67 stories by "Sonny Clarke"
Something sensational is happening in Ipswich; a cultural revolution of sorts at the hands of independent theatre company Fractal Theatre and Artistic Director Brenna Lee-Cooney. This is a c…
A gothic chorus softly sings and chants. It's dark and ominous, there is a large circle of candles at various stages of annihilation, and inside the circle a heavy oak table supports a massi…
After five ground-breaking years at the helm of Queensland Theatre Company (QTC), the much loved and respected Wesley Enoch has resigned his position to step in as Director of Sydney Festiva…
"Love me, love my Holden. I laid that on the line to the missus before we were spliced." Perhaps a lost classic on the Australian Literary scene, Henry Williams' 1973 novel My Love …
Samson was developed by emerging playwright Julia Rose-Lewis during her Artist-in-Residence at La Boite in 2013 and is currently in its premiere season under the direction of Kristine Landon…
One late summer evening in the dimmed, pooling light of La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre, a brave Ben Schostakowski (director) polishes up the most performed and endeared of Shakespeare plays a…
Beneath the floorboards of a new Brisbane venue " the Padre Dive Bar " a sisterhood of three fine young women held an audience captive for an evening to showcase a collection of their best s…
The future of the world lies in the hope of its young, and hope is something that ACPA's (Aboriginal Centre for Performance Arts) performers exude. With more than forty artists on stage, ACP…
This has been a monumental year of growth for The Blue Roo Theatre Company from the highs of Opera Queensland's Open Stage program to the tragedy of losing a founding member and friend Jamie…
Like the bastard child of Kath & Kim meets Wolf Creek, the exceptional Angel Gear by Sven Swenson (co-directed by Brian Lucas & Sven Swenson) is a production about unlikeable people …
Held annually in conjunction with World Architecture Day, Brisbane Open House is a free event that provides residents and visitors an opportunity to peek behind the scenes of some of Brisban…
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is once again set to become a hub for creative little imaginations as the Out of the Box Festival, now in its twenty second-year, prepares to laun…
Oscar Theatre Company transforms the bunkerish Visy theatre at the Brisbane Powerhouse into a sassy, sexy cabaret club for a titillating gender-bending performance, Boy & Girl. The ca…
The phrase ‘world premiere’ often instils a fear of an impending mediocrity. However the recent� world premiere of Good-bye Miss Monroe, written and directed by Liam de Burc…
It’s just turned autumn and it’s a dazzling day in Brisbane. The sun is shining and the gleaming glass headquarters of Harvest Rain Theatre Company are awas…
First performed in the 1770's, School for Scandal (by Richard Brinsley Sheridan) is a witty, frolicking play about the gossipy misbehaviour of the well-to-do's who twist and turn the truth t…
"I think what a lot of adaptations miss is the essence and energy of youth. We are taking a play about sex, love, violence and death and letting it be sexy, violent, deadly and as obsessed w…
Wesley Enoch has Designs on you! I had a moment part way through Queensland Theatre Company's (QTC) final production for the year; I stepped outside myself and looked at the laughing audienc…
At first, I thought I'd accidentally walked into the rehearsals of Grindr: A Love Story? But I was actually amongst the audience for All Dolled Up which played at the Powerhouse, Thursday th…
The King of Pop’s legend lives on. Whether you loved him or loathed him, there is little doubt that Michael Jackson was a genius of rare calibre who shaped not only the music industry …
It's awkward as an audience member to feel as if you have walked in on a private therapy session, but then the act of baring ones heart and emotions on stage does run this very risk. Aurelia…
At the age of twenty three, Finn O'Branagain had a sneaking suspicion that she was becoming an adult but wasn't quite sure how to be sure. So she wrote Envelope. This lead her on a quest …
Recently AussieTheatre’s Sonny Clarke caught up with director Tim O’Connor to ask him about the up-coming Brisbane production of Willie Russell’s Blood Brothers. Ten years …
When seriously adult-only panto Little Orphan TrAshley opened at the Powerhouse this week, Trevor Ashley and co-writer Phil Scott showed the world at large why only creative Queens can get a…
A fantastic initiative at the Metro Arts called Friday Nights was had on July 5 as artists and residents opened the doors to welcome beverage toting guests in for a gander at the churning wh…
