2025 season
We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which TAFE Queensland operates. We recognise the continuing connection to land, waters, culture and kin that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples uphold. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, who give us strength, inspiration and guidance to deliver great training outcomes for all Queenslanders.
This event is an initiative of the students from TAFE Queensland Brisbane region as part of their assessment.
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Meet the directors
Anatoly Frusin
Anatoly Frusin was born in Tadjikistan and grew up in New Zealand. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a master’s degree in English literature, and continued his studies at the Drama Center, University of Toronto. In 1996 he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in directing and worked at Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney and Opera Australia as assistant to Neil Armfield, as well as directing many independent productions. His collaborations with Polish company Kropka Theatre have been seen at festivals all over the world and have been widely awarded. He has worked with Emily Cox and Canticum on a number of projects, most notably Dido and Aeneas and Women of the Pieta for the Brisbane Baroque Festival and Christmas Oratorio.
Lisa O’Neill
Lisa O’Neill is a performing arts practitioner, director and educator. She has developed a broad body of original performance works over the past three decades, presenting across Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and the United States of America. A polymath of sorts working across dance, theatre, contemporary performance and digital arts, Lisa has presented new media art installations in the Forbidden City of Beijing; performed Off-Broadway in one of Australia’s longest-running children’s shows, Fluff; danced at the Sydney Opera House on numerous occasions and acted in Shakespeare and Greek tragedies in castles and ruins across Europe.
Norman Price Theatre
The Norman Price Theatre is located on our South Bank campus in the heart of Brisbane’s arts and cultural precinct. The campus is adjacent to art galleries, performing arts venues, the museum, the State Library and easy access to the city, the beautiful South Bank Parklands, as well as plenty of cafés and restaurants to enjoy a pre-show meal. Parking
Onsite parking is available during the performance season. Enter via Glenelg and Merivale Streets for free parking.
Venue
Norman Price Theatre
TAFE Queensland South Bank campus C Block, 66 Ernest Street, South Brisbane
Bookings
Limited seats, booking is essential. Book online here or scan the QR code.
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14 - 17 May
By Kae
Tempest
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
Bachelor of Creative Industries –
Acting and Performance
‘Is anyone else awake? Will it ever be day again?’
It’s 4.18 am in a big city
Seven sleepless strangers
A looming storm
A moment of connection.
Tempest’s Let Them Eat Chaos confronts us with the alienation of modern life. Between the normal daily grind and the onslaught of images, climate disasters and conflict, seven ordinary people struggle to find purpose and make connections - with lovers, friends and themselves. How can we balance our needs as individuals with the demands of society? What is our responsibility to help solve the problems the world faces? How can we find meaning in Chaos?
Kae Tempest (born 1985) is one of Britain’s most exciting and vital poetic voices. Let Them Eat Chaos was released as an album in 2016.
Directed by Lisa O’Neill and Anatoly Frusin
7pm
Admission Prices
Adults $25
Concession $15
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Fen
By Caryl Churchill
SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
Bachelor of Creative Industries –Acting and Performance
Fen is ‘a reminder that British theatre has produced no more a courageous writer or one who mines our dark, damaged psyches with such forensic thoughtfulness as Churchill.’
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian.
First performed in 1983 Fen tells the story of female farm workers and their lives in the Fenlands of East Anglia: a vast plain of reclaimed farmland full of canals and haunted by the ghosts of the past. Caryl Churchill, one of the world’s most important playwrights, creates a dark and funny portrait of lives lived on the edge of poverty.
A woman must choose between her lover and her children, and face the disapproval of her own family and neighbours, but her dream of a fulfilling life will come at a terrible cost…
By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical
On Behalf of Samuel French
A Concord Theatricals Company
Directed by Anatoly Frusin
7pm
Admission Prices
Adults $25
Concession $15
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5 - 8
Nov
Who’s afraid of the working class
By Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela
THIRD YEAR STUDENTS
Bachelor of Creative Industries –Acting and Performance
‘There’s nothing loser about you. I knew that the moment I saw you. You’re going to be something one day.’
Written at the turn of the millennia, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? is a classic Australian text by four of our most celebrated writers. Focused on the human fall-out of our late capitalist society, the play twenty-five years on is more relevant than ever dealing with issues of economic inequality, racism, housing crisis and alienation. Told with gritty realism and macabre humour, we witness a cross section of ordinary people trying to live in a society that is working against them, and the choices they make in order to survive in this world.
