Articles by Alison Cotes

For an audience it’s pure delight, for this is not a ballet with a meaningful plot, sinister characters, nor any underlying message. It’s simply about the joy of life.

Rather than dwell on the plot, it’s better to sit back and just luxuriate in the sheer magnificence of this performance, because it’s all here.

Brecht’s sweeping epic stands up as a masterpiece in Queensland Theatre Company’s radical reinterpretation, set in the black heart of Australia.

The Brisbane Arts Theatre revives Frankenstein in the best traditions of the Gothic horror tale. Brenna Lee-Cooney’s take is an intense but colourful adaptation.

Brisbane’s 77-year-old Arts Theatre has a new lease on life under energetic artistic director Ron Kelly and an open-house philosophy for the theatrical community.

Bach’s St Matthew Passion came to life on a Brisbane stage as superb musical drama. Crikey got into the Easter spirit with a performance last week.

It’s a show with horses far removed from the circus tent or race track. Under a white big top, Cavalia is full of fire and vitality and a sense of the oneness of all things.

The last few months of Judy Garland’s tragic life comes alive on a Brisbane stage in End Of The Rainbow thanks to a powerful performance from Christen O’Leary.

Holding The Man means a lot to a lot of people. This production does Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of a seminal book a grave disservice. It’s all played for cheap laughs.

Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Iran … a world of theatre came to Brisbane for the annual shorts festival. So many works pushed the boundaries of what live performance can and should be.