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Front cover image courtesy of “Metamorphoses” by Byte Theatre Company

Underwater and on a battleship, power substations and car parks, the Great Court and heritage homes, from a live TV broadcast to sheds, book stores and backyards across Brisbane, Noosa, the Sunshine Coast.

Image courtesy of “Glampire Masquerade” by Folly Games

This is no normal festival of theatre. It’s Anywhere Theatre Festival. Come and be immersed.

6-7 Festival Directors’ Hello 8-9 Major Partners Welcome 10 - 11 Partners and Get Involved 12 - 13 Brisbane Host Partners Map 14 - 15 Sunshine Coast & Noosa Partners Map

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The Shows! 54 - 59 Your Festival Planner Image courtesy of “Showgirls on Tour” by Happy Baron Productions

Paul Osuch

Nycole Prowse and Toni Wills

Every year people ask me which are THE shows to see at Anywhere Theatre Festival. I won’t do that, but I will tell you what to see at Anywhere Theatre Festival. Confused? Read on.

It’s performance … but not as you know it.

Anywhere Theatre Festival Founder

Anywhere Theatre Festival is unlike any other festival of performances in the world. It doesn’t have a fence with an entry pass, you won’t find it in theatres and the theatre genre is only half of it, with circus, dance, music, poetry, comedy and installations. The word that is key and unequivocal is “Anywhere”. Anywhere more than any other festival is a festival for performers and audiences. It is a festival where surprise and exploration is everywhere and this gets me back to answering the original question. If I was to recommend how to choose I would say this: choose something that speaks to you from the program, pick regardless of the genre (we haven’t included genres so you don’t have a choice), pick locations you’d like to visit and when all else fails, go to the grid and pick randomly on a day you want to go. The last approach has worked a treat for me more times than I’d like to admit. What you will find is a show so intimate and engaging that no experience in a custom built theatre with seamless sound cues and a team of technicians can beat. The theatre director Peter Brook once wrote “There is no technical effect in theatre that can ever be as interesting as an actor right in front of you.” Anywhere is where you find that actor, dancer, circus artist, musician, poet, cabaret artist right in front of you and an audience you will know by the end of the show.

Sunshine Coast and Noosa Anywhere Theatre Festival Directors We are thrilled once again to present the Sunshine Coast and Noosa contribution to Anywhere Theatre Festival program. In only its second year on the Coast, you only need to look at the size, diversity and quality of new works to know this region and its performers have fully embraced the challenge of presenting in non-traditional spaces. We dare you to dip your toes in the water of this year’s program and be prepared to splash around to truly experience performance where you least expect it. Twice the size of it’s inaugural year, we’ve got shows that will make you laugh, make you cry and make you feel better about the world. We’ll take you out of your comfort zone and into a forest, onto a river ferry, into a cave, beside a lake, near a railway station, in a barber shop, into a swimming pool or a backyard. We’ll have you commit murder of the mysterious kind, watch books come to life, hear instruments you never thought possible, listen to poetry to warm your heart, walk the streets in search of songs and adventurous women, bring a cushion for some Shakespeare, watch local stories on a deck overlooking the ocean, share live art or rock out to a 13 piece mix tape in a car park. There IS something for everyone. So many people to thank – performers, producers, supporting businesses, local council, artist organisations and you the audience! Explore, be adventurous and you will be richly rewarded this May.

Many things have changed in the eight years I have held the reins of Anywhere Theatre Festival, but the thing that never changes is seeing the amazement and pleasure from audiences and performers coming to create a theatrical experience in a place they shouldn’t be. On behalf of everyone who makes Anywhere happen - the creatives, supporters, volunteers, hosts and financial supporters of the festival - thank you and enjoy!

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Welcome To Anywhere Theatre Festival

Leeanne Enoch MP

Councillor Graham Quirk

Councillor Tony Wellington

Councillor Mark Jamieson

The Anywhere Theatre Festival is a unique event.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 Anywhere Theatre Festival.

Noosa Shire has long been known as a hub for creative industries, especially the performing arts. Theatre events and arts festivals are a staple diet for many Noosa residents. Heck, we’re even home to Australia’s best known playwright!

Sunshine Coast Council is proud to support the Anywhere Theatre Festival in its second year as part of our vibrant region.

Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts

From 10-27 May, everyday locations and unexpected spaces across South East Queensland will provide the backdrop for theatre events held anywhere but in a theatre. More than 500 artists and arts workers will present around 370 diverse performances across the 17 days of the 2018 festival, with drama, circus, comedy, dance, story-telling and poetry all popping up in surprising places. The Queensland Government supports the Anywhere Theatre Festival through the Organisations Fund. I am also delighted that the Festival received vital funding through the Queensland Arts Showcase Program to support its Sunshine Coast programming for the second successive year.

The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane

The Anywhere Theatre Festival is one of more than 50,000 annual markets, festivals and events that Brisbane City Council helps deliver. It illustrates the inclusiveness and uniqueness of Brisbane’s communities and the lifestyle and leisure opportunities on offer. With more than 370 performances held across three weeks, this festival encourages audiences to experience the creative side of our city in some unexpected venues. I would like to extend my best wishes to the organisers and all the performers taking part in this exciting festival, and I trust you will enjoy the events on offer.

Mayor of Noosa Council

That’s why Noosa Council is proud to support the Anywhere Theatre Festival. This Festival provides an important outlet for emerging and independent performing artists to both develop their skills and present performances in excitingly different ways. Locals and visitors will get an opportunity to experience theatre events in unexpected places, from barbershops to the Noosa Ferry. If ever there was proof of Shakespeare’s maxim that “all the world’s a stage” it is the Anywhere Theatre Festival. Enjoy!

Mayor of Sunshine Coast Council

Council values the role that the arts and our local artists continue to play in contributing to a healthy, smart, creative Sunshine Coast community.  Providing support for independent creative endeavours, such as this growing national festival, offers our local residents and many visitors new and exciting ways to experience the arts.  I encourage everyone to get out and discover new venues,  unexpected locations and  enjoy what our talented local performers and producers have to offer.

The Festival’s innovative approach to delivering incredible arts experiences to Queensland communities is realised through local business partnerships that support new works, nurture local talent and unite communities. Congratulations to the organisers of the 2018 Anywhere Theatre Festival, and I wish all participants a successful season.

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Festival and Show Partners

Get Involved

Volunteer, Review, Photograph

Queensland Government

For eight years, Anywhere Theatre Festival has worked with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland to create opportunities for local independent artists to present work, to demonstrate how the arts can add value to local businesses and provide unique cultural (and let’s not forget, fun) experiences anywhere but a theatre. Involvement represents more than just financial support; the team at Arts Queensland have consistently encouraged us to strive for better governance, growth and helped us to hone our creative business model to make Anywhere Theatre Festival better than it otherwise could be.

Brisbane, Noosa and Sunshine Coast Council

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Brisbane City Council for financially supporting this year’s festival, Noosa Council for supporting us in our second year in Noosa and Sunshine Coast Council for their financial support of the 9 December Participants Workshop, an integral part of the professional development for all artists in this year’s Anywhere Theatre Festival.

Brisbane Marketing

Anywhere Theatre Festival would like to thank Brisbane Marketing for their ongoing support in ensuring the success of the festival and making it easy to perform.

Scenestr

scenestr is our major media partner and we couldn’t be more excited. scenestr delivers unparalleled coverage of the arts via a market-leading, national network of street press and digital titles. They’ll be first with all the Anywhere Theatre Festival news, of course, along with all things entertainment happening in South East Queensland.

Communify

Communify is an independent, profit-for-good organisation. Locally-based, it provides opportunities for people, whatever their stage of life, to join activities that are interesting, stimulating and who support an active, healthy and socially connected life. This year we have partnered with Communify so artists can access free rehearsal space and reduced rates on other spaces as well as including some of the amazing activities that happen every week

Show Partners

We’d like to do a very special shout out to all the businesses and people who have volunteered their spaces for Anywhere Theatre Festival performers. We’d also like to thank everyone who registered their space and didn’t get a show. Every host partner and logo can be found on the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast map pages.

Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)

Many shows performing in the Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions have been supported by a RADF Grant and we would like to thank Noosa Council, Sunshine Coast Council and the Queensland Government. To our fearless and considerate volunteer board of Helen Astbury, Alex Podger, Megan Lavender, Gary McDonald, Howard Duggan and Amanda Ralph. We’d also like to thank our audience - you - who advocate on our behalf every time you purchase a ticket, talk about the independent producers or volunteer your time for the independent sector.

See Shows and Explore Locations Check out the program, get some friends and family together and get to a show or two in an interesting location!

Donate We don’t charge a ticketing fee because we think charging $5 just so you can print out your own ticket is a bit rich. Instead, if you like what we are doing you can make a tax deductible donation when you purchase your ticket at www.anywhere.is.

Photograph Register as an Anywhere Photographer and we will set you up to take rehearsal or show photographs. Your photos are invaluable for independent performers to promote their work after the festival.

Review Shows Apply to be a reviewer. We’ll provide tickets for you to see shows and you publish your reviews direct to our web site (and your own).

Volunteer There are over a hundred independent performers presenting work at this year’s Anywhere Theatre Festival and they are always looking for people to help out in small or big ways.

