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01/03/2010 - Sun Surf and Satire in the latest David Williamson
Noosa’s playground for the rich and retired becomes a comic battleground in David Williamson’s Let the Sunshine. With a cast that includes Paul Ashcroft, Robert Coleby, Rachel Gordon, Andrea Moor, Jacki Weaver and Gold Logie-winner John Wood, Let the Sunshine is Williamson’s latest romantic satire that reflects on issues facing a modern Romeo and Juliet.
25/02/2010 - Theatre Careers Take Flight
How do you become a professional theatre director, actor or lighting designer? Queensland Theatre Company is showing eight up-and-coming Queensland artists how, in their 2010 Emerging Artist Program supported by Brisbane Airport Corporation.
24/02/2010 - Michael Gow to Leave Queensland Theatre Company
Michael Gow, Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company, will be leaving the Company to pursue freelance writing and directing.
In his 11th year as Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company, Michael has advised the Board that he has declined a further contract following the expiry of his current contract, due in August 2010.
“Being the Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company for eleven years has been incredible. There have been wonderful experiences creating works, touring shows, developing young artists and giving artists acknowledged nationally opportunities to work with the Company”, said Michael Gow.
12/02/2010 - Cult Theatrical Hit in Brisbane
Queensland Theatre Company presents Will Eno’s award-winning solo show Thom Pain (based on nothing) an underground hit in New York, London and Edinburgh. Starring Jason Klarwein as the charismatic and disturbed Thom Pain, Brisbane audiences are set to be both charmed and shocked by his acerbic wit and vulnerability.
09/02/2010 - Staged Lives: Michael Gow, Will Eno and David Williamson in conversation
Great Playwrights Front Public
Hot New York playwright Will Eno joins Australia’s most prominent playwrights David Williamson and Michael Gow in Staged Lives: a conversation on theatre, writing and the line between life and fiction on March 9 at State Library of Queensland.
22/01/2010 - Cast change for The Little Dog Laughed
Queensland Theatre Company advises theatre-goers that Nathaniel Dean has withdrawn from The Little Dog Laughed due to a neck injury sustained during rehearsals. The role of Mitchell will now be played by Tom O’Sullivan, familiar to audiences from his work in Underbelly III.
07/01/2010 - Agent Forces Hollywood Star Into The Closet
Queensland Theatre Company presents The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane - a sizzling Hollywood satire about sex, lies and the inconvenience of true love. Starring Caroline Kennison, Nick Cook, Melanie Zanetti and TV's Nathaniel Dean, The Little Dog Laughed is witty, fast-paced and has a story worthy of today's celebrity gossip magazines.
23/11/2009 - Queensland Premier's Drama Award - Call for Entries
The Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2010-11 has kicked off with the Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh calling for entries. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2010 with the winning entry announced by the end of 2010.
06/11/2009 - Queensland Theatre Company launches 2010 Youth & Education Program
Queensland Theatre Company launched it's 2010 Youth & Education Program last night which features 2010 performances of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman's The 7 Stages of Grieving and a new deBASE Productions collaboration Hurry Up and Wait!
The program also includes student and teacher workshops, Theatre Residency Week, Young Playwrights Program and a new Student Advisory Group.
20/10/2009 - 2010 Season Launch Video
02/10/2009 - When The Rain Stops Falling : Media Release
Queensland Theatre Company brings a new Australian classic to Brisbane audiences – Brink Production’s When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell. The multi-award winning new play was the surprise hit of the 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival of the Arts and has enthralled audiences across Australia with its story of discovery and redemption told across 80 years and four generations of one family.
02/10/2009 - Thom Pain (based on nothing) : Media Release
Thom Pain (based on nothing) is Will Eno’s underground hit that has spellbound audiences in New York, London and Edinburgh. Jason Klarwein returns to the Brisbane stage to star in this darkly comic solo show.
02/10/2009 - The Little Dog Laughed : Media Release
Sex, lies and Hollywood glamour hit the stage when Queensland Theatre Company presents Douglas Carter Beane’s hit comedy The Little Dog Laughed – a sparkling satirical comedy about acting, pretending and the inconvenience of true love.
02/10/2009 - The Clean House : Media Release
Lane is depressed – her cleaner would rather write jokes, her husband has fallen in love with his patient and her sister is secretly doing her housework. Welcome to The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl’s comedy about clean homes and messy lives.
02/10/2009 - Let the Sunshine : Media Release
Noosa’s playground for the rich and retired becomes a comic battleground in David Williamson’s Let the Sunshine. With a cast that includes Robert Coleby, Andrea Moor, Jacki Weaver and Gold Logie-winner John Wood, Let the Sunshine is Williamson’s latest romantic satire that reflects on issues facing a modern Romeo and Juliet.
02/10/2009 - King Lear : Media Release
Queensland Theatre Company and QPAC present Bell Shakespeare’s King Lear, a powerful tale of jealousy, betrayal and madness. Starring Australia’s premier Shakespearean talent John Bell, King Lear is the centrepiece of Bell Shakespeare's 20th anniversary celebrations in 2010.
02/10/2009 - Grimm Tales : Media Release
Grimm Tales is an end-of-year treat for young and old. Be dazzled by The Golden Goose, find a candy house with Hansel and Gretel and fall in love with Snow White when Queensland Theatre Company presents Grimm Tales – a selection of the Grimm Brothers’ most enduring stories.
02/10/2009 - Fat Pig : Media Release
In a world of liposuction, celebrity diets and Botox, can you find the love of your life but be blinded by society’s stereotypes? Fat Pig is Neil LaBute’s award-winning comedy that asks if you can be too shallow to stay in love.
02/10/2009 - Betrayal : Media Release
Could you keep a secret for nine years? Betrayal is Harold Pinter's compelling tale of a love triangle that spans a decade, and an affair told in reverse.
30/09/2009 - 2010 Season Media Release available now
See lives transformed on stage in Queensland Theatre Company’s 2010 Season as characters discover family secrets, fall in and out of love, follow their dreams and even spin straw into gold.
30/09/2009 - Toy Symphony : Media Release
Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia present Toy Symphony by Michael Gow. The multi award-winning new play is an inventive and compelling look at what happens when a writer loses his ability to imagine.
29/09/2009 - The Crucible : Media Release
Hysteria, accusations and rumours run wild when Queensland Theatre Company presents The Crucible, Arthur Miller's gripping masterpiece. A profound plea for honesty, courage and reason, this story if being brought to life by a massive case of 19 actors.
