What’s On Guide November '18 Arts Reviews
Profile WONDERLAND FESTIVAL PAGE 2 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 PROFILE Wonderland Festival
As the days warm up and dusk playfully turns into Survivor Matt Tarrant mystifying audiences with his evening, Wonderland Festival turns up the intensity modern style of magic, burlesque queen Jacqueline with a unique carnival of burlesque, circus, music, Furey bringing the bizarre and beautiful, and so much theatre, comedy and more. Purveyors of all things more. Join us for this debaucherously delightful end- weird and wonderful, Brisbane Powerhouse tantalises of-year spectacular. you with shows explicitly curated to surprise and Wonderl nd Fest v l p rtners 4ZZZ, Arch e Rose delight. With over 24 shows across two weeks, highlights D st ll n Co, PropM ll, scenestr, Trp Fort tude include New Zealand female circus troupe The V lle Hotel Br sb ne nd V l nt Events WonderWombs breaking that glass ceiling, former Book now wonderlandbrisbane.com.au
NOVEMBER 2018 WHAT’S ON GUIDE PAGE 3 of her new book, The Arsonist. Talking Ideas On Thursday 22 November, 14 & 22 Nov, 7pm Australia’s master storyteller, State Library of Queensland Peter FitzSimons (Mutiny on the Tickets $37–42 Bounty), brings to life the dramatic slq.qld.gov.au/ideas story of Captain William Bligh, Cultivate your curiosity with Fletcher Christian and history's State Library of Queensland’s new most famous mutiny on HMS Talking Ideas program. Be part of Bounty. extraordinary discussions featuring Talking Ideas entertains, inspires exceptional international and and fosters debate; addressing national writers and thinkers. issues that inform our times Join Chloe Hooper (Tall Man) and shape our lives. Join the in conversation with ABC Radio conversation, book now. National’s Paul Barclay on Wednesday 14 November, when she reveals the compelling journey she took inside the mind of the man responsible for the deadly Black Saturday firestorm, the focus
PAGE 4 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 behaves, test how we perceive our SparkLab world, and be limited only by their imagination in this curiosity-driven ignites space. Queensland From designing solutions to challenging questions in the Museum Maker Space, getting up close with Open Daily, 9.30am-5pm live science experiments at the Queensland Museum Science Bar, and marvelling at the Book now at enormous Science on a Sphere, sparklab.qm.qld.gov.au SparkLab is a memorable way to Play, question, test, observe and inspire the youngest science fan to talk your way through Queensland find out more about the world we Museum’s new Sciencentre live in. experience, SparkLab! Get ready to become a scientist Explore 40 interactive exhibits and book your tickets now. across three zones and discover Tickets: Adult $15.50, Concession how science impacts your $13.50, Child (5–15 years) $12.50, everyday world. Inquiring minds Family (2A + 2C) $46, Children can investigate how matter under 5 free.
NOVEMBER 2018 WHAT’S ON GUIDE PAGE 5 three-year run at the Noel Coward ‘The musical of the decade’ Avenue Q Theatre in London, there was a – Sunday Times November 10–22 stampede at the box office. ‘Witty, catchy and darn charming Tickets $44 / This is a more grown-up version – Evening Standard $54 meet and greet of those loveable Sesame Street Bookings online at muppets who dance, sing, fight artstheatre.com.au and (wait for it) have sex – on From the makers of The Book of stage. Facing unemployment, Mormon, a politically incorrect relationship problems and addic- musical comedy with a cast of tions, these muppets will make quirky puppets and a few humans for good measure. sure you never look at Sesame If you don’t know about this Street quite the same way again. seemingly cute, family puppet “Avenue Q is always a huge hit musical, the first thing we’ll say is with Brisbane audiences. After DON’T BRING YOUR KIDS! completing our second sell-out When Cameron Macintosh,EXCLUSIVE the seasonAGENT FORlast MUSIC year, we THEATRE had a INTERNATIONALwaiting (NY) world’s most successful musical list of hundreds of people who producer, announced that Avenue missed out, so the audience has Q, the Tony Award-winning puppet spoken and we are back again!” musical would be closing its – John Boyce, Artistic Director
PAGE 6 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 Image: © National Museums Scotland Scotland Museums © National Image: Meet the more! Learn about our shared evolutionary? history, and the weird Monkeys! and wonderful mammals that Open Daily, 9.30am–5pm make up the primate family tree. Queensland Museum Make a monkey mask or take a Book now at qm.qld.gov.au “family photo” and discover how The Monkeys have taken over Monkeys and Apes have adapted Queensland Museum. Go bananas to new challenges, and what we for the world of primates at can do to ensure the survival of Queensland Museum’s latest these magnificent creatures. exhibition, Monkeys! A Primate Adults at children’s prices. Story. Tickets: $12, Featuring 60 spectacular Family (2A + 2C): $40, taxidermy specimens and MyMuseum Member: $10.80 articulated skeletons, Monkeys! is Children under 5 free. a unique chance to come face-to- face with our closest living relatives; from the tiny mouse lemur to the mighty gorilla and