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Brisbane’s North Flipside Circus Alderley Newstead House Newstead Bib’n’Brace Collective Teneriffe The Institute of Body Psychotherapy Kelvin Grove

Brisbane CBD / Spring Hill

Brisbane’s West Centra Apartments Toowong Hidden Garden Bardon The Junk Bar Ashgrove Paddington Substation Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre Newmarket Hall Ashgrove Residential Homes Chelmer Residential Homes St Lucia The Retro Bar Kenmore Sally’s Verandah Paddington Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Toowong University of Queensland St Lucia

Commissariat Store CBD John Mills Himself CBD Museum of Brisbane CBD Queensland Theological College Spring Hill School of the Arts CBD Spring Hill Reservoirs Spring Hill

Hosting 10 shows!

New Farm / The Valley Daily Planet Cafe Fortitude Valley Holy Trinity Church Hall (Fortitude Valley) Nash Playshed New Farm New Farm Community Centre New Farm Bowls Club 119 Lamington Street New Farm The Zoo Fortitude Valley

South Brisbane Queensland Maritime Museum State Library Queensland

West End The Bearded Lady Boundary St Markets Kurilpa Hall Mappins Nursery The Sideshow West End Central Carpark

Woolloongabba Electric Avenue Queensland Russian Community Group Residential Homes Woolloongabba Art Gallery Wolloongabba Substation

Brisbane’s East Backbone Youth Arts East Brisbane Books@Stones Stones Corner Australian Modern, Carina Mowbraytown Hall East Brisbane

Brisbane’s South

Ipswich

The Junction Hotel Annerley Annerley Laundromat Annerley Food Connect Salisbury Grand Designs MacGregor FSE Warehouse Seventeen Mile Rocks

Nu Orleans Ipswich

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Noosa Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre A Little Shop of Soul Cooroy General Officer Barbershop Peregian Beach Residential Backyard Peregian Beach Residential Backyard Marcus Beach Residential Home Peregian Beach Residential Home Cooran Residential Home Weyba Downs Noosa Botanic Garden Cooroy Noosa Ferry Tewantin Noosa Food and Wine Festival Village

Sunshine Coast Eudlo Public Hall Imperial Hotel Eumundi Little Boat Espresso Marcoola Montessori International College Forest Glen Residential Home Kiels Mountain Residential Home Bli Bli Sweethearts Cafe Eudlo

Nambour C-Square Bison Bar

Mooloolaba Acai Brothers Super Food Bar, The Loo With A View The Mooloolaba Wharf

Buderim / Sippy Downs Bloomhill Centre Books of Buderim Buderim Aquatic Centre Daffara’s Residence Mountain Creek University of the Sunshine Coast

Caloundra The Art Hub Caloundra Regional Gallery Sunshine Coast Council Carpark Building

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Ageless Come Share Your Stories

New works by William Shakespeare!

Come down and meet us for a yarn in C-Square, Nambour.

Join three improvisational Grand Masters as they perform a brand new Shakespearean play EVERY night!

We’re setting up a cozy space and inviting members of the public to come in, make themselves at home and share stories about life, love and what it means to age.

All based on suggestions from the audience. Just because the bard is long gone, doesn’t mean his best work is behind him!

This event is an interactive developmental process for a new theatrical work based on local stories.

nThe Junction Hotel, Cnr Ipswich & Annerley Rd, Annerley 13-15, 20-22 May @ 7.30pm / 40m / $12 / PG Presented by EDGE Improv

Presented by Urban Puppet Project

Abandoned People of different abilities recover their abandoned dreams

Abandoned uses dance and drama to share the performers’ experience of physical and emotional abandonment as they seek restoration and hope for new futures.

Wondering about the colour codes? Blue is Brisbane, Green is Noosa and Yellow is Sunshine Coast.

Aiden Schofield ft. The Coast Magicians LIVE

n C-Square Nambour, 52-64 Currie St, Nambour 11 May @ 11.30am / 20m / $10 / G

This trio of magic will dazzle audiences of all ages with a powerful mix of the most outrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on stage.

Presented by Sunshine Troupe Inc

Alex Down The Multi Storey Hole A modern twist on Alice in Wonderland

Presented by Spiral Dance Company

A magic show that will play with your eyes and your mind! We invite you to join us for a magical night of entertainment. This mind blowing spectacular event will showcase the jaw dropping talents of three of the most incredible illusionists in Australia!

Abandoned is a double bill with Alex Down The Multi Storey Hole.

ALEX DOWN THE MULTI STORY HOLE and ABANDONED are a double bill - $10 for both shows.

n C-Square Nambour, 52-64 Currie St, Nambour 26 May @ 9am-12pm / $Free / G

nDaily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley Presented by Aiden Schofield

17 May @ 6.30 pm / 50m / $25 / PG

Back To The Crossroads An intersection of music and poetry

Spiral Dance Company has come a long way since it’s inception in 2015, having grown in numbers and in popularity. As an all abilities Dance Program, based at the Black Box, Nambour and under the Spiral banner, we strive to be all inclusive and develop dance and movement skills far beyond expectations. We have performed for the Horizon Festival in 2016 & 2017 and look forward to this new venture.

Selling out at last year’s Anywhere, Back to the Crossroads returns with its unique mix of spoken word and live blues. Charismatic poet, David Knobel performs original work alongside an ensemble of talented musicians lead by Alex McKean. Not to be missed.

n C-Square Nambour, 52-64 Currie St, Nambour 11 May @ 11.30am / 45m / $10 / PG

n The Bunker, Imperial Hotel 1 Etheridge St, Eumundi 26 May @ 7pm / 75m / $25 / 18+

Alex Down The Multi Storey Hole is a double bill with Abandoned.

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

nDaily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 19 May @ 6.30pm / 75m / $25 / 18+

Presented by Peripheral Arts

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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The Ballad of Rosie Quinn Come into the dark of Brisbane’s colonial past

When geniuses collide

Blake & Schumann

William Blake’s lyrical poetry – in particular, his 1789 collection Songs Of Innocence And Experience, commenting on human nature and society – may have been one of the influences for Robert Schumann’s Album For The Young miniature piano pieces.

Blindfolded, in the dark of the Spring Hill Reservoirs, your sixth sense will come alive with the theatrical story of a convict girl in the hellish Moreton Bay Penal Colony. Starring Will Boyd, Samantha Paterson, Michael Nunn, Jo Willans and Aimee Monement, The Ballad of Rosie Quinn is a mix of campfire ghost story, popular true crime podcast Casefile and folk song that will leave your sixth sense tingling. nSpring Hill Reservoirs 230 Wickham Tce, Spring Hill 18-20 May @ 7pm - 45m - $25 / 15+ Full Steam Ahead is also a double bill with The Ballad of Rose Quinn Double Bill ($47)

Presented by Republic of Song

Best Theatre You’ll Never See Podcast Reviews of theatre you’ll never see by

three people who haven’t seen it either Join Alex, Scott and Paul for this irreverent and factually dubious exploration of all the theatre you’re probably never going to see. It could be big scale production on Broadway or an upcoming season by the Beenleigh Players. You probably won’t get to see it, we won’t see it, but that doesn’t stop us talking about it.

Actor Lyn Stevenson and pianist Naomi Craddock will link these two classics together in a performance melding both complete works. n Residential Home, Kiels Mountain 26 May @ 4pm / 120m / $25 / G

Presented by Naomi Craddock CADMA

Choose a show based on how it looks or to explore a new space - that’s why we don’t have genres.

The Bohemian And The Machine

nnn Apple iTunes Podcast New episodes Friday 5.30pm / $Free / 15+ (Occasional Course Language) Presented by Statler, Waldorf and Ivy

This year there are more shows in backyards and homes than ever before - real ‘home theatre’! Beware of Boys A musical memoir performed by Melissa Western

“Beware of Boys with eyes of blue, they kiss you once and ask for two.” These words never warned of the real trouble with our boys in Brisbane in the 1980s. Thirty years on, we discover why we lost them. Created by Lisa Maree Southgate and Francesca de Valence, performed by Melissa Western.

Presented by Lisa Maree Southgate & Francesca de Valence

Presented by A Very Theatre Company

Two brilliant, discordant minds and the decade that breaks them. Illustrated by the canvas of our night sky, bear witness to ten years in the life of a religious girl and a not-so-religious boy in rural Australia.

nChelmer House Concert 11-12 May @ 8pm / 90m / $25.50 / 15+

Both infinitely fascinated by the glamour of the universe, but inherently opposed in how they choose to interpret it; Paul and Izzy are two equally brilliant minds that clash and enamour each other with the ferocity of their ideals.

nThe Institute of Body Psychotherapy, Kelvin Grove 19 May @ 8pm / 90m / $25.50 / 15+ nSt Lucia House Concert 20 May @ 8pm / 90m / $25.50 / 15+

As we weave in and out of time, witness how this battle shapes them over the course of a decade. But as they grow older and the stakes are raised, their ability to compromise is bound to stretch beyond its capacity.

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

nThe Commissariat Store Courtyard, 115 William St, Brisbane City

11, 18, 25 May @ 6.30pm / 55m / $22 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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The Box

Just because you think you know

Brisbane’s HerStory Tours A revealing local journey and a significant tale indeed

“Just because you think you know, why did you assume?”

Stroll the streets of Brisbane with novelist Rosa Caroline Praed (1851 – 1935). One of Australia’s most prolific writers is back in town and she’s on a mission to raise awareness of Brisbane’s HerStory.

Within this contemporary physical theatre piece, Screech Arts explores what stigma is, asking, ”Why must we put people in preconceived ‘boxes’ before we get to know them?”

