51 stories by "Jemma Lanyon"
Underground Productions, the student theatre company at the University of Queensland, is the latest in Australia tackle Caryl Churchill's 2012 play Love and Information after last year…
Jenny is a Viking mama of three. She keeps a blog about the everyday battles she faces as a parent: from mustering the fortitude to get out of bed, to shopping with children who constantly w…
Theatremakers bring this semi-historical, entirely hilarious Gutenberg! The Musical! to life for Brisbane's Anywhere Theatre Festival 2016. Broadway wannabies Bud Davenport and Doug Simon (p…
It has been 33 years since Queensland Theatre Company last produced Much Ado About Nothing, so it's high time Brisbane had a professional production of Shakespeare's masterful comedy. Spoile…
When the Queensland Performing Arts Centre first opened its doors in 1985, Angelin Preljocaj was founding a ballet company with two other dancers on the other side of the world in France. To…
Harmony (Liz Skitch) loves to sing and dance. Her family has fallen upon hard times, but instead of selling their gramophone as planned, she sets it up in the street and begins to busk. Just…
The London Palladium production of Rogers and Hammerstein's classical musical with its beloved songs ('Do-Re-Mi', 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain', 'Edelweiss') is now in Sydney and may bring the icon…
"You know when you're half-asleep and someone proposes to you really badly?", well Rhys Nicholson does. Fresh off a successful stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rhys is back in Austral…
If the palpable silence that descended with the curtain and persisted until everyone filtered out of the theatre is any indication, QTC's The Secret River packs an emotional and intellectual…
For one night only, the Performing Arts, Film and Television (ASPA-FTV) school are showcasing their Creative Theatre Production course with the student devised work, Music: A Muse to Seek. A…
A door is something very symbolic. A closed door can mean security, entrapment, an ending or the unknown. An open door can mean hope, beginnings, unknown possibilities. Knock Knock " the …
Pulitzer prize winner Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple was the precursor to the beloved '70s TV show. While I can't compare it to the TV show (before my time), the play is an enjoyable stand…
The story of two bachelors, determined to live life and find love on their own terms in a society that expects conformity and venerates social standing; Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being…
Queensland Theatre Company has just uncaged its 2016 season. And what a lineup! Not only is it the company's 45th season, but it is the last season Artistic Director Wesley Enoch will progra…
Maddie Peat exudes excitement and energy. The 20-year-old dancer is clearly thrilled to play one of the leading roles, Penny Johnson, in Dirty Dancing. Fresh from last year's So You Think Yo…
Thirty years since it first graced our television screens, Australian favourite Mother and Son comes to life on stage, in the Playhouse Theatre at QPAC. Veteran actress Noeline Brown (…
Matilda Award Nominated Sex With Strangers is back for a sizzling return season. Olivia is a woman d'un certain âge who retreats to a quiet bed and breakfast to work on her second novel. …
Chris Kohn unveiled his first season as Artistic Director of La Boite Theatre and the 2015 programme looks to be an exciting celebration for La Boite's 90th birthday. Wind in the Willo…
Chris Khon unveiled his first season as Artistic Director of La Boite Theatre and the 2015 programme looks to be an exciting celebration for La Boite's 90th birthday. Wind in the Willo…
4 Actors. 100 Roles. 39 Steps. Spies, secret identities, a chance meeting on a train, love, and murder… The 39 Steps show has it all. Originating as a book by John Buchan, The 39 Steps…
Enter a dark world run by a totalitarian government. They watch you constantly. They control your life. They control your thoughts. They even rewrite history. What would you do? Would you co…
Stephen Sondheim's Company is a real gem of a musical. It's got beautiful music, ingenious lyrics, wonderful character development, and witty one-liners, all topped off with emotional depth.…
QLD Aussie Theatre writer Jemma Lanyon had the opportunity to chat with playwright Richard Jordan about his newest play, Machina (pronounced Mack-een-a, not Machine-a), which just finished a…
I'm Your Man is a show created and directed by Roslyn Oades. For 18 months Oades followed around a promising up and coming boxer, Bill 'The Kid' Dibb, and documented his quest for an IBF Wor…
AussieTheatre writer Jemma Lanyon was recently afforded the privilege of having coffee with two gentlemen of theatre " Hugh Parker and Gareth Harris " to talk about their upcoming acting wor…
