The PIP Theatre team has done it again: a great choice of play, a strong cast, fabulous comic moments, excellent direction, and a memorable story. Don’t flick past this one, as The Heartbreak Choir is a charming, heartwarming, and funny play, showcasing talented local actors and creatives. There is so much to choose from during Brisbane Festival month, so make sure you don’t miss this gem.
Read MoreThe True Midnight Cry is a sensitively directed new work that is a showcase of the skills of each actor—and I encourage the Minola Theatre producers to consider offering each of the two acts as individual plays
Read MoreNicky Whichelow gives the standout performance of the Allentertainment production of Lovesong. Whichelow’s Maggie is at times careworn and yet optimistic, loving, frustrated, funny and sad in a work that that encourages audiences to reflect on what happens between moments of youthful optimism and final parting…
Read MoreI recommend the A Midnight Social production of Jesse Eisenberg’s The Revisionist as an opportunity to see three strong performances. Like me, you may come away feeling that you’d never like to meet someone like David, and that the playwright could perhaps have made some revisions to this play. However…..
Read MoreDie-Mommie Die! is a delicious melodrama. Yes, it might be fun to see a ‘fully-camped’ version with a cast of Drag Queens and Kings. But this Midnight Social PIP Theatre show is funny, slightly dark, and a good evening’s entertainment. Go if you can.
Read MoreSunny Tribe District is a good graduation showcase, but it has a very niche audience. I have seen several members of the cast in other shows and know that they are a talented bunch. But if you were born before the year 2000, this is probably not a show for you.
Read MoreStephen Vagg has written a funny, clever, and closely observed short play. The talented Tammy Tresillian and Simon Chugg bring Vagg’s sidekicks and heroes to life, performing in front of enthusiastic audiences at the excellent PIP Theatre. Get along if you can and see if you agree with my list of favourite moments.
Read MoreYou don’t have to be a musical theatre aficionado to enjoy this one. Tick, Tick … Boom! reminds us all about the highs and lows of working out what we really want from life—and is a funny and enjoyable evening at the theatre.
Read MoreThis impressive adaptation by Helen Strube, Deidre Grace and PIP Theatre re-places the action in 1980s Queensland. Grace is the absolute star of this show: epic monologues, impressive character shifts, incisive questioning, and incredible comic energy.
Read MoreMinola Theatre has attracted a strong cast for this PIP Theatre production—a funny and heartening tale that comes with warnings of themes of depression and suicide.
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