Full Program
18 February
STRING SYMPHONY
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre @ Performance Lawn | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins »
5:00pm
- 7:00pm
Sunday & Monday
In String Symphony, 12 audience members work together to bring a giant illuminated and interactive puppet to life.
[MIS]CONCEIVE
Thomas E.S. Kelly @ Visy Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
50 mins »
7:00pm
- 7:50pm
Sunday & Monday
With humour, play and personal stories this high-energy work explodes the misconceptions of what it is to be a young urban Aboriginal person in Australia.
19 February
BACKBONE
Gravity & Other Myths @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 20 mins » 3:00pm - 4:20pm
Circus, as you’ve never seen it before – pushed to its conceptual and cerebral limits in one genre-defying, thought-provoking, visual extravaganza.
20 February
INTIMATE SPACE
Restless Dance Theatre @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
20 mins + intro »
9:00am
- 9:25am
Tuesday - Thursday
A series of experiential dance theatre works set in a hotel that challenges themes of visibility, authority, self-worth and relationships.
IN BETWEEN TWO
Contemporary Asian Australian Performance @ Playhouse | QPAC
30 mins » 5:05pm - 5:35pm
TZU’s Joelistics and ARIA-nominated producer James Mangohig explore the soundtrack of their mixed heritage through storytelling, images and hip-hop.
MY NAME IS JIMI
Queensland Theatre / Jimi Bani @ Playhouse | QPAC
30 mins » 6:15pm - 6:45pm
A hilarious and deeply moving work about family, language and culture from acclaimed Australian actor Jimi Bani and his family.
SKINNYFISH SOUND SYSTEM
Skinnyfish Music @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins » 9:00pm - 9:30pm
A selection of the best producers in the country come together with powerful Indigenous performers for the ultimate cultural party.
21 February
TERROR AUSTRALIS
Leah Shelton @ Turbine Studio | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins »
2:00pm
- 2:30pm
Repeat Performance
A sweltering mix of cabaret, live art, dance and black comedy examining the grungy underbelly of Australian culture with gobsmacking flair.
THE IRRESISTIBLE
Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt @ Visy Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 15 mins »
6:00pm
- 7:15pm
Thursday & Friday
Told through multiple parallel narratives that intersect through mystery and sci-fi, The Irresistible is a reckless, intoxicating love letter to the subconscious.
SNAKE SESSIONS
Branch Nebula Inc. @ Paddington Skate Park
30 Mins » 6:15pm - 6:45pm
Branch Nebula brings their breath-taking anarchic street-style performance to your skatepark working with locals to make the show!
22 February
MISSION SONGS PROJECT - 1957 PALM ISLAND STRIKE
Jessie Lloyd @ Studio 1 | QPAC
30 mins »
1:00pm
- 1:30pm
Repeat Performance
Join Jessie Lloyd and her band on a musical journey through the songs and stories surrounding the 1957 Palm Island strike.
ICH NIBBER DIBBER
post @ Playhouse | QPAC
1 hr 10 mins » 1:30pm - 2:40pm
Ich Nibber Dibber hilariously and insightfully maps the lives and practices of three women coming of age in the 21st Century.
BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company @ Playhouse | QPAC
30 mins » 3:10pm - 3:40pm
Unapologetic, passionate and visceral Blood on the Dance Floor invokes ancestral lineage in a contemporary quest for courage and hope.
DRIFTWOOD
Casus Circus @ Playhouse | QPAC
30 mins » 3:40pm - 4:10pm
A colourful and turbulent concoction of pure joy and intimacy and Casus’ signature acrobatic shapes make Driftwood unmissable circus.
A FAINT EXISTENCE
Kristina Chan @ Playhouse | QPAC
50 mins » 6:40pm - 7:30pm
This stunning solo dance work is a powerful physical meditation on impermanence, fragility and mortality in the age of climate change.
23 February
BETWEEN TINY CITIES រវាងទីក្រុងតូច
Nick Power @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
40 mins » 9:30am - 10:10am
The raw, wild energy of a b*boy battle meets skilful contemporary choreography expertly performed by dancers from two different worlds.
SEX AND DEATH
Samara Hersch & Collaborators @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
12:30pm
- 12:50pm
Large Scale Pitch
Part-date, part-photoshoot, Sex and Death invites you to reflect on life, death and what happens in between.
PLEASURE GARDEN
Genevieve Lacey @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
12:50pm
- 1:10pm
Large Scale Pitch
Through elegant audio design Pleasure Garden transforms a garden into a place of musical play that gently responds to movement.
THE COMING BACK OUT BALL
All The Queens Men @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
1:10pm
- 1:30pm
Large Scale Pitch
The Coming Back Out Ball is a spectacular and empowering celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) elders.
PASSENGER
Jessica Wilson @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
1:30pm
- 1:50pm
Large Scale Pitch
Set onboard a moving suburban bus PASSENGER frames the urban landscape as a filmic backdrop for a modern-day Western.
POPUP TEAROOM SERIES
Yumi Umiumare @ Rooftop Terrace | Brisbane Powerhouse
2 hours durational performance - tea ceremony at 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm » 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Yumi Umiumare’s unique fusion of Butoh, physical theatre and spoken word are interspersed with classical and contemporary tea ceremonies.
PERMISSION TO SPEAK
Chamber Made @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
60 mins » 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre, Permission to Speak explores the complexities of the parent-child relationship.