Snapshots of Brisbane Theatre 2009-2014
And suddenly, there goes January! Holidays are over, the kids are back in school. Here’s what’s on around the traps in this last week of the month.
Opening:
Chasing the Lollyman Debase Theatre at !MetroArts (Tuesday)
Continuing:
The Gruffalo at La Boite Theatre, Roundhouse (closing this week)
MacHomer Cremorne Theatre, QPAC (closing this week)
Other:
(Continuing) Intensive Training Workshop OzFrank
!Metro Arts, Brisbane
This week Groundling blog produced two posts which compared the annual repertoire of the state theatre company’s inaugural decade and the one just past. This fairly simple bit of quantitative research was inspired/prompted by similar research and a current debate in the US following the publication of a new book Outrageous Fortune. The book claims the US institutional theatre is, by and large, not producing new works by American playwrights.
Queensland Theatre Company celebrates its 40th birthday in 2010, so a stocktake seemed appropriate. Rather than look over the Company’s 40 seasons Groundling took the bookend repertoires and did a breakdown of the historical and geographical origin of the plays selected for the decade of the 1970s and that of the 2000s.
You can read both posts here:
And the outcome in chart form shows how this company has always had the production of contemporary and brand new plays top of its repertoire.
Groundling has suggested that other Queensland companies might care to do the same stocktake of their work to provide a fuller picture of the kinds of theatre we think we are producing in the state.
The long, hot Queensland summer continues with news on the first shows of the new season emerging from rehearsal rooms round the state. Meanwhile, the first off the block for the year – The Gruffalo and Cinderella – amuse kids and their families, and the workshops and training summer schools are getting into their final phase before school goes back next week!
Opening:
MacHomer Playhouse at QPAC (Sunday)
Continuing:
The Gruffalo: La Boite Theatre at the Roundhouse
The Adventures of Cinderella and her Fabulously Fashionable Footwear written and directed by Tim O’Connor: Harvest Rain at QPAC Cremorne Theatre
Other:
Circa, Harvest Rain, OzFrank, and Empire Theatre (Toowoomba) are conducting training workshops during the summer. Contact directly for further details on availability during January. Click the Greenroom poster wall of logos.
As we mentioned last week, if one of your New Year’s Resolutions includes some training, or craft upskilling, January’s the month.
Opening:
The Gruffalo: La Boite Theatre at the Roundhouse
Continuing:
The Adventures of Cinderella and her Fabulously Fashionable Footwear written and directed by Tim O’Connor: Harvest Rain at QPAC Cremorne Theatre
Other:
Circa, Harvest Rain, OzFrank, and Empire Theatre (Toowoomba) are conducting training workshops during the summer. Contact directly for further details on availability during January. Click the Greenroom poster wall of logos.