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SBS Australia
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
First Nations Programming and Performances at 2025's Brisbane Festival
NITV Radio's Veronica Lenard speaks with multiple First Nations talents involved in the Brisbane Festival 2025, including writer, performer and director Miss Ellaneous (AKA Ben Graetz), Director and Co-writer Stephen Page and Artistic Director Louise Bezzina. Louise Bezzina is now entering her sixth and final Brisbane Festival, championing a program that is full of Firs Nations Talent. Sharing with us that having such big public projects if part of the strategy, saying "is an opportunity to conversations that we are not having and to do it in a way that is respectful". Stephen Page is the Director and Co-writer of Baleen Moodjan in an epic collaboration with dancers Kiarn Doyle, Rika Hamaguchi, Gusta Mara, Beau Dean, Riley Smith, and Glory Tuohy-Daniel as well as musicians Jorjabelle Munday and Taj Pigram and more. Stephen shares about his connection to the storytelling shared by his late mother, saying " this is a gift for our people and our storytelling and also a black perspective.. under water in the mainstream that is celebratory". Ben Graetz is the writer and director of Tina - A Tropical Love Story, but is also known as performer Miss Ellaneous. Ben shares what audiences may expect from this show as he invites other performers to do a Tina Number as well, as an enable of high energy performances saying "it is really my love letter and tribute to the only and only Tina Turner"
NZ Herald
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Travel Alerts: Brisbane Festival 2025, new luxury accommodations, flight routes, and water journeys
Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. Celebrate Brisbane Festival and join one of 100 events in the festival lineup. Each week in Travel, we check out some of the latest happenings from Aotearoa and beyond to inspire your next adventure. Brisbane Festival 2025 The Brisbane Festival 2025 is back, promising an electric celebration of arts, culture, and creativity. From September 5 to 27, the festival will transform the city into a playground of performances, installations, and events. This year's lineup features more than 100 events, including 14 world premieres and 20 Queensland exclusives, turning Brisbane's theatres, parks, rooftops, and riverbanks into vibrant creative playgrounds. Start your festival itinerary with a colourful walk in one of Craig & Karl's inflatable art installations across Neville Bonner Bridge, Goodwill Bridge, and Kangaroo Point Bridge. Spend your days hopping through the various events throughout the whole month of September, starting with Gatsby at the Green Light, a glittering recreation of a 1920s party reimagined for the 2020s through cabaret. Watch artists in their element with shows like Baleen Moondjan, a breathtaking First Nations-led outdoor performance by the river, or the Undercover Arts Festival, Australia's premier disability-led performing arts festival. Expect free outdoor concerts, large-scale public art, comedy, circus, cabaret, and concerts. End your festival experience with a 400-drone light show above Festival Garden in South Bank with the crowd favourite Skylore. See the full programme at
Time Out
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Australia's largest international art festival just dropped its 2025 program – here's what to expect
Brisbane 's pink and white banners are flying once again, signalling the return of the country's biggest international arts festival. Spanning 23 gloriously jam-packed days from September 5 to 27, Brisbane Festival 2025 will offer a smorgasbord of 1,000-plus performances, featuring more than 500 free events and 21 world premieres. Wowza! There's heaps to get hyped about this year, starting with Riverfire, when the city's biggest firework spectacular explodes over the Brisbane River. We're also super excited for the return of First Nations-designed drone show Skylore, plus the transformation of three of Brisbane's most popular pedestrian bridges into a spectacular open-air art trail, featuring inflatable installations and colourful projections designed by internationally renowned Aussie artists Craig & Karl. This year, Brisbane Festival has secured four Australian exclusives, including Gems – a world premiere dance trilogy by internationally renowned choreographer Benjamin Millepied and LA Dance Project, and 100 Guitars – an immersive sound experience featuring 100 electric guitarists from around the city. But the world premiere we're absolutely stocked for is Afterglow – a mesmerising journey through a dreamscape of fire sculpture, candlelit artworks and live performances in the City Botanic Gardens. Sounds lit, right? Theatre lovers can look forward to a joyous Tina Turner tribute by drag icon Miss Ellaneous (Ben Graetz), the reawakening of Twelfth Night Theatre for sell-out cabaret Gatsby at the Green Light, a pop-fuelled reimagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shake & Stir (titled The Lovers), and so much more. Seriously, you'll need a solid 30 minutes to scroll through the program. More into music? Festivalgoers can catch Australia's biggest names at Night at the Parkland – an epic outdoor concert under the stars featuring the likes of Icehouse, Lime Cordiale, Xavier Rudd and Amy Shark. Other Aussie favourites to look out for on this year's program include Kate Miller-Heidke, Sarah Blasko and Winston Surfshirt, plus the return of Brisbane Serenades – a series of free outdoor concerts across the city. Is it just us or is everyone else buzzing with excitement overload? You can explore the full Brisbane Festival program – did we mention more than a third of the events are free? – and get your tickets here. 🤘🏾
