Arts

QPAC celebrates 40 years with backstage tours

Step behind the theatre curtain at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with a rare opportunity to enjoy a free backstage tour. QPAC will celebrate its 40-year

More than 80 outdoor sculptures at SWELL Festival

They say that sculptures tell their own unique stories and you can catch more than 80 of them at Queensland’s largest sculpture exhibition on Currumbin Beach. The free

Netflix and chow eating into households budgets

Almost a third of Aussies admit to spending hundreds of dollars a year on duplicated or unused subscriptions, while clocking up thousands on takeaway bills. New research

Barnsey, Ken Done and romantic AI chatbots snare funding

Rock legend Jimmy Barnes and colourful artist Ken Done are among a list of Aussies set to be further immortalised as subjects of upcoming documentaries. Screen Australia

Support for short path to screen success

Queensland’s short film makers are the focus of a new support program to boost local talent. Screen Queensland has launched a new Short Film Fund, offering grants of

Aussie artists not keen to feed the AI machine

A Productivity Commission proposal to exempt tech companies from copyright rules so they can train artificial intelligence (AI) models has been criticised by the music

The Other Art Fair to debut in Brisbane

The Other Art Fair will make its Brisbane debut in November this year, showcasing the work of 120 emerging artists from Australia and beyond. The concept has been

Aussie opera to open at Glasshouse Theatre

The Drover’s Wife – The Opera will be one of the first performances to open the new QPAC Glasshouse Theatre. The epic new tale was written by Leah Purcell and is

Big talent unleashed at Bigsound 2025

The southern hemisphere’s largest celebration of new music, Bigsound, will be unleashed in 2025 with 130 bands, 100 industry speakers, and 70 conference sessions

No illusion as Theatre of Magic’s success goes global

The magic is spreading, with an illusionary Brisbane entertainment experience going global. Theatre of Magic (T.O.M), which stages intimate magic shows at Rydges

Subscribe to our newsletter

Our newsletter