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Image: Grace Lillian Lee, 'Enlightenment' (2018). Digital print. Modelled by Luke Currie Richardson, Currie Luke Digital print. Modelled by (2018). 'Enlightenment' Lillian Lee, Grace Image: the artist. courtesy Image Theatre. Dance Bangarra with support MAAS from by photographed
Asia Pacific, and how performing complementing the Museum’s DRESS CODE these acts frames our communal major exhibition The Designers’ Presented by and individual selves. Guide: Easton Pearson Archive Museum of Brisbane Dress Code features newly by revealing how contemporary 3 Nov 2018–28 Jan 2019 commissioned work by Hannah designers and artists are Museum of Brisbane, Level 3, Gartside, Emily McGuire and responding to topics of slow City Hall, King George Square, Grace Lillian Lee. The new works fashion, ethical collaboration and museumofbrisbane.com.au extend each of the artists’ ongoing sustainability. Dress Code presents five investigations of collaboration, Dress Code will be on display contemporary creative artists – consumerism and identity at Museum of Brisbane from Gerwyn Davies, Hannah Gartside, within the context of fashion 3 November 2018–28 January Lisa Hilli, Grace Lillian Lee and through artwork, installation and 2019. For more information visit Emily McGuire – exploring fashion photography. museumofbrisbane.com.au. as the material embodiment of The exhibition will also culture, gender and historical showcase signature works from identity. Gerwyn Davies’ decade-long The contemporary exhibition career, alongside an installation by merges art, design, craft and Lisa Hilli. fashion to investigate the diversity Dress Code is part of the of cultural approaches to making, Museum’s celebration of art, wearing and buying across the fashion and culture this summer,
PAGE 8 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 Image: Soloist Neneka Yoshida. Creative Direction Designfront. Photography Justin Ridler Justin Photography Designfront. Direction Creative Yoshida. Neneka Soloist Image: Queensland against giant mice. Transformed into? a Prince, the Nutcracker leads Ballet’s Clara on a magical journey to the Kingdom of Sweets to meet The the Sugar Plum Fairy. With the magnificent music of Tchaikovsky Nutcracker and lavish sets and costumes, Ben 14–22 December 2018 Stevenson’s The Nutcracker will Lyric Theatre, QPAC delight the whole family. Welcome the holiday season Book now at with this beloved and magical queenslandballet.com.au PRINCIPAL PARTNER Christmas tale. When good children should be tucked up in bed, little Clara is still wide awake. The clock chimes midnight — and a wondrous fantasy world unfolds! Led by the valiant Nutcracker, brave toy soldiers defend Clara
NOVEMBER 2018 WHAT’S ON GUIDE PAGE 9 fashion, revealing the design photographs, interviews and THE secrets of a major fashion label. anecdotes, to showcase the best The storytellers of Australian design innovations and techniques DESIGNERS’ fashion, Pamela Easton and of their 28-year partnership. GUIDE: Lydia Pearson’s unique approach The Designers’ Guide: Easton referenced art, travel, film, Pearson Archive will be on EASTON literature and music to create display at Museum of Brisbane a bold aesthetic characterised from 23 November 2018–22 April PEARSON by daring patterns, innovative 2019. Tickets on sale now at ARCHIVE materials, meticulous techniques museumofbrisbane.com.au. Presented by and a sustainable ethos. Museum of Brisbane Their distinctive look created a 23 Nov 2018–22 Apr 2019 cult following with the label selling Museum of Brisbane, Level 3, in 140 stores in 24 countries. City Hall, King George Square For the first major exhibition museumofbrisbane.com.au from Museum of Brisbane’s Easton Come behind the scenes of iconic Pearson Archive, the Museum Australian fashion house, Easton collaborated with Pamela and Pearson. Lydia to select 200 garments, The Designers’ Guide: Easton complemented by sketches, Pearson Archive takes you beyond accessories, samples, look books,
PAGE 10 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 Peter Combe Each year he receives dozens of emails? and Facebook messages Christmas from all over Australia expressing their love for this particular set of Album songs. This incredible enthusiasm Live in Concert has led to a national tour to sing Sun 2 Dec all the songs from Peter Combe’s Although best known for songs Christmas Album. Accompanied by like Mr Clicketty Cane (Wash Your a live band and choir, hear Combe’s Face in Orange Juice), Newspaper much loved album, including the Mama and Toffee Apple, Peter hits Happy Christmas to You and Combe’s first Christmas album, O Little One. released in 1990, having gone Peter Combe’s Christmas Album: Gold in 5 weeks, is now Live In Concert is a show for 6-96 indisputably his most loved year olds which will have you collection of songs and the only smiling from ear to ear while successful Australian Christmas singing along. album comprising all original Book now brisbanepowerhouse.org songs.