As Rosa offers deeper insights through the ages, an enriching perspective on the lifestyle of women emerges.

nMt Ommaney Shopping Centre (in front of JB Hi-Fi) 171 Dandenong Rd, Mount Ommaney

10, 17, 24 May @ 7pm / 30m / $FREE / PG

nUniversity of Queensland, St Lucia Campus (Campbell Rd Promenade)

16, 23 May @ 7pm / 30m / $FREE / PG

Presented by Screech Arts

Presented by Talk of the Town Storytelling Services

nSchool of the Arts (Tour Start Point) 166 Ann Street, Brisbane 10, 14-17, 19, 21-26 May @ 10am 180 min - $49.50 / G

Carrot Man Music is Everywhere

If a show is sold out, keep an eye on the web site and Facebook as extra dates are often added.

NEW INSTRUMENTS UNVEILED! RECIPE: blend some vocal percussion with a bit of jawharp, add a cup of funky analog bass using ‘Mr Curly’ (a contra bass clarinet made from garden hose). While that’s cooking make a clarinet from paper, play and loop some horn lines, add it to the mix and turn up the heat.

Brisbanality

nPeregian Beach Residential Home 12 May @ 7.30pm - 60 min - $20 - G nThe Sideshow, 349 Montague Rd, West End 13 May @ 3 pm - 60 min - $20 - G Presented by Linsey Pollak

Linsey Pollak has just returned from an acclaimed TEDx performance in Mumbai.

The Cave How do you know what you know?

Presented by The Dustbin Hoffmans

Come and sit in a 320 degree automated virtual cave and listen to two world-class musicians perform a classical repertoire. But you’ll be blindfolded with only your phone to help you ‘see’.

You never know your luck in a medium-sized city! Five rock musicians stumble into the world of cabaret. Finding their feet, they contemplate the big questions about life in Brisbane through song, in this insightful romp which premièred at 2017 Queensland Cabaret Festival.

This project is a contemporary exploration of the ‘Allegory of the Cave’ which Plato devised to explain how we come to know things.

A show to delight and amuse locals and visitors in equal measure! “The Dustbin Hoffmans are in a category all of their own!” - James Valentine - ABC TV

Ticket price includes glass of wine on entry - to prevent sensory overload!

nWoolloongabba Substation, 45 Logan Road, Woolloongabba

12 May @ 8pm / 50m / $20 / 15+ Presented by We That Are Left

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

nThe Cave2 – G.16 University of the Sunshine Coast Sippy Downs Drive 13 May @ 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm / 60m / $20 / G

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Cheep Trill in Concert (100% Brisbane)

A celebration of song by Brisbane’s edgiest community choir

Cospla-gay-sian

Cheep Trill is an exciting, edgy and colourful community choir based in Brisbane conducted by Emma Dean and assisted by Tony Dean.

Michael, has always been the glue that holds his trio of friends together. When he doesn’t turn up one night for the usual clubbing session, their world is turned upside down when Michael shocks them with a bizarre statement.

The choir is open to anyone who loves to sing! Choir members learn and perform all sorts of music with a strong emphasis on original contemporary vocal arrangements and mash-ups written by Emma.

Presented by The Tiger Common & Western-Dyer Productions

nMuseum of Brisbane, City Hall 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City 18 May @ 6.30pm / 60m / $15 / G

A quick witted, farcical comedy that looks at identity and being yourself. nNash Playshed, 4 Amity Street, New Farm 10, 17, 24, 27 May @ 8pm - 60m - $20 - 15+

Presented by Anja & April Productions

The Cube Interactive visual art and

If you’d like to write about shows, express interest to be an Anywhere Reviewer and get comp festival tix.

sound installation

The Cube will come to life with an interactive visual installation composed of oceanic themed artwork with soundscapes. This project will be developing all day for anyone to explore and engage with for free.

The CLINTS Come Again! An 80’s infused Scandalous Expose!

The Clints, an all-girl 80s cousin band, are bona fide yesterday’s heroes who are hell bent on a comeback! Catapulted back into the limelight after an ex-band member’s murderous love scandal, the Clints grab this opportunity to reform the band. They’ve dusted of their 80’s gear and are ready for chart-topping success.. nAustralian Modern, 9 Burchell St, Carina 25, 26 May @ Doors open 7pm, Show 7.30 pm After Show Drinks: 8.30pm-9.30pm - $35 / PG

Presented by Laine Loxlea Danann, Elise Greig & Jo Greig

Comedy Lounge Sit down for stand up

Come and enjoy the wonders of this creation as it unfolds. n The Mooloolaba Wharf, 123 Parkyn Parade, 12 May @ 6am Construction and painting begins 5pm Open to public for visual and soundscape / $FREE / G

Presented by Rythmicolour

Every year, new and experienced photographers take pictures of festival shows as Anywhere Photographers. Dani Cabs Deconstructs

We bring six of the best stand up comedians to the festival and shove them into all corners of our mate Mel’s house.

At times he’ll make sense and at times he won’t, but be sure that you will be entertained.

nWeyba Downs Residential Home 26 May @ 6.30pm, 27 May @ 2pm & 6.30pm 120 min $20 / 18+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Dani deliriously deconstructs damned delusions

Join Brisbane’s favourite idiot, Dani Cabs, as he dives into, dissects and disseminates contemporary popular texts, utilising a framework of his own creation.

Straight from the Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane’s Raw Comedy and the bright lights of Nambour, our performers will share some home truths and have you laughing, crying and wanting more.

Presented by Robyn Hewitt

A comedy of identity and being true to yourself

Presented by Dani Cabs

n26 Lockhart St, Woolloongabba 10, 12, 13, 19, 20 May @ 7 pm 16, 17, 18 May @ 8.15 pm 60 min / $15 / G

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Dinopocalypse They are alive and they are here

Dying to Meet You Don’t sweat the small stuff, like losing your body.

Dinosaurs are alive. They have found their way to the surface and, as more break free, its time we showed you the truth...

What if we understood that beliefs are what decides where we end up in an afterlife that does exist, would you change yours?

Do we help them break free? Do we stop them from harming more people? What is the truth and how much can we trust what we’ve heard in the news?

Journey with us as we explore the afterlife and where we might end up residing should we choose to believe there is more to us than mass.

An immersive, interactive experience that challenges perceptions of the other. n Backbone Youth Arts 38 Lytton Road, East Brisbane 9, 11, 16, 18 @ 7pm - 75m / $30 / 15+ Presented by Ruckus

n Sweethearts Cafe, 2 Anzac Road, Eudlo 27 May @ 1.30pm / $10 / 90m/ / PG Presented by The Puppetarium

The Divine Appeal of Medea An immersive theatre experience We’ve all heard the story of Medea, she went crazy after her husband, Jason, left her. Then she killed his new bride and their children.

We don’t charge a fee when you book online, but if you like what we do, make a tax deductible donation instead.

Join this immersive world of Greek gods and witness Medea taking back her story.

Fiesta Una noche de flamenco!

A physically visceral and timely look at this ancient woman.

Presented by Salted Pineapple Productions

Be transported to Andalucia and experience the intimacy and energy of flamenco as it is done in the bars and streets of Spain. Get up close with the performers and feel the passion of this expressive art form through the songs of love, sorrow and joy. Bring your guitar, put on your heels, warm up your vocal chords and be part of the show.

n Montessori International College 880 Maroochydore Rd, Forest Glen 18, 19 May @ 7.30pm / $25/$20 (Group10+) 75m / PG

Or just come in and enjoy the energy and fun of flamenco!

The Daily Planet is the new cafe from the peeps behind Scene Cafe and is hosting a record ten shows!

Dr Who meets Dorothy Take a journey through a movie screen with Dr Who & Dorothy

Presented by Robyn Hewitt and Red Chair

Frankie & Sal in Molten Rage A comedy for psychos Frankie & Sal is an absurd comedy that follows two best friends: one a bubbly optimist, the other a straight-faced realist. In Molten Rage Sal insists Frankie deals with her anger problems more positively, so Frankie gets creative...

Classic characters Dorothy from the wizard of OZ and Dr Who travel through the silver screen to get Dorothy back into the Wizard of OZ. Acts of cabaret, comedy and burlesque as well as circus and dance involving some of our all time favourites new and old.

Like Lano and Woodley meets The Mighty Boosh, Frankie & Sal in Molten Rage is a whole lot of weird and a whole lot of fun!

n Nu Orleans, 59 Limestone St, Ipswich 17, 24 May @ 7pm - 90m / $15 / 18+ Presented by Lee & Company

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

n Little Boat Espresso, 3 Lorraine Ave, Marcoola 11 May @ 6pm / $FREE / 180m / G

Presented by Electric Fish Arts Company

nThe Junk Bar, 215 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove 16 May @ 7pm, 19 May @ 4pm, 20 May 4pm & 7pm 45m / $15 / 18+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Full Steam Ahead

An interactive Murder Mystery

Girls Don’t Poop Comedy meets contemporary dance

Full Steam Ahead is an interactive murder mystery production, best served up with dinner, set on a train in France in the 1930s. Guests are invited to dress up and become detectives to help solve a murder most foul. The show at the Imperial Hotel includes performance, clues, interactive questioning of suspects, two course meal, detective led conclusion and prizes for the best (and worst) teams. At Spring Hill Reservoirs we will be delivering a promenade performance with drinks as a double bill with The Ballad of Rosie Quinn.

