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.
(avail. midday 10th May GMT)
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.
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.
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
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.
‘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.
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?
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.
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+
Start your Friday night by planting yourself in The GreenHouse: fertilise with a drink from the bar then shoot-through a string of ‘Anywhere’ performances taking place throughout the venue.
In between shows cross-pollinate ideas and art with your buds in the foyer.
A physical and aural exploration of a tragic, twisted and true love story, through contemporary theatre styles such as Butoh dance and Physical theatre.
A modern adaptation that brings to life the legend of the Oxford girl and the Cruel Miller, dating back to the 1600’s.
Something Perfectly Innocent (SPI) is a five day Theatrical performance which takes place over social media and mobile photography.
When a young urban twentysomething man arrives in a new city, he navigates his way through the city using his iPhone and 3G technology, but he soon is thrown into a world far beyond what he imagined.
This is Kansas City asks you to enter an augmented reality where a series of phone calls to your mobile phone direct your body, gaze, and imagination around Brisbane’s public spaces to unravel the story of a criminal only known as The Monster.
Gather your protectors and allies.
Peer through our windows, sit in our backyard, listen to the band and relax. This is a journey of the soul, but it isn’t all incense and hippies. If you think the human psyche houses nothing but goodness and beauty, take a look at the shadows gathering in the corners.