NOVEMBER 2018 WHAT’S ON GUIDE PAGE 11 member, and every film is covered! entire cast and crew of Brisbane Two Man Written by Christopher Wayne, talent - including performances Tarantino the co-creator of the international from Stephen Hirst (Monty Python Two people. One video store. comedy sensation The Naked & The Holy Grail) and Emily Every cult classic. Magicians, and Directed by Kristopher (RAW Comedy Winner). 29 Nov 29–Dec 02 2018 Maureen Bowra (director of “Grease We had your curiosity, but now do Brisbane Powerhouse - The Arena Spectacular”), “Two we have your attention? brisbanepowerhouse.org Man Tarantino” has promised to be Set in a video store on the last the funniest new release of 2018 night of video stores, one staff as it takes you strolling through member and one customer have the aisles of memory lane, renting a crazy idea … out non stop laughs for theatre In one hilarious hour, the entire regulars, first timers, and most Quentin Tarantino filmography importantly - anyone who ever is re-enacted in the craziest stood foot inside a video store in and most creative ways – from search of their favourite film. Reservoir Dogs to Hateful Making its national premiere Eight, and everything else in at the Brisbane Wonderland between. Every item is a prop, Festival on November 29th, every audience member is a cast Two Man Tarantino celebrates an
PAGE 12 WHAT’S ON GUIDE NOVEMBER 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Walt Disney Studios November 22 All Cinemas disney.com.au/movies/the-nut- cracker-and-the-four-realms Don't miss the most spectacular event of the Christmas season! All Clara wants is a key – a one-of- a-kind key that will unlock a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread at her godfather's Christmas party leads her to the covet- ed key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world where Clara discovers the Land of Snowflakes, the Land of Flowers, the Land of Sweets and the ominous Fourth Realm. Rated TBC. Meeanjin Markets 7-8 December 2018 Reddacliff Place, George St, Brisbane meeanjinmarkets.com.au Meeanjin Markets are largest ever Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artisan markets and cultural festival held in Brisbane’s CBD. Held on 7-8 December, this two-day event is a great opportunity to buy authentic Indigenous products straight from the artisan. The Markets are a free event with an exciting program of cultural dance, music, artisan workshops and the delicious flavours of native Australian foods.
NOVEMBER 2018 WHAT’S ON GUIDE PAGE 13 Museum Open Day Sunday 11 November 2018 The Workshops Rail Museum theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au Join in and explore more than 150 years of rail history at Museum Open Day. Hear The Workshops Whistle blown, take a rare look inside the historic Powerhouse and explore the Museum's collection of genuine locomotives, big machinery, model railway and kids adventure playground. New! Exclusive to Museum Open Day, explore the BrisStyle Laneway Markets and don’t miss the special exhibitions Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties and Glass Plates & Rail Justice. Free entry.
Alice’s Wonderland: A Most Curious Adventure On until 17 February 2019 Cobb+Co Museum, Toowoomba cobbandco.qm.qld.gov.au (07) 4659 4900 Enter the magical, bizarre and fascinating world of illusion and mystery with a colourful family exhibition and let your curiosity guide you through a series of interactive displays at Alice's Wonderland! Based on Lewis Carroll’s well-known Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this hands on exhibition brings basic science concepts to life for 3 - 8 year olds and their families. Presented by Museums Victoria.
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