Presented by InsideOutside Theatre Company

n The Green Room, Imperial Hotel, 80 Memorial Drive, Eumundi 11, 19 May @ 7pm for 7.30pm / $60 / 120m / PG nSpring Hill Reservoirs 230 Wickham Tce, Spring Hill 18-20 May @ 8.15pm / 90m $28 ($47 with The Ballad of Rose Quinn) / PG

A light-hearted exploration of stereotypes, archetypes and many other types… Contemporary dancer-choreographers Georgia and Sophie consider life, love and lady parts. By taking you from A to triangle and back to B, audience expectations of performance and society are disrupted. n New Farm Community Hall 967 Brunswick St, New Farm 25, 26 May @ 5pm, 6pm, 7pm / 20m / $15 / 15+ Presented by Georgia Pierce & Sophie Barendse

2018 is the second year of Anywhere in Noosa and the Sunshine Coast and eighth in Brisbane! GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

This year there are more venues holding several events including the Queensland Maritime Museum, Bison Bar, C-Square, communify spaces, Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre, Imperial Hotel, Museum of Brisbane and our longest term venue in a residential home, the mid-century Australian Modern run by Chris and Susan in Carina.

Hosted by the fierce and witty Mistress of Ceremonies, you will be transported into the surreal world of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS where anything goes. Featuring the music of Benny Benassi, Edith Piaf and Vivaldi (among others), GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS has something for everyone - a lucky door prize, objectified women, the Australian flag, provocative audience interaction and of course, forbidden romance. n Newmarket Hall, 212 Ashgrove Rd, Ashgrove 18 May @ 7.30pm & 19 May 3.30pm & 7.30pm

Presented by Bonnie Curtis Projects

n Eudlo Public Hall, 19 Rosebed St, Eudlo 20 May @ 3pm / $29.50 ($24.50 Conc) 60m / PG

Get in the Cupboard! Jump headlong into an hour of

Giving Up the Ghosts In Two Hours We Will Be Dead...

Follow your dreams and jump headlong into an hour of existentialist and absurd sketch / character comedy with Brisbane’s favourite women weirdos. Step through the cupboard doors into a split-bill for the ages, in a time when nothing and everything matters.

Steve and Ruth find each other on an internet forum. A week later, after meeting each other face-to-face for the first time, they drive together to a secluded place. A place where they won’t be found, where they are safe to prepare for what is to come.

existentialist and absurd sketch!

What Do You Want To Talk About?

Based on real events, ‘Ghosts’ imagines the final hours of two fatally entwined lives and a version of reality some would rather not see.

It’s time to get in the cupboard.

Presented by Taylor Edwards and Rosa Sottile

nElectric Avenue (Jack Rabbits Room) 23 Logan Road, Woolloongabba 9, 16, 23 May @ 7pm / 50m / $15 / 15+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Presented by Owl Productions

n West End Central Carpark, 220 Melbourne St 10 & 27 May @ 7.30pm / 45m / $15 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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The Good Time Boys : A Star Wars Story The Good Time Boys. Still Good, Less Boys

Glampire Masquerade

In today’s modern world, where hostile corporate takeovers are the norm, join The Good Time Boys as they stand, a final bastion of hope against corporate America and their evil leader Mr Disney-Man. Disney are buying up intellectual property faster than a ungrateful middle class child hoarding his Christmas prezzies, and The Good Time Boys are taking them down. One comedy sketch at a time. The Boys will see you now. n The Daily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 10, 11, 14 May @ 6.30pm / 60m / $15 / 15+

Presented by The Good Time Boys

Presented by Folly Games

There will be an AUSLAN Interpreted performance of GRETEL on Thursday 17 May 7pm

Part Game Part Cabaret All Glamour

Cabaret and social intrigue collide in this unique immersive theatre experience, from the creators of the award winning Anywhere Theatre Festival production The Farce Awakens.

Gretel The real story behind the legend

You are invited to attend the ultimate party to join the mysterious Glampires in eternal revelry. Let your hosts bewitch you with their acts while you complete hidden objectives under the guise of a secret identity.

Gretel explores the real story of this legendary girl. To start with there is no Hansel, and no mother to run away from. Instead there is a village run by (and for) men, where women have no voice, no choice and no options. Gretel runs to the forest, where she meets witches, an ageless crow and her destiny. The Handmaid’s Tale meets a fairytale.

This experience is part show and part game; there will be songs to cheer, circus to astonish, mysteries to uncover, drinks to delight, and ultimately the opportunity for eternal glamour. Will you survive the night? nBoundary St Markets, 56 Russell St, West End 11 & 12 May @ 6.30pm / 90m / $30 / 15+

**** - GlamAdelaide “A force to be reckoned with”

The Anywhere Awards will be held at the New Farm Bowls Club after GO GO GAME SHOW. Book now! Go Go Game Show Stay up late. Get down low. Test your fate at Go Go game show!

**** - Stage Whispers “A privilege to see.” n University of Queensland, Great Courtyard 14 - 19 May @ 7pm & 15, 17 May @ 1pm / 60m / $20 ($10 Concession) / PG

Presented by Scrambled Eggs

Half-World

Come on down for a night of brain teasers and frivolous flair! Led by your glamorous hosts Dani Cabs and Mandy Leigh, jump on the shimmy train to game-show town.

They share the same name, and become tangled up in history long after they are gone. Half-World is a feminist fantasy, a remix of history where the two women meet and step into each other’s worlds.

We don’t have all the answers, but we hope you do! n New Farm Bowls Club, 969 Brunswick St 26 May @ 7.30pm / 90m $20 ($80 Group of 5) / 18+ Presented by Dani Cabs & Mandy Leigh

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

In the sprawling, brawling literary bohemia of 1920’s Sydney, the daughter of a well-known poet rules the cafes. In middle-class Melbourne, Australia’s first homegrown female lawyer writes about changing the world.

n Woolloongabba Substation, 45 Logan Rd 10, 11, 15, 17, 22, 24, 25 May @ 6pm 60m / $12 / 15+ Presented by Rebecca Cheers and Christopher Batkin

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Here Comes The Bride? An immersive story about love and letting go

I’ll Count Myself In An accompanist’s chance in the spotlight

Everyone’s survived the ceremony now there’s just the reception. Attending are two couples: Vera and Justin, a long-term partnership; and Deb and Justyn, a new romance.

Constantly cast to the sidelines, Thien, everyone’s favourite accompanist will finally take centre stage and invite you to ‘accompany’ him as he showcases all the curve balls, tempo changes and awkward situations he constantly find himself in.

The ladies hear shocking news at the reception, one of them is getting engaged and the other dumped... they just don’t know who!

Honest, entertaining and a little crazy, who knew an accompanist had so much to say?

n The Sideshow, 349 Montague Rd, West End 18, 19, 25, 26 May @ 6.30pm / 45m / $18 / 15+ Presented by Victoria Posner

n The Daily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 22, 23 May @ 6.30pm / 30m / $15 / 18+ Presented by Thien Pham

I Stand Here Ironing An exploration into the longings of motherhood

This year there are many shows at different time slots each day so you can get to several shows a night

A teacher’s request for a parent meeting provokes a heartfelt response. Created by a team of mums, this solo show explores longing and regret, hope and housework.

Infinite Skies Improvised comedy and sci fi collide at the Brisbane Planetarium

Performed for an intimate audience in a laundromat, I Stand Here Ironing offers a rare chance to reflect on the journey that is motherhood.

Presented by Anne Pensalfini

Set your phasers to fun! A cast of Brisbane’s funniest improvisers take flight on adventures unknown in “Infinite Skies”. Join these cosmic comedy heroes, as they travel through time and space, exploring the universe, discovering new technology, visiting weird worlds, and fighting villainous villains. When improvised comedy and science fiction collide, anything could happen, and will!

n Annerley Laundromat 2/313 Ipswich Rd, Annerley 18, 19, 25, 26 May @ 7pm / 60m / $15 / 18+

Every year there is a show in a laundromat and we’re excited to have I STAND HERE IRONING this year.

Presented by Big Fork Theatre

I Wanted To Talk About Death A show about life, death and the

Invisible Things Have you ever felt boxed in?

choices in between

A woman confined by a 3x3m transparent box wrestles with the unspoken and the unseen: the voice in her head, her identity and her darkness. She uncovers and dissolves her invisible things.

I Wanted To Talk About Death is a friendly reminder that the end is nigh. It doesn’t matter how you live if in the end we’re all going to die, does it?

Derived from a secret and silent conversation kept through 17 years of personal journals this show begs the question: can we ever truly know another’s internal world?

Lora and Maddie live two very different lives, but both believe they’re doing a good thing when a friend asks them to help with her suicide.

The ARTS UQ

n HMAS Diamantina Queensland Maritime Museum 412 Stanley St, South Brisbane 11, 12, 17, 18 May @ 6.30pm 40m / $20 (Concession $15) / 15+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

n Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha (Sundial Courtyard) 12, 19 May @ 7.15pm/ 60m / PG

“Mizzen matches brilliant strength and control with a more rare grace...” Courier Mail Presented by Alex Mizzen

n 119 Lamington Street, New Farm 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 May @ 8pm (Sat) 7pm (Sun) 40m / $12 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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It’s Not Easy Being Green A quirky and high energy cabaret about highs and lows!

The Laramie Project A gay fantasia of small town filth The town of Laramie values the tradition of “live and let live”. 19 years ago their values were questioned when a student was bashed and left to die. At 21, Mathew Shepard became the poster boy for LGBT+ rights, shining a light into the darkness that’s beneath every town.

Direct from the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival, this high-energy, emotionally charged cabaret challenges the perception that ‘mental illness’ is a dirty word. It’s about mental wellness! It’s a lighthearted trip, deep into the twisted rabbit-hole of the human psyche, inspiring conversations we all need to have with each other.

