Arts

Queensland Ballet dancer Joseph Moss. | Newsreel

Rising ballet star recognised as elite athlete

By Susan Schwartz When Queensland Ballet dancer Joseph Moss first enrolled in ballet school, he often hid the fact he could pirouette his way across a stage – now he
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Two women in niche-fashion jackets. | Newsreel

Permanently Cheugy: Are micro-trends killing fashion?

By Susan Schwartz Fashion’s hyper drive is in danger of creating its own black hole. Micro-trends are rising at such a rapid rate that ultimately fashion runs the risk
Read more 8 April 2024
Elvis Presley tribute artist. | Newsreel

Tributes flow for golden era of popular music

By Shane Rodgers In the 1990s I read that, if the prevailing growth continued, by 2030 one in every five Americans would be an Elvis Presley impersonator. I think it was
Read more 7 April 2024
Queensland Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream. | Newsreel

Shakespeare comedy transformed into dance dreamscape

Ballerina fairies and woodland creatures collide with the mortal world in Queensland Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Playhouse, QPAC from April
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. | Newsreel

Heroes rewarded with concert on the Reef

High-profile Australian artists will perform for 100 community heroes in a spectacular music performance on a floating pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef later this
Read more 5 April 2024
Fitzroy Island Far North Queensland. | Newsreel

Action! New FNQ film and television studio

Screen Queensland will open its state-of-the art film and television studio in Cairns on April 27. In a region boasting a range of stunning locations, from lush tropical
Read more 5 April 2024
Musical festival crowd blurred. | Newsreel

Pill testing weeds out higher-risk substances

More than 250 festival-goers took advantage of Queensland’s first pill-testing services at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival over the Easter long weekend. The State
Read more 5 April 2024
Musician playing electric guitar. | Newsreel

Poor pay a sour note for Aussie musicians

The majority of Australian musicians made around $12 an hour last year, about half Australia’s minimum wage, and that’s when they were able to land a gig. A recent
Read more 5 April 2024
Poet Svetlana Sterlin. | Newsreel

Sterlin makes a splash to snare poetry prize

Brisbane poet Svetlana Sterlin has won Australia’s richest poetry prize. The former QUT Creative Writing student won the $40,000 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award
Read more 22 March 2024
Festival-goer holding pill. | Newsreel

Green light for pill testing at Queensland festivals

Pill testing will be a regular feature at Queensland events with the State Government engaging two providers to deliver fixed site and event-based pill testing services
Read more 20 March 2024