Commentary
Down the rabbit hole with the storyteller of antiquity

His flagship podcast History Hit’s The Ancients is a global sensation and now Tristan Hughes is set to share his sense of wonder on a tour of Australia – with a special stop in Brisbane.

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Film & TV
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Film & TV

Aussie flicks under the stars … truly a vision splendid!

The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival returns to Winton at the end of June with a special 40th anniversary screening of Crocodile Dundee, among other gems.

Music
What we do for love: Dvořák’s masterpiece is a fairy tale for grown-ups

Rusalka is Dvořák’s tragic, fairy-tale opera about a water nymph who sacrifices her voice and immortality to win a human prince’s love – and it’s also Opera Queensland’s first production in its new home, QPAC’s Glasshouse Theatre.

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Visual Art
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Visual Art

Storylines ease the way to real advances in reconciliation

Birrunga Gallery in Brisbane is marking National Reconciliation Week with an exhibition advancing the idea through stunning artworks.

Theatre
All the world’s a stage: Izzard plays everyone in a gender-fluid Hamlet

Suzy Eddie Izzard takes on the Herculean task of performing 23 roles in her critically acclaimed one-person adaptation of Hamlet.

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Books & Poetry
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Books & Poetry

Confessions of a flawed man during the Cold War

Author John Michell reboots the Cold War in his latest spy novel that moves between espionage, personal confession and moral reckoning.

Review
Always look on the bright side of life: Star power drives Beetlejuice

There’s no denying that Beetlejuice The Musical is a show about death – and its star Andy Karl makes that painfully obvious amid the fun and hilarity.

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Theatre
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Review

Why we’re still bewitched by Jane Austen’s famous comedy of manners

Queensland Theatre’s 2025 season of Pride & Prejudice was interrupted by a cyclone but we’re expecting fair weather for its return to the stage in July.

Music
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What we do for love: Dvořák’s masterpiece is a fairy tale for grown-ups

Rusalka is Dvořák’s tragic, fairy-tale opera about a water nymph who sacrifices her voice and immortality to win a human prince’s love – and it’s also Opera Queensland’s first production in its new home, QPAC’s Glasshouse Theatre.