Presented by Karen Lee Roberts Creative

n Acai Brothers Super Food Bar, Mooloolaba 18 May @ 7pm / $15-$20 / 60m / 15+ nCooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre 19 May @ 7pm / $15-$20 / 60m / 15+ n Daffara’s Residence, Mountain Creek 20 May @ 3pm / $15-$20 / 60m / 15+

From the company that brought you One Woman Woyzeck and The Maids, comes an irreverent rendering of a contemporary tragedy. n Paddington Substation, 150 Enoggera Tce 19, 20, 26, 27 May @ 8pm / $22 / 110m / 15+ Presented by Mad Women on the Shore

Likely Story A show about books, a play on words

Kiss of the Vampire Squid ...and other creepy stories of the sea

if you will

A life at sea is all Able Seaman Jack ever wanted, and The Widows Delight seems like a grand and sturdy ship. All these whispers of a curse are surely just superstition...

Attention all book lovers – from Poe to Potter. Sunshine Coast Theatre Company present their inaugural première season and bring to life a Likely Story as books are all summoned together by a mysterious letter on a dark and stormy night.

The historic HMAS Diamantina becomes the vessel for dark comedy and never-before-heard ghostly stories of the sea in this site-specific performance.

Presented by Act/React

n HMAS Diamantina Queensland Maritime Museum 412 Stanley St, South Brisbane 10-12, 17, 18, 20 May @ 7.30pm / 60m / $22 / PG

“A clear festival highlight...clever comedy all around.” Blue Curtains Brisbane on Act/React’s previous shows.

Presented by Sunshine Coast Theatre Company

Looking for Mindfulness in all the wrong places

Exceptional exclusive wealth is a telemarketing company that gives opportunities to all walks of life, provided they get the KPIs.

n John Mills Himself, 40 Charlotte St, Brisbane 12 May @ 6pm / $20 / 60m / 15+ n Arts Hub, 11 Bulcock Street, Caloundra 18 May @ 6pm / $20 / 60m / 15+ n General Officer Barbershop, 3/10 Grebe St, Peregian 19 May @ 7pm / $20 / 60m / 15+

For new starters James and Katherine, they feel out of place against the craziness the world offers. Funny, energetic and at times dark; KPI offers us a deeper look into the people we have probably hung up when they’ve called us. n University of Queensland 9-12 May @ 4pm, 5pm, 6pm / 60m / PG

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Poetry! Passion! Mindfulness! Everyone’s knows about mindfulness but how does it work in daily life? Brendan O’Shea explores mindfulness with story telling and performance poetry. Drawing on his experiences as a graphic designer, Buddhist Monk and husband, come on an uplifting and light-hearted journey that’s about re-discovering life.

KPI Hang ups of the people we hang up on

Presented by Underground Productions

n Books of Buderim, 82 Burnett St, Buderim 11, 12, 25, 26 May @ 7.30pm 12, 13, 26, 27 May @ 6pm / $15 ($10) / 40m / G

Presented by Mindfulness Poet

n Sweethearts Cafe 2 Anzac Rd, Eudlo 20 May @ 1pm / $20 / 60m / 15+ n Sally’s Verandah, Red Hill 26 May @ 2pm / $20 / 60m / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Lost Lullabies A dark night of childhood retold, love, loss and longing

Master of Delusions: 2 Cool 2 Spurious More tricks. More satire. Less self respect. Aaron Ducker returns to Anywhere Theatre Festival to present ten of the worst, most pathetic, cringeworthy ways magicians have tried to make magic seem cool!

Delve into the darkness of this storytelling event that combines creative writing, performance, sound and music to create new work by collaborating artists responding to the concept of the lullaby.

Laugh and cringe as Aaron Ducker takes you behind the curtain and lays everything bare. Creative and unique magic with an acerbic satirical twist!

Artists include Chris Allery with Steve and Ainsley Apirana (music by Sue Ray), Kasia Janczewski with Kevin Brew, Ryan Sim and It’s Magnetic.

Presented by What We Do In The Dark

n Residential Home in Cooran 26 May @ 5pm (Doors Open) / $20 / 60m / PG

The Lounge Suite When romance collides with cabaret you’ve found The Lounge Suite

n Books@Stones, 360 Logan Rd, Stones Corner 12, 19 May @ 6pm & 8pm 60m / $20 / 18+ n Daily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 26 May @ 4.30pm 60m / $20 / 18+

Presented by Aaron Ducker

Check out the grid of all shows on pgs 54-59 to plan your festival day, night or entire festival period.

A high energy celebration of song and dance, The Lounge Suite takes you on a journey through Dale Pengelly’s incredible career has he performs timeless swing and musical theatre classics with the help of his Loungin’ Ladies.

MC Synergy

“Panoramic observational poetry”...that’s one way to describe Synergy’s work.

n Queensland Russian Community Group 19 Lotus St Woolloongabba 11, 12, 25, 26 May @ 7.30pm 140m / $30 / G Presented by Pengelly Productions

“Laid back yet captivating and urgent” would be another...But such descriptions would overlook the 25-year-old’s ability for direct and often in-your-face political discourse. With poignant political themes, sharp lyricism and melodic boom-bap production, Brisbane local MC Synergy takes you deep into hip hop’s roots in social justice and activism for an unforgettable musical experience.

n The Retro Bar, 4/2071 Moggill Rd, Kenmore 18 May @ 7.30pm & 19 May @ 3pm & 7.30pm, 140m / $30 / G

The record for the most shows seen by one person during Anywhere is twenty seven (27) shows. The Mark Drama How one man’s story turned the world upside down

Melissa Main’s Suitcase Cabaret Collection

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Songs and stories from the road to human Award-winning songwriter, vivacious performer and born-again traveller Melissa Main is halfway through her 2018 collaborative cabaret project: she will go Anywhere in Australia (the GPS sent her here!) and create meaningful music with the people who host her. Every cabaret showcases different songs and stories created with her various collaborators: expect beautiful, poignant and wicked tales of the human experience.

It is a 90 minute, fast paced, theatre in the round production immersing the audience in the story of Jesus - a man who turned the world upside down.

Presented by The Mark Drama Brisbane

n Marcus Beach Residence 11 May @ 8pm / $20 / 90m / 18+

Presented by MC Synergy

Performing to packed audiences in London, Paris, New York, and many other cities, the Mark Drama has finally arrived in Brisbane.

n Queensland Theological College 369 Boundary Street, Spring Hill 26 May @ 7.30pm & 27 May @ 1.30pm 90m / $10 / PG

Contemporary Australian Hip Hop

n Kurilpa Hall, 174 Boundary Street, West End 11, 19, 25 May @ 6.30pm & 7.30pm 50m / $20 / 15+ Presented by Melissa Main

n Daily Planet, 228 Wickham Street, The Valley 12, 13 May @ 6pm / 50m / $20 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Much Ado Immersive rock Shakespeare - we

Metamorphoses Be Immersed

think he would approve

Tony award winning Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses based on Ovid’s myths, is set in an atmospheric pool of water.

This shocking, immersive modernisation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy of romance and sexual politics is brought to life in legendary rock venue The Zoo, with original music played live by the cast. Vibrant, hilarious and moving, this is Shakespeare like you haven’t seen.

There are tales of transformation featuring archetypes such as Poseidon and Narcissus, with themes of love, suffering, loss and redemption. These mythological stories take place in, by and through water as the cast, through narrative and movement take us on a journey of inevitable change. Presented by Byte Theatre Company

n Buderim Aquatic Centre, 44 Main St 12, 18, 19 May @ 7.30pm & 20 May @ 6pm 90m / $16-$20 / PG

Midsummer at the Lake A dream setting for a Midsummer Night! “I’ve had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.” William Shakespeare

Presented by Little Seed Theatre Company

The Little Seed players are again set to create magic in the Noosa Botanic Gardens. Puck will weave his romantic misadventure through the lakeside gardens with the Grecian styled amphitheatre once again being the stage for this Shakespearian experience. n The Amphitheatre, Noosa Botanic Garden Lake McDonald Drive, Cooroy 12, 13, 19, 20 May @ 2pm (Pre Show) 90m / $25-$30 / PG

Bring rotten fruit and dancing shoes. n The Zoo, 711 Ann St, The Valley 15-17, 23 May @ 7.30pm (Doors open 7pm) 90m / $19-$24 / 18+

Presented by Shakespeare Plugged In

Shakespeare Anywhere? Much Ado, Romeo & Juliet & Friends, A Midsummer’s Whatever, Midsummer at the Lake and Puck

Noel Coward’s “Private Lives”

Little Seed TC are back after selling out last year’s Anywhere Award winning ROMEO & JULIET Mind Games Are you a mind with a body or a body with a mind?

What if your mind wasn’t yours and you lived outside of your body and what if your mind was yours but your body wasn’t? How could you tell? After having spent years trapped in a jail cell, Bryce and Macey can’t tell whose thoughts or hands are whose. Stuck in a game of connect four, each move triggers a new memory, but whose memory is whose? Will they ever figure it out?

