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[event] LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

In his magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Long Day's Journey Into Night, writer Eugene O'Neill paints a vivid and disturbing portrait of a family tormented by the past and paralysed by the prospect of the future. Actor James Tyrone and his wife Mary and their two adult children, have retreated to their Connecticut holiday house where they will be ensconced for the summer. During the course of the 'long day' of the play's title this family battles to unearth, and conceal, a series of appalling truths. read more...

[event] UNDERCOVER LAWYER

To celebrate their 10th play together, writer/producer Tony Laumberg, and director Richard Cotter have dusted off one of Tony's most popular and enduring characters, the pompous CBD lawyer, Henry Crowley, and his sarcastic and perpetually inebriated wife, Margaret, in a laugh-filled tale of espionage, lies and deception - Undercover Lawyer. read more...

[event] INTERNATIONAL DANCE GALA

What better occasion than Queensland Ballet's 50th anniversary  to truly celebrate the glorious spectacle of dance? QB's International Gala will once again bring virtuosic international dancers to Brisbane, and pay homage to the Company's heritage. read more...

[event] AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Tracy Letts' fiercely funny family tragicomedy August: Osage County, gets its Sydney Theatre Company premiere with this Steppenwolf production. Hailed by the critics as the great American play of our time, August: Osage County is a rare gem of a drama. In the tradition of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, playwright Tracy Letts tells a story of grand scale that is at once entertaining, funny and deeply moving. read more...

[event] HATS OFF BrizVegas 2010

After an absence of three years Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will present the gala fundraising concert HATS OFF BrisVegas 2010. The concert will feature a dazzling line-up of local and interstate artists who will all donate their services for this special cause. Artists confirmed so far include: the cast of MAMMA MIA! featuring Anne Wood, Michael Cormick & David Sommerville; the cast of Harvest Rain's Jesus Christ Superstar; the award-winning Oscar Theatre Company; popular tenors Gregory Moore and Luke Kennedy; TV & Radio personality Ian Maurice; sensational aerial performer Mark Winmill...   read more...

[event] KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN

Kiss of the Spiderwoman is a play adapted from Manuel Puig's acclaimed novel and has since become a powerful film and a hit Broadway musical. Everyman Theatre ends its 2010 season with the original stage version of Puig's story, a searing drama about two Argentinean mean - a gay window dresser and a socialist rebel - forced to share a claustrophobic jail cell. read more...

[event] FONTEYN REMEMBERED

Her dance career was simply extraordinary. Dame Margot Fonteyn was adored and revered, inspiring countless young dancers around the world. She held the world of ballet at her feet for decades, and left memories which would never be erased. But for all the joy and triumph, Fonteyn's life was marked by immense sadness. read more...

[event] BEN HUR - THE STADIUM SPECTACULAR

This will be the biggest theatrical event ever seen in Australia. Direct from Europe, this world tour premiere brings to life the classic tale made famous by the eleven time Academy Award winning 1959 Hollywood movie Ben Hur starring Charlton Heston. This spectacular event combines the scale of the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with the drama of the slave who dared to defy the Roman Empire. read more...

[event] UNCLE VANYA

On a dilapidated, remote farm Uncle Vanya and his niece Sonya have worked slavishly to sustain an estate in decline. And so it has been for years. Now Professor Serebryakov and his beautiful young wife, Yelena, have returned to visit. Adding to the chaos and disruption are the constant visits of the charismatic Astrov. Lunch is no longer served at lunch time - now it is procrastinated until dusk - work is forgotten and the long, cool nights have become sleepless. read more...