Music
From Mahler to Gladiator … QSO won’t miss a beat in 2026

Queensland Symphony Orchestra has it all in 2026, including a live symphonic movie event featuring the blockbuster Hollywood sword-and-sandal epic Gladiator.

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Film & TV

Bite on this! Why we’re obsessed with bloody shark flicks

Our obsession with shark movies shows no sign of abating as we explore a panoply of creature features and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws.

SVBYStephen Vagg
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Beyond The Rock: Welcome to Dwayne’s World

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The sun also rises … at the Japanese Film Festival

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Hallelujah. Buckley biopic to close BIFF on a bittersweet note

Theatre
Olympic drama sets the scene for the Cultural Olympiad

A new play explores the coming drama of  the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Brisbane.

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Visual Art

Stories you can wear, threaded together by Magpie Goose

Magpie Goose is a fashion label working with First Nations communities and an exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane shows how First Nations culture lives on through clothing, one stitch at a time.

PBBYPhil Brown
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Life lessons and the finals’ cut at the Archibald

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Where the wild things are: The art of Kim Wilson

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First a portrait prize … now Brisbane gets a Portrait Gallery

Theatre
Hey, big spender! Sweet Charity swings back to the rhythmic ’60s – in concert

Readers of a certain age will remember the movie version of Sweet Charity starring Shirley MacLaine – and now Prospero Arts is bringing its ‘rhythm of life’ vibe back to the stage at QPAC.

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Books & Poetry
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Books & Poetry

In the shadow of the Sun King …

Crimson Velvet Heart by Carmel Bird is a historical novel set in 1696 France – long before they started lopping off royal heads.

Visual Art
Stories you can wear, threaded together by Magpie Goose

Magpie Goose is a fashion label working with First Nations communities and an exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane shows how First Nations culture lives on through clothing, one stitch at a time.

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Theatre
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Theatre

New work revisits the staging of iconic ’60s play, The One Day of the Year

Alan Seymour classic The One Day of the Year was controversial when it was first staged, which Brisbane writer and film culture expert Stephen Vagg examines in his latest play.

Music
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Music

‘Sometimes I get sick of music’: For Paul Kelly, storytelling is a way of being in the world

He might be one of Australia’s most beloved songwriters, but for his latest album Seventy even Paul Kelly was conscious of making something that stood out from the ‘wash of noise’.

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