Presented by Passenger Theatre Company

n Woolloongabba Art Gallery, 613 Stanley St 17, 18 May @ 6.30pm & 8pm / 45m / $15 / G

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Presented by Strong Lodger Productions

Private Lives at Newstead House and the Commissariat Store Museum Elyot and Sybil are in the midst of post-nuptial, honeymoon bliss. Amanda and Victor are delighting in their own postwedding rapture at the same hotel. A small detail - Elyot and Amanda were once married to each other. What happens next is a - Noel Coward - plot perfect, tumbling marital farce that is wickedly vicious, sparklingly witty and shamelessly flirtatious. Noel Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ will be playing at both Newstead House and the Commissariat Store Museum. Artistic Director and actor Elleia Russell’s production starring Troy Bullock, Josh Quaile and Nathalie Cattaneo promises to be fast-paced, sharp and devilishly hilarious. nCommissariat Store, 115 William St, Brisbane 12, 26 May nNewstead House, Newstead Park, Breakfast Creek Rd & Newstead Ave 17, 18, 19 May

5.30pm Bar Opens for 6pm Show / 150m / $25 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Neurosis : Ten Short Plays

Plasticity The quality of being easily shaped or

You’d be “Crazy” to miss it!

moulded

Ten new short plays by local writers and actors exploring Racism, Fear, Loneliness, Sex, Deception and Manipulation!

Glitter and open-cut wounds. Dirt and shattered bronzer. Ingrown hairs or eyelash extensions. Grass stains. Blood stains. You try to make a decision that doesn’t make you a woman but options are limited. You try not to be aggressive but you’re angry.

“It’s refreshing to view a collection of short works that doesn’t dumb itself down, and assumes the audience is intelligent. Philosophical and thought provoking. An engaging evening for those you enjoy being mentally stimulated by deeper concepts” Stage Whispers n Grand Design, 555 Kessels Road, McGregor 25-27 May @ 7.15pm 90m / $25 / 15+ Presented by Antonio Peluso

To what extent must we embrace gender roles in order to deconstruct them? n Mappins Nursery, 240 Montague Rd, West End 10, 12-14, 17, 19-21 @ 8pm 20m / $15-$20 / 18+ Undone Theatre Collective

Pop-Up Poetry Powerful poetry, purple prose and

communify manage spaces throughout Brisbane from substations to halls. Check ‘em out.

passionate performances!

USC Inklings provides you with the opportunity to be spellbound; captivated by the teasing and tantalizing tales from terrific Troubadours.

The Nomad Travelling Theatrette Big events in a tiny theatre

Spoken Word in all its glory, performed by members of the USC Creative Writing community.

An interactive, pop up performance collaboration between artist, audience and a big red van. Showcasing eclectic variety performances. This Anywhere Theatre Festival, The Nomad Travelling Theatrette will be popping up all over the n n n Various locations Check web site and Facebook for details $Free / Various lengths / G Presented by Caitlin Strongarm

n Bli Bli Residential Home 12 May @ 2pm / 90m / $10 / PG Presented by USC Inklings

Venues provide spaces rent free to Anywhere performers to take creative risks and reduce financial ones. Potty Mouth

Anywhere Tasters at Noosa Food & Wine Catch a taste of Anywhere Theatre at Noosa Food & Wine Festival Head along to the Noosa Food and Wine Festival Village on Saturday 19 May and Sunday 20 May to catch some Anywhere Tasters of acts you’ll find performing their full shows at other locations throughout Anywhere Theatre Festival.

They have been making children’s shows for many years but want to create some new material with a live audience. Help them navigate the complexities of baking brownies, dropping the kids off at the pool and birthing brown snakes in their pilot season of Potty Mouth, only for big kids.

n Noosa Food and Wine Festival Village Lions Park Noosa Heads 19, 20 May @ various afternoon times Check NF&W Festival for admission prices Presented by Anywhere

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Step under the large green Queenslander at 15 Abingdon Street to find Dotty and Potty’s makeshift television studio.

Pay by donation on the night. BYO toilet spray. Presented by Amanda Haworth

n 15 Abingdon St, Woolloongabba 15-18, 22-24 May @ 7pm / 40m / $Donation / G

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Rockestra The ultimate mix tape of 70s and 80s

Proximity Circus, storytelling and what it means to be close to each other

pop, rock and disco

Rockestra brings you a musical tower of power… two drummers, a horn section, two guitars, bass, keys and two singers.

Combining circus with storytelling, Proximity explores what it means to be close to one another, to trust each other, and to have that trust broken.

Relive those super-hits that rocked your world as Rockestra performs the greatest 70s and 80s pop, rock and disco A-sides including the monster hits as you’ve never heard before.

A sharp counterpoint between physical strength and emotional vulnerability, this show will reach in, clutch your heart strings and twist.

Food and bar service available from 6pm… dancing from 7pm!

n Flipside Circus, 117 Mina Pde, Alderley 18, 19, 25, 26 May @ 7pm / 45m / $15 / 15+ Presented by Kelsey Laura

n Sunshine Coast Council Carpark Building Ormuz Ave, Caloundra Centre 26 May @ 6pm / 180m / $27 / 18+

Presented by Eumundi Live

Puck Puck’s back, and someone gave him wifi Something is interfering with Fae Magic. Puck tries to figure out why(fi). When he stumbled through the mortal plane in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he made a mess.

Huge shout out to Noosa Ferry Co as a new host for this year’s production of THE ROGUE TOAD. The Rogue Toad A hilarious tale of love and mateship on the Noosa River

This time he’s on the internet, so everything should go much more smoothly.

A prejudiced toad, a jealous mole, a fair dinkum rat, a rhyming goanna and a Turkish badger board the Noosa Ferry and motor up the river in search of a moral. Will they find it? Climb aboard the Noosa Ferry and share their journey.

n Hidden Garden, Bardon 10-12, 17-19 May @ 7pm / 50m / $20 / 15+ Presented by Magnetic North Theatre Company

A hilarious tale of love and mateship on the Noosa River..

Magnetic North Theatre Company won an Anywhere Award in 2016 for CASSANDRA AND THE BOY DOLL. The Quighting Time What is the last song you will ever hear? Be more than the voyeur.

Presented by Snap Crackle Theatre

Romeo & Juliet & Friends By William Shakespeare (with some extra bits by Rebekah Schmidt)

This site-specific, one woman show is a haunting look into a life that is slashed wide open.

She never utters a word, until...

Come along on a magical journey as we cut, copy, change, adapt and rip apart the Bard’s most well known play to figure out just what all the fuss is about.

WORLD PREMIERE.

Presented by Amanda McErlean & The Curators

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

“Better than ‘Shakespeare In Love’” Queen Elizabeth I 4 actors are putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet. It’s gonna’ be the coolest, funnest, hippest, bestest, most lit, most interesting and relevant production anyone has ever seen. How the f**k are we going to do that?

Be drawn into her tumultuous mind as she is catapulted through nightly rituals by an unstoppable playlist, as if in an unsung tragic opera.

n Centra Apartments 37 Archer St, Toowong 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 May @ 7.15pm 50m / $25-$30 / 15+

n Noosa Ferry, Tewantin Marina 2 Parkyn Pde, Tewantin 26, 27 May @ 10.45am (Boarding) 120m / $30 / PG

Presented by Pastiche Theatre Collective

n Daily Planet, 288 Wickham St, The Valley 12, 13, 20 May @ 5pm, 18 May @ 6.30pm, 19 May @ 4.45pm 60m / $18 / 15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Show of Hands

S**T Storm

Hilarious improvised puppet mayhem Like Whose Line Is It Anyway meets The Muppet Show, this show is performed using monitor puppetry (a television format developed by Jim Henson). Improvising puppeteers perform short scenes, songs and games into a video camera. The puppets are projected onto a large screen. Hosted by “Troggg” the blue monster.

Presented by Edge Improv, Larrikin Puppets & Odyssey Entertainment

n Food Connect, 1/8 Textile Cres, Salisbury 18, 19, 25, 26 May @ 7pm / 90m / $20 / 15+

Presented by A Very Theatre Company

There is more to it then what meets the eye

Like to host a performance in 2019? List your house or business venue at www.anywhere.is/apply.

Three Aussie battlers execute the world’s worst heist. It’s the imperfect crime. S**T Storm follows Lenny, a dilapidated Council worker charged with organizing the cleaners and maintenance crew for public facilities across Brisbane.

Showgirls on Tour What happens on tour definitely doesn’t stay on tour!

Following an incident in a public restroom Lenny’s unemployed best friend, Richard, hatches the world’s worst scheme to launder money out of the Brisbane City Council. With the help of some guy they just bumped into, they execute what is probably the shittiest excuse for a scam. Making a mess by night, and paying themselves to clean it by day.

Glitz, glamour and gossip. Meet real life showgirls, hear about what happens behind the scenes and indulge into the world of burlesque! Loosen your corset and chow down on a post show 3am kebab!

In doing so, they unwittingly start an internet sensation out of vandalizing public property. Their relationships are tested as they scramble to correct their mistakes before Lenny’s boss can figure it all out. It truly is the imperfect crime. n Museum Courtyard, University Of Queensland, St Lucia Campus

Get lost in the divinely dirty world as you contemplate, does the real show happen from behind the velvet curtain?

10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 May @ 6.15pm / 60m / $15-$18 / 15+

A Very Theatre Company are also presenting their show THE BOHEMIAN AND THE MACHINE.

Presented by Happy Baron Productions

Signed and Sealed One hell of an opening

Share House Life’s a party Fresh from rollicking performances at Festivals in Newcastle and Lismore, this “fantastic, joyous” show features housemates who encounter the tensions and joys of co-habitation as they dream of throwing the ultimate dance party.

Signed and Sealed is an immersive, audience participatory work about a failing artist and her team. On the fateful opening night of her latest collection, Paris and her team find themselves complicit in a mysterious accident involving her long-time rival. Audiences are invited into the gallery to explore, meet the eclectic staff and discover the truth of what happened several hours earlier..

Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre was a Finalist in the 2017 Australian Dance Awards and is back with their special blend of social diversity, integration, artistic excellence and touching intimacy.

