Festivals
Go north …Townsville’s booming arts festivals

Two Townsville-based arts festivals are filling the cultural gap left by the departure of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music to Cairns.

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Film & TV

Sarandon delivers sparks for Bertolucci’s last script – a portrait of love and addiction

Susan Sarandon is on the outer with Hollywood but they love her in Italy and she is one of the stars of this year’s ST. ALi Italian Film Festival.

HBBYHelen Barlow
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Family ties: Oasis reunites … on the big screen

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Class war: The party’s over, but trouble is just getting started in this French comedy

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50-year-old Storm Boy’s tough, tender ode to wild childhood will still make you cry

Theatre
Austen-tatious: Regency meets karaoke in the Wickham-est show in town

Pride and Prejudice is a sacred text for some, but not to the producers of a show that is a spoof on one of the most popular novels ever written.

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Visual Art

Leader of the pack: Bikie businessman gets high revs

There are familiar faces and lesser known ones in the mix of finalists for this year’s Brisbane Portrait Prize.

PBBYPhil Brown
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Vision splendid: Drifting into the eternal blue

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70 Muppet years on, make-believe becomes magic at Henson blockbuster

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Blinded by bling: Cartier show sparkles with tiaras galore

Dance
Battle of the ‘Burbs: This dance comp is for everyone

It’s a massive, high-energy dance battle that transforms everyday folk into suburban gladiators – welcome to this year’s highly anticipated Common People Dance Eisteddfod.

 

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Books & Poetry

Writing the real: Where history ends and imagination begins

The world of art and reality blur their lines in an exciting new novel of ideas.

HMBYHeidi Maier
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Let your imagination run wild at GenreCon in 2027

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Singular sensation: Dig into this stream of consciousness

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Dangerous liaisons: Crime fiction with a literary twist

Festivals
Sarandon delivers sparks for Bertolucci’s last script – a portrait of love and addiction

Susan Sarandon is on the outer with Hollywood but they love her in Italy and she is one of the stars of this year’s ST. ALi Italian Film Festival.

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Theatre
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Theatre

Austen-tatious: Regency meets karaoke in the Wickham-est show in town

Pride and Prejudice is a sacred text for some, but not to the producers of a show that is a spoof on one of the most popular novels ever written.

Music
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Festivals

Here’s cheers! It’s chords and coldies with these pub rockers

It’s a raucous night of fun, festivity and foot-stomping anthems – with a few beers thrown in – at The Choir of Man.