An amateur production by arrangement with HLA Management Pty Ltd
Studio showings
6-10 May
20-25 Oct
A glimpse into the daily work of the students
‘Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.’
William Shakespeare
Acting showcase
The acting showcase provides our students the opportunity to present a collection of scenes and monologues worked on during the semester as part of their studies.
1st years
May 6 & Oct 20 @ 7pm
2nd years
Oct 21 @ 7pm
3rd years
May 6 & Oct 22 @ 7pm
A presentation of A Midsummer’s Night Dream 2nd years
May 7 @ 12noon & 7pm
May 8 @ 7pm
Drama projects
The drama students present the outcomes of their creative projects
May 8 @ 4pm Oct 23-25 @ 7pm
Solo performance making presentations Under the guidance of performing artist Brian Lucas, the 2nd year drama & acting students create and present original solo work.
May 9-10 @ 7pm
Film screening
A presentation of the 2nd year acting student’s short films as part of their assessment Oct 24th @ 4pm
IMAGE: Karina Abbasi
Study programs
Develop the practical skills, knowledge and experience required to work in the performing arts as a stage and film actor, performing artist, performance maker, or arts facilitator. TAFE Queensland’s comprehensive acting, drama and performance courses will give you a solid grounding in acting, body and voice techniques, performancemaking, entrepreneurial skills, community engagement, and performance theory. You’ll benefit from our extended community of practice which includes ongoing relationships with schools, industry, community and student alumni to prepare you for employment and career opportunities within the greater “arts industry”.
Our teaching staff are nationally and internationally recognised as practitioners in their own right. Working across theatre, opera, dance, new media, contemporary performance practice, playwriting, filmmaking and music, our teachers bring with them a wealth of experience and knowledge.
Our acting and performance courses:
ARB401
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance) In partnership with the University of Canberra
ARB404
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama and Performance) In partnership with the University of Canberra
CUA30213
Certificate III in Community Dance, Theatre and Events (Acting)
IMAGE by Jade Ellis
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Anatoly Frusin
How to apply
ARB401
BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (ACTING AND PERFORMANCE)
In partnership with the University of Canberra
AUDITION:
Applications open all year
Video + portfolio submission required
Call back November & January
For application information:
Go to TAFE Queensland Website (Creative Industries – Acting)
Call (07) 3244 5521
ARB404 BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE)
In partnership with the University of Canberra
OPEN ENTRY:
For enrolment information:
Go to TAFE Queensland Website (Creative Industries – Drama)
Call (07) 3244 5521
Apply through QTAC or direct entry with the University of Canberra
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IMAGE: Jade Ellis Shoot. Get Treasure. Repeat by Mark Ravenhill. Directed by Lisa O’Neill
Robert the Cat
Robert The Cat (RTC) is a theatre collective headed by directors Lisa O’Neill and Anatoly Frusin. For over two decades they have had the fortune of working with apprentice actors in their acting and performance program at TAFE Queensland, staging work marked by an emotional intensity, physicality and theatricality.
The RTC collective has been established to provide their graduate artists further opportunities to develop and stage new work as performers, writers and makers in challenging contemporary theatre.
Productions include Love & Information by Caryl Churchill (2019), Flat Out Like A Lizard by Norman Price (2020), Sunny Tribe District (2022) written and directed by Patrick Mu’a, and Famished Future Feeders (2024) written by Jules Broun.
Robert The cat is proudly supported by Metro Arts as part of their educational partnership with TAFE Queensland.
Visit us at: roberthecattheatre.com
IMAGE: Jasmine Prasser Famished Future Feeders by Jules Broun
METRO ARTS Educational partner
For over 40 years we have been the incubator and launchpad for some of Australia’s finest new artists. We support artists every step of the way – from the early development of ideas through to presenting and touring work. We program diverse works across visual and performing arts – including music, cabaret, comedy, dance, theatre and more.
NIDA Venue Partner
TAFE Queensland is proud to be in partnership with Australia’s most celebrated and prestigious acting school NIDA: The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.
Each year NIDA will be offering TAFE Queensland acting and drama students numerous scholarships to enrol into their NIDA Open Program and two exceptional 3rd year students will get the opportunity to visit NIDA in Sydney to audit and partake in activities at the main school over a two week study secondment. Visit us at: nida.edu.au/home
IMAGE: Jade Ellis Shoot. Get Treasure. Repeat by Mark Ravenhill Directed by Lisa O’Neill
IMAGE: Jade Ellis Shoot. Get Treasure. Repeat by Mark Ravenhill
Directed by Lisa O'Neill