Presented by Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre

n Holy Trinity Church Hall 141 Brookes St, The Valley 11 May @ 7pm, 12 May @ 2pm & 8pm 50m / $20 (Kids under 12 FREE) / G

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

n Daily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 20 May 6.30pm & 7.45pm, 21-23 May @ 7.45pm 60m / $15 / 18+

Presented by fusebox

n Woolloongabba Art Gallery, 613 Stanley St 19, 26 May @ 4.30pm & 6pm 24, 25 May @ 6.30pm & 8pm 50m / $20 / PG

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Songs for Nobodies by Joanna Murray-Smith

Sound Embassy in concert (100% Brisbane) A musical celebration of Brisbane’s cultural diversity Sound Embassy is a trio of world-class Brisbane musicians melding Eastern and Western musical influences with improvisation. Sound Embassy features classical guitarist Anthony Garcia, virtuoso jazz pianist Tnee Dyer and the foremost Nepaleseborn tabla percussionist in Australia, Dheeraj Shrestha. A concert celebration of Brisbane’s cultural diversity inspired by 100% Brisbane. nMuseum of Brisbane, City Hall 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City 11 May @ 6.30pm / 60m / $25 / G

Presented by Western-Dyer Productions

Presented by Red Umbrella Theatre Co-operative

Volunteer to help out emerging Anywhere Theatre Festival performers at www.anywhere.is/volunteer

“Live the Dream. Be the Dream” on the Nambour Theatre Trail “In this country, people are always talking about dreams. You can be your dream. You can live your dream. But that’s just a clever way of getting people to shut up.”

Stories of Belonging black

and white artivist embody ancestry and place  

How does the pursuit of success both define and restrain us? Five nobodies find out as their lives mirror the ups and downs of their retro idols.

Ever wondered who you really are? Where’s your mob from? Where are your roots? Where do you belong? Hear, see, and feel embodied stories of ancestry and place. Black and white Australian women artivists together provoke resonant and entangled understandings of belonging and displacement through storied artworks, performances and installations.

Join us walking the Nambour Theatre Trail and along the way enjoy the music of Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, and Billie Holiday. Proudly supported by Joanna Murray Smith and Nambour businesses: Mr Beasley’s Vintage, Arsenic and Love Letters, New Creations Scrapbooking, Switch Espresso and C-Square. n C-Square, 52-64 Currie St, Nambour 13 & 19 May @ 6pm (Arrive by 5.30pm) / 150m / $34 (includes dinner) / 15+

If you find it hard to choose from the many shows, try choosing a location you’re keen to check out. Songwriters in the Dome (100% Brisbane)

A celebration of song by the world’s biggest songwriting club

Presented by Sistas holding space

We invite you to be part of a collaborative performing arts project. A practical workshop and performance with plenty of opportunities to play and share a vision of theatre beyond language. No auditions, but a commitment to participate in both the workshop and the performance is required. Actors, musicians, visual artists, dancers, performing arts enthusiasts welcome. Registration is essential.

This special concert showcases songs from local songwriters Natalie de Jager, Edward Buckridge, Hannah Ana and a surprise guest artist.

Presented by I Heart Songwriting Club & Western-Dyer Productions

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

n talking circle, kuril dhagun The State Library Queensland, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane 18, 20 May @ 6pm / 75m / $20 / PG

Stories of Dis.place.ment A FREE performance-making workshop

Founded in Brisbane but collaborating with songwriters across the world, the I Heart Songwriting Club has a catalogue of more than 5000 songs created by members from over 12 countries.

nMuseum of Brisbane, City Hall 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City 25 May @ 6.30pm / 60m / $20 / G

women

Presented by D.I.V.E Theatre Collective

n Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre 11A Maple St, Cooroy 19 May @ 9am - 3pm (Workshop) 26 May @ 10am (Performance) 60m / $FREE / 18+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Storyplace - Mooloolaba The story of Mooloolaba shared by

Terra-Fied Space. It’s bigger than you think. It’s…

community keepers of knowledge

TERRA-FYING

Earth faces its most desperate crisis yet: population growth, extreme. There’s nowhere to go but up and out. Our only hope lies with three intrepid terraformers who are scouting the deepest parts of space to find the promised planet.

The story of Mooloolaba shared by elders, historians, poets, musicians and other community keepers of knowledge. Storyteller and traditional custodian Lyndon Davis shares stories from his grandmother who lived on Mooloolaba Island in the 1920’s, former music makers and shakers will reminisce about the lively music scene of the 1980’s and local identities will recall the events that shaped Mooloolaba into the tourist town of the present day. Presented by Red Chair Photo Credit - “Unchartered Waters” – tara spicer art

n The Loo with a View, 17-19 Mooloolaba Esp 13 May @ 4pm $FREE / 180m / G

Super Circus Squad A circus choose your own adventure origin story

Come celebrate the Planetarium’s 40th anniversary, with iGEV and her crew in Brisbane’s most immersive venue, the Cosmic Skydome.

Presented by The SwitchBoard Collective

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium debuts as a venue this year with INFINITE SKIES and TERRA-FIED.

Super Circus Squad is a superhero origin story written by YOU the audience. This show is completely interactive. It follows the journey of 2 new superheroes who need you to determine their powers, their fears, their strengths and their weaknesses in order to defeat their super villain... the audience VILLAINTEER!

Theda Bara Smiles It’s really very nice to meet you

Benny invites YOU to her extravaganza of mediocre womanhood. An exciting personal piece by Gemma Elsom, Theda Bara Smiles beckons you to befriend Benny as she peels back the faded mustard curtains of everyday life.

n Montessori International College 880 Maroochydore Rd, Forest Glen 13 May @ 11am / 50m / $10 / G Presented by Happy Haps Productions

The Teenage World

After quickly selling out its 2017 run, this astute one woman show is back to expose the confusion and anxieties that inevitably consume.

n Queensland Maritime Museum 412 Stanley St, South Brisbane 19, 20 @ 3pm / 50m / $10 / G

This double page spread has two shows connected to toilets in very different ways - can you find them? It is simple, our Books are real people, sharing unique personal perspectives and experiences, that they generously share with Readers.

n The Bison Bar, C-Square Courtyard, Nambour 12 May @ 2.30pm (Doors open 1.30pm) Presented by Girl Genius

n The Bib’n’Brace Collective 95 Commercial Rd, Teneriffe 17, 18 @ 7.30pm (Doors Open 6.30pm) / 65m / $20 / PG

There’s No Sex ‘til the Third Act Will you come to the bathroom with me? It’s not wrong to watch, you’ve just bought tickets to a show, right?

You, the audience are our readers, and you get to watch these stories in performance.

Set in the women’s bathroom in a bar (inside the cubicle to be exact) WATCH the night descend as women grapple with LOVE, SEX, DRUGS, & VIOLENCE.

Our theme is The Teenage World. Come along to a provocative night of conversation and performance.

I’m going to the toilet, are you coming?

Not suitable for younger or conservative audiences. Tea and coffee available for purchase.

Presented by Little Seed Theatre Company

n A Little Shop of Soul, 14 Maple Lane, Cooroy 11 May @ 5pm / 90m /$5-$10 / 13+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

n The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Mount Coot-tha Rd, Toowong (The Cosmic Skydome) 19 May @ 4.30pm / 40m / $20/ 15+

Presented by The Latecomers

n The Bearded Lady 138 Boundary St, West End 14, 15, 17 May @ 8pm & 16 May @ 7pm 60m / $20/ 18+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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The Uber to Hell We’ve all had Uber rides from hell, but

Ultra lounge: the best of Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66

what about one to hell?

A timeless tale of an Uber ride home after a night out that sends someone straight to hell.

From the team that brought you the sell-out Bossa Nova Sunset Club series, comes this superswingin’ Brazil-pop cocktail concert, featuring the songs of Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66.

Based on a true story (loosely), will Drew succeed in saving his friend Luis from eternal damnation? I guess if you come along you’ll find out hey.

Don’t be the Fool on the Hill! Slink into the midcentury haven of Australian Modern in your finest or funnest 60s cocktail threads, turn back the clock and get your groovy latin vibe on!

Presented by Madcouch Productions

n Australian Modern, Carina 18, 19 May @ 7pm-10pm / $35 / 15+

Tragedy! (A New Comedy) It takes a goddess to fix everything In a world saturated with pop culture, selfies, narcissism, and everyone’s hunger for their 15 minutes, how can one god (transported from the heavens of Ancient Greece) sing to the chorus of modern civilisation in an effort to reclaim power over the mortals? How can one god save civilisation from self-destruction in a world where the mortals no longer place their fates into the hands of the gods?

n Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre Car Park 171 Dandenong Rd, Mt Ommaney 18, 19 @ 7pm / 50m / $20 / PG Presented by Adam Hasa

Check out ROCKESTRA, THE UBER TO HELL and GIVING UP THE GHOSTS for car park performances! The Unknowns & Guests Raw and Energetic Rock ‘n’ Roll Energetic up and comers, The Unknowns (joined by special guests) are breathing new life into rock ‘n’ roll with their raw sound and attitude.

n Daily Planet, 228 Wickham St, The Valley 13, 14 May @ 7.30pm / 60m / $22 / PG Presented by Not Buttered Toast

Appealing to their own generation, The Unknowns are self taught musicians who harness their combined talents to create original songs and an electric energy to their live performances. 

n The Bison Bar, C-Square Courtyard, Nambour 19 May @ 7.30pm / 60m / $22 / PG

TO SERGIO WITH LOVE is by the people who brought you THE BOSSA NOVA SUNSET CLUB Improvised Theatre to Whet Your Appetite

n Peregian Beach Backyard 12 May @ 2pm / 120m / $20 / 15+ Presented by The Unknowns

Velventeen Sheen

Brisbane’s première improvised theatre company is getting to the gooey centre of our dysfunctionally obsessive relationship with food! Join ImproMafia for a spontaneous feast of audience-inspired songs, comedy and games about everything from forbidden fridge trysts to diet riots and TV food porn. Get set for cake, wine and laughs as food confessions are served up raw.

