Improv comedy is a good way to spend part of a mid-week evening. I’d probably give Queen & Friend another go, particularly if part of a slightly bigger improv program.
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The Savoyards production of The Drowsy Chaperone deserves to sell-out. Well-cast, with a stellar performance by Brad Ashwood and brought to the Star Theatre by a strong creative team.
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Summer Play Factor (SPF) is a playful acrobatic evocation of summer at the beach: witty, highly-skilled, closely-observed fun that is high on the acrobatic and balance ‘wow’ factor.
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Restless Dream was a special, one hour show about the Repatriation of Aboriginal Ancestral Remains—incorporating stunning film, William Barton’s didgeridoo, and the powerful truth-telling of Kamilaroi elder Uncle Bob Weatherall.
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Collision melds Casus Circus acrobatics with Mad Dance House’s hip-hop. Inspiring, funny, invigorating control, skill and sheer high-energy from six talented performers.
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Street Serenades is great way to bring the Brisbane Festival (and Queensland talent) to suburbs across Brisbane. And it is wonderful that it is all free. But the model still needs a little work…
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Love themes, a sextet of singers, great writing and a solid band. A Sunday sesh with heart. A version of this review first appeared at Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane.
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First Nations Fashion: Walking In Two Worlds was a thought-provoking celebration of Indigenous Australian designers and artists. Wonderful to celebrate the designs, to watch the models in person (and ‘on country’ in the video), and to enjoy the dance. An interesting one-off.
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Perhaps it is too early to say that this is THE show of the 2021 Brisbane Festival, but for sheer entertainment Auntie’s Fiafia Night is going to be exceptionally difficult to beat.
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