2023 SEASON LAUNCH

PIP THEATRE SEASON LAUNCH

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GRAND HORIZONS

BY BESS WOHL

01 BEGINNING

BY DAVID ELDRIDGE

PIECES OF SHIT BY BRONTE CHARLOTTE & LEIGH SCULLY

CONTENTS

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BED PARTY BY SOPHIA DAVIDSON GLUYAS

THE PENELOPIAD BY DAVID ELDRIDGE

PARASOCIAL PARALLAX CREATED BY ANDREW GILLANDERS

FRESHBLOOD FESTIVAL

BY VENA CAVA

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BRONTE CHARLOTTE CREATIVE PRESENTS

PIECES OF

BY Bronte Charlotte SHIT & Leigh Scully NOMINATED FOR Best Production Green Room Awards Best Ensemble Green Room Awards Best New Writing Green Room Awards

SHOWING: 27TH -29TH OF APRIL Two people, connected through grief, grapple with life, loss, and lies.

One is the younger brother of the famously successful favourite son.

The other keeps losing parts of herself as she falls deeper and deeper in love with someone she thinks she knows.

Both are wrapped up in secrets and shame and a desperate need to be loved. All this, generously garnished with nuggets of humour - it’s Seawall meets Fleabag (minus the hamster themed cafe).

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BRONTE CHARLOTTE CREATIVE PRESENTS

NU-DISCO!

BY Ellen Marning

SHOWING: 4TH -6TH OF MAY Nu-Disco! is a new one woman show written and performed by Ellen Marning, exploring one woman’s experience at a club over the course of an evening.

We are taken on a journey where time stretches and condenses in the club, a rowdy and riotous metaphor for where Trinity is at in her life. Late 20s, confused, horny, lonely, full of bravado, full of questions, full of rage she can’t quite place.

Nu-Disco! is a celebration of the highs and an examination of the lows that can go along with these spaces and how we reconcile our fears, joys, grievances, and rage in the body.

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PIP THEATRE PRESENTS

GRAND HORIZONS

BY Bess Wohl SHOWING: 11TH -27TH OF MAY Fifty years into their marriage, Bill and Nancy want a divorce.

While they seem unfazed by the decision, their two adult sons are shaken to the core, forced to re-examine everything they thought they knew about their parents’ outwardly happy lives.

As the family grapples with their new reality, each must reckon with their own imperfect past and how their collective love for each other might express itself in new and unlikely forms.

hARTSpace PRESENTS

THE FATHER

BY Florian Zeller Translated by Christopher Hampton

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SHOWING: 8TH -24TH OF JUNE André is losing his memory or is he losing his mind?

Maybe Laura will be the angel who has come to save him.

Perhaps he’s just fine and it’s everybody else. Anyway, this is his story, he just can’t quite stick to the storyline. He’s pretty sure he lives in Paris with his daughter, Anne. Or does Anne live in London with her new husband? Where is his other daughter, his favourite daughter? Who is the man in the kitchen with the chicken?

The Father is a tragi-comic journey into dementia through André’s eyes. An unforgettable portrait of memory loss that works almost like a thriller, with undeniably sinister undertones. This is a play that will keep you guessing long after you leave the theatre.

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MOONSPARK PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

BEGINNING

BY David Eldridge SHOWING: 13TH -29TH OF JULY

In the aftermath of Laura’s London housewarming party, Danny is the last man standing… Over a few more beverages and boogies, the pair try to navigate their vulnerabilities, overcome their fears and end their loneliness. Can they be brave, take a risk, and find the partnership they have been longing for?

An intimate and revealing play about trying to make a real connection later in life, with all of life’s baggage and online dating attempts. Beginning is a two-hander that runs for 100 minutes in real-time with no interval. Beginning was first performed in London at the National Theatre to a sold-out season and then transferred to the West End. This is the Australian premiere.

VENA CAVA PRESENTS

FRESHBLOOD FESTIVAL SHOWING: 10TH -20TH OF AUGUST Freshblood is Vena Cava’s annual multi-disciplinary theatre and arts festival, for students, by students.

It is a springboard for new shows, a chance to experiment with ideas, a learning experience for creatives, and a meeting place for all artists both emerging and established.

Join us for Freshblood 2023 and explore bold, unique and opinionated works

by Brisbane’s newest generation of art and theatre makers!

QSE PRESENTS

THE PENELOPIAD

BY Margaret Atwood SHOWING: 24TH AUGUST -10TH OF SEPTEMBER Now that I am dead I know everything…

Penelope, dutiful wife of Odysseus and less beautiful cousin of Helen, is ready to talk.

Adapted for the stage by Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad is a contemporary take on Homer’s The Odyssey that hands the microphone to Penelope and her twelve wronged maids.

Join the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble for a night of storytelling at its most epic!

MENACING LAVENDER PRESENTS

BED PARTY

BY Sophia Davidson Gluyas SHOWING: 12TH - 28TH OF OCTOBER FIVE LESBIANS. ONE BISEXUAL. ONE BED. TWO ACTS. NO CATS*.

Five feminist comrades take to bed one messy weekend and find out just how political the personal is.

An all-woman cast brings this heart-warming dyke dramedy to life for a night of laughter, love, and solidarity.

Making its Brisbane premiere after a critically acclaimed debut season in Sydney; The Bed Party is a window into lesbian life as you’ve never seen it before. *Okay, maybe there are sort of some cats.

CW: Discussions of assault.

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CREATED BY Andrew Gillanders

PARASOCIAL PARALLAX SHOWING: 2ND - 11TH OF NOVEMBER Prepare yourself for a new age of interactive theatre.

Set in a future where all intimate moments have the potential to be captured and commercialised for adrevenue, this interactive show explores the boundaries of neural technology and family connections.

Follow the story of a streaming family as they navigate the challenges of fame, fortune, and personal relationships while being watched 24/7. Combining Millennial social media addiction with Gen-Z pessimism, this show is a challenging interactive experience where twisted family secrets will be uncovered.

With six unique endings under the control of audience votes, ‘Parasocial Parallax’ offers a compelling exploration of the future we’re on track for.

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