Presented by ImproMafia

n Woolloongabba Substation, 45 Logan Road 18, 19 May @ 7.30pm & 20 May @ 6.30pm 90m / $19-$24 / 18+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Giddy, imaginative, surprisingly touching sketch comedy Sketch comedy duo Cheeky Moon bring the best of their sell-out 2017 and 2018 shows. See Thomas the Tank Engine confront his horrifying existence; scientists challenge the temporal physics of the Vengabus; plus death-defying juggling, slam-poet plumbers, spinach explosions, and the kaleidoscopic neon tendrils of the Aurora Borealis!

Presented by Cheeky Moon

nDaily Planet, 228 Wickham Street, The Valley 15 & 16 May @ 7.30pm / 60 min / $16 /15+

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is.

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Wilde Life

Very Stable Geniuses

Presented by Turning Tricks

Presented by 3bCreative

An astonishing evening of sleight of brain

An hilarious study of an unnaturally “Wilde” species

Chess-playing automata, mathematical pigs and super-memory. These were the men and women (and sometimes animals) who baffled the world with seemingly impossible mental feats.

Following a successful “lecture” at Adelaide Zoo as part of the Fringe, the show’s cast again don spectacular plumage to mimic the mating habits of an extinct and curious species - the Victorian Upper class.

This year, magician Pete Booth and mentalist Sean Mergard return to recreate history’s most bizarre acts of mental dexterity and cognitive capacity. Featuring live jazz arranged by Ken McLean, Very Stable Geniuses will take you on a journey of the extraordinary exploits of the mind.

Speckled with one liners and cutting observations from the era’s grandest old bird, Oscar Wilde aka “The Irish Peacock”, the performance is a humorous and very informative examination of the London Season and its mating rituals.

“A mind-boggling fusion of comedy, magic and storytelling.” – The Weekend Edition n FSE Warehouse, 2a Staple Street, Seventeen Mile Rocks 11-13, 19, 20 May @ 7.30pm / 70m / $25 / 15+

Many shows have a capacity of just thirty tickets or less and tend to sell out before the performance date. Welcome to the Frenzy Catch the fever

“Adelaide Fringe has left some little glittering jewels for its final week. Qld’s 3bCreative’s “Wilde Life” is definitely one of them.....it is highly entertaining, a breath of fresh air that will definitely appeal to Wilde fans”.....Adelaide Theatre Review n Bloomhill Centre, 58 Ballinger Road, Buderim 11, 12, 18, 19 May @ 7.30pm and 19 May @ 2pm / 70m / $20 / G

3bCreative presented “Polly Honeycombe” and “Balloonacy!” at 2017 Anywhere Theatre Festival. Wildflowering Women who changed the world through art

Pepper Camden, pop star-slash-actor has been caught in another scandal and the Brisbane Chapter of the PCPSSAFC MUST DECIDE if she’s finally gone too far.

Kathleen McArthur and Judith Wright were two ‘wild’ women whose art and artistry extended beyond their painting and poetry to leading some of Australia’s early environmental campaigns. Featuring the talents of renowned actors Kate Wilson and Rainee Skinner, the ‘Wildflowering’ script reveals the trials and achievements of these pioneering artist/activists.

From the team that brought you Key Insights to Nearby Galaxies in 2017, join the chaotic emergency meeting and find out who’s the real fan.

Presented by Parallax Collective

n Paddington Substation, Cnr Enoggera Tce & Latrobe Tce, 19, 20, 26, 27 May @ 6.30pm / 60m / $20 / 15+

All details correct at time of going to print. Check online as changes do occur.

Presented by Caloundra Regional Gallery

n Caloundra Regional Gallery 22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra 19 May @ 2.30pm & 6.30pm / 50m / $20 / G

Book all tickets at www.anywhere.is

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You’ve (Already) Begun An act of radical intimacy; an invitation to see and be seen

A one-on-one immersive encounter just for you. Step into the sphere of a stranger and get a delicious glimpse into the story of another. Allow the budding of human connection to pilot your experience. Book, be assigned a space, be guided on a journey. What will your meeting hold?

Presented by Herewith & Therethen

n Queensland Maritime Museum 412 Stanley St, South Brisbane 24, 25 May @ 4pm, 4.40pm, 5.20pm, 6pm, 6.40pm 26, 27 May @ 12pm, 12.40pm, 1.20pm, 2pm, 3.30pm, 4.10pm, 4.50pm, 5.30pm 30m / $20 / PG

The Youngest I Am Ever Going Be Standup about self help in the mining boom

Ethan Andrews grew up in a mining town with the highest ratio of men to women in Australia. He left because the author of a self-help book told him to. The Youngest I Am Ever Going To Be will be making its Brisbane première following sold out shows at You Are Here and Bondi Feast and a season at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. nDaily Planet, 228 Wickham Street, The Valley 25 & 26 May @ 6.30pm / 50m / $20 / 15+ Presented by Ethan Andrews

Kristian Fletcher Events were the people behind “B Movies Live” and now this all day event! Z24 News for the rest of your life! Z24 is a multi-platform live-action event that anyone can be part of! Take your seat in our studio audience for what may be THE news event of the millennium or stream online. Follow along from The Morning Show to The Evening News, as a slow news day turns into the apocalypse.

Presented by Kristian Fletcher Events

nMowbraytown Hall 26 Mowbray Tce, East Brisbane Sat 26 May @ 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm, 8pm - 60 min - $5-$30 / 18+

Congratulations on making it from “A” to “Z”. To help you plan we’ve included a table of all performance times, lengths and regions to help you work out how to see everything you want.

Your 2018 Anywhere Theatre Festival Planner You’ve seen all the shows and now you want to figure out if it is possible to get from one to another on the same day. Well, that’s where the next six pages should be very handy. Colours indicate the regions and we’ve included the predicted length for each show and the start times. For some shows the start time is when doors open so always double check. Minutes A Midsummer Night's Whatever

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Abandoned

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AgeLess

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Aiden Schofield ft. The Coast Magicians LIVE

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Anywhere Awards

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Back to the Crossroads

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The Ballad of Rosie Quinn

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Blake & Schumann

120

The Bohemian And The Machine

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The Box

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Brisbanality

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Brisbane's HerStory Tours

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Carrot Man

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The Divine Appeal of Medea

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Dr Who meets Dorothy

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Dying to Meet You

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GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

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Get in the Cupboard!

Mon 21

5:30pm 8pm

The Cave

Girls Don't Poop

Sun 20

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Full Steam Ahead

Sat 19

6:30pm 5:30pm

Frankie @ Sal in Molten Rage

7:30pm

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6:30pm

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Cospla-gay-sian

7:30pm

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The Cube

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Best Theatre You’ll Never See Podcast

Comedy Lounge

Tue 15

11:30am

Beware of Boys

The CLINTS Come Again!

Mon 14

Various

Alex Down The Multi Storey Hole

Cheep Trill in concert (100% Brisbane)

Sun 13

As we always say, details do change as there a lot of new unperformed works and they are performing in unusual spaces. Always check www.anywhere.is for the most up to date details and all ticket purchasers will be notified by email if there are any significant changes.

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Your 2018 Anywhere Theatre Festival Planner Giving Up the Ghosts

Minutes

Thu 10

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Glampire Masquerade

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Go Go Game Show

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The Good Time Boys : A Star Wars Story

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Gretel

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I Stand Here Ironing

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I Wanted To Talk About Death

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Here Comes The Bride?

I'll Count Myself In

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Invisible Things

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It's Not Easy Being Green

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Kiss of the Vampire Squid

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Master of Delusions: 2 Cool 2 Spurious MC Synergy Melissa Main’s Suitcase Cabaret Collection

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The Nomad Travelling Theatrette

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Potty Mouth

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Neurosis: Ten Short Plays

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Midsummers At the Lake

Noosa Food and Wine Festival Tasters

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Metamorphoses Mind Games

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Lost Lullabies

The Mark Drama

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Looking for Mindfulness In All The Wrong Places The Lounge Suite

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Your 2018 Anywhere Theatre Festival Planner Minutes Proximity

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Puck

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The Quighting Time

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Rockestra

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The Rogue Toad

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Romeo & Juliet & Friends By William Shakespeare

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S**T Storm

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Share House

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Show of Hands

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Showgirls on Tour

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Signed and Sealed

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Songs for Nobodies by Joanna Murray-Smith

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Songwriters in the Dome (100% Brisbane)

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Sound Embassy in concert (100% Brisbane)

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Stories of Belonging 

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Stories of Dis.place.ment

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Storyplace - Mooloolaba

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Super Circus Squad

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The Teenage World

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Terra-Fied

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Theda Bara Smiles

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True Food Confessions

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The Uber to Hell

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The Unknowns

120

Velveteen Sheen

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Very Stable Geniuses

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The War Years

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Wildflowering

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Tragedy! (A New Comedy)

All day in 60s

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The Youngest I Am Ever Going To Be

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There's No Sex 'til the Third Act

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To Sergio With Love

You've (Already) Begun

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