is due to take off shortly. There is only one problem….they haven’t built the plane yet.
There has been a little bit of a restructuring going on lately. A few lines have been shifted, redrawn; it’s really no big deal.
Unless you cross the wrong line… Then you’re fucked.
happy days (are here again) is site specific performance work exploring the casual violence of gangland culture.
A once abandoned basement on the city’s fringe plays host to an underworld of social outcasts. Sordid tales echo through its remnants, gathering dust within the space.
The atmosphere is stagnating.
As the band churns in the corner, four charming, unholy creatures emerge from the shadows to pour you a drink, tell you their story and seduce you into staying for a just a little longer.
A raw examination of the occupational hazard otherwise known as the workplace.
HolePunch is a quirky cabaret that explores the interpersonal dynamics of where we spend the majority of our weekdays.
HolePunch uncovers what we leave at home and what follows us to the office.
‘House of Cards’ is a mixed media performance underpinned by the concepts of fate, chance and impermanence; and inspired by the prolific album ‘In Rainbows’ by Radiohead.
This contemporary piece follows the lives of two individuals through a world of park benches, memories, relationships and playing cards.
Tessa Waters’ one-woman slapstick comedy is a story of a young girl who wakes up one morning to find her life a mess and an audience in her bedroom…if only she’d remembered to wear pants.
Expect wobbly dancing, lewd puppetry and wee inducing laughter.
Two hapless explorers who while excavating off the coast of Redcliffe come across the ‘Amulet of Paragon’, an ancient treasure thought to have been created in the lost city of Atlantis.
This spurs them on an expedition of dangers and distractions in search of the sunken city of Atlantis.
Instantaneous Association: Define, is an exploration of the different levels of connectedness used to help define relationships.
At what point can you truly say that you are ‘connected’ with someone?
Three short plays about society, community and the power of the individual are explored through the prism of the 5th element.
What is the 5th element? …This is what the audience decides and it changes the play entirely. Live theatre experimentation that pushes drama to the very edge.
Julian Running is a nautical, shadow-puppetry, indi-folk-musical. (That’s totally a thing, right?)
On his eighth birthday, Julian escapes to sea on a jumping castle.
As the waves push him into the arms of pirates and sea monsters, will his wanderlust falter before it’s too late?
Lightning in a Kettle, is a Butoh performance, exploring the notion of what childhood means.
In this creative development we are exploring why aren’t there any colourful balloons in adult life. What do we leave behind? Where did our instinctual curiosity, energy, and simplistic wonder of the everyday go?
Get a taste for the Anywhere Theatre Festival with free lunch time tasters at the Queen Street Mall – Shakespeare, circus, music, comedy and much more.
Stay tuned for the daily schedule.
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Welcome to ‘Merica.
You know it well, whether you want to or not.
Now experience it LIVE! IN COLOR! AWESOME! Created by two borderline ex-pat Americans, Merica is a solo performance.
EXTREME pop, USA style. Fuck yeah.
All the way around the world and half way between whore and history.
This play is a fable. A fable has a message. A message has a meaning.
Oppression. Sex. Fear. Loathing. Slander. Freedom. Future. Mature content, including highly evocative visual imagery. Recommended for audiences age 15+