In March 2006 tropical Cyclone Larry crossed the Queensland coast and devastated the community of Innisfail. In Sydney, playwright Adam Grossetti, born in Innisfail, phoned close friend actor/director Jean-Marc Russ to suggest they travel to the stricken town with the idea of writing a play about the cyclone. Reading a newspaper article about the death of an August Moon Caravan Park resident, Brian Young, Adam realised that behind every headline there’s a story and behind every story lies the truth.
What the two ‘gonzo’ playwrights discovered was a level of ruin that left them awestruck and a community betrayed at their most vulnerable. The real story of what happened that night has never been told, until now. More...
It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Nicole Kidman has signed up to the movie adaptation. Now Rabbit Hole has opened in Brisbane. Find out what The Sunday Mail has to say about this extraordinary production here...
Three talented local playwrights have been selected as finalists for the 2008-09Queensland Premier's Drama Award. More...
Anyone under 30 should check out Queensland Theatre Company’s latest show, I Am My Own Wife, as part of its U30 Studio Nite on Wednesday 2 April.
For $33 a ticket (+ booking fee) you’ll get to take in this cutting edge play, go behind-the-scenes with the show’s creators, drink up at the after party with the star Jean-Marc Russ and local electronic VJ Andrew Gibbs/Simulcast, and maybe even get your hands on one of the lucky door prizes. More...
Experience the awe-inspiring true story of one man living as a woman during the great European dramas of the 20th Century in Queensland Theatre Company’s I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. In a one-man tour de force, star Jean-Marc Russ plays more than 40 characters, including the defiant Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. More...
Begin the year with Queensland Theatre Company’s outrageous comic delight The Female of the Species by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith. This feisty play wrangles with the hazards of die-hard feminists, pitting one generation against the next and promising a riotous night out. More...