BF09 UNDER THE RADAR shines the spotlight on new theatrical and contemporary performance works with the presentation of a thrilling mix of genres from Australian and international artists. Over 16 days you can see more than 100 emerging, mid-career...

Welcome inside Frank's Fandango Funerals! When Frank conjures up five lovely undead ladies to keep his lonely heart company he gets more than he bargained for. Drink, laugh and be wickedly entertained as The Brides take you and Frank on a ride through...

A visual love ode; a bizarre pod of imagination dropped where you least expect it. Fusing street art installation with sound and projection and cracking open a new-media pocket of fun...new life is found in places we never thought to look.  So...

See what becomes of the broken-hearted in a live solo performance exploring real love gone wrong. Heartbreak made physical. Raw emotion laid bare, bleeding and exposed before the beat continues and darkness becomes light.    Location Details Saturday...

The object: inanimate, beautiful, peculiar, wearable, symbolic. The body: flesh, female, unique, desired, provoked, interrogated…on show. The audience: voyeur, visitor, intruder, observer, witness… participant. A visual installation...

A duet for live body and film that maps a modern Cordelia and her father, onto the bones of Shakespeare’s King Lear and his silent daughter. The piece combines visual imagery and original interviews between Cordelia and her father (an exiled Yiddish-speaking...

Drift off to translucent sounds in curator Daniel Santangeli’s DJing While You Sleep – an inimitable sensory experience featuring the talents of internationally renowned composers Joel Stern, Lawrence English and fringe sound artist Thom...

A young man, addicted to lighting fires, has been institutionalised. His confinement is barren. Life only exists in the puddles of light that spill across the floor. Isolated, he retreats to the memories of his abusive father and his addictions. Adapted...

Last night's Forum was well attended and there was great discussion about the state of the arts for emerging artists with Lyndon Terracini (AD, Brisbane Festival 2009) surviving the 'hot seat' as Chair! If you want to continue the discussion...

‘The child shall have the right to freedom of expression’ Article 13, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Towering 10 metres high on the side of a building, a child peers from his vast perch. As he gazes out at passers...

An elegant and moving exploration of the destructive effects of racism and fear on one family during the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa. Performed by a single actor, this semi-autobiographical story traces a young white man’s...

"Baby, baby, rock-a-bye, On your side you mustn't lie, Or the little grey wolf will come, And will nip you on the tum, Tug you off into the wood, Underneath the willow-root." Traditional Russian Lullaby A child has been taken. A house is left...

Harold: a man caught up in a dysfunctional family? A young passionate ideologist? A bold political activist? Or just a grumpy old bloke wanting to die peacefully in his pyjamas? Four of Australia’s most exciting young writers Marcel Dorney, Elise...

A space where geographic boundaries dissolve in cups of hot green tea.   In a makeshift street-side café, the cities of Brisbane and Seoul unite through multimedia, bringing together two separated bodies.  A combination of bilingual...

This morning I lost my homework and the dog ate my gender. Children, can you say ‘transgender’? This show is a one-person gutsy theatre piece weaving magical animation, multimedia, puppets, comedy and vulnerability. A hide-and-seek peekaboo...

by Glen Murray and Nicole Robson Stand transfixed as you peek into the living rooms of PANE. Movement, dance and conversation subvert public and private space as the inhabitants of PANE snap the gap between young and old, to put the universal woman...

by Tar Pit Productions Set forth on an adventure through place and time! Through wild, poetic song, this band of piratical travellers tell their many stories from far-flung lands. Combining strong performative elements with songs ranging from sodden...

An exploration of light, shadow, the human body and the inevitably mundane and intimate interactions that occur between one human and another. Ignore the judging eye of the person next to you in the street and dare to stop and watch. Dare to embrace...

Pugilism is theatre as “gladiatorial grudge match” in a boxing ring where the audience is the referee and ultimate judge. Two artists go toe-to-toe in a hi-tech multi-media fight to the finish; who will win is up to YOU! In the blue corner,...

Two figures are writing lists. They are writing lists of lost loves, food items and all they remember of each other. Their list is 77 lines down, 177 words wide and if typed, would count for 742 characters. The two figures make a journey through their...

Like passing through a musical cloud, tiny dots of silvery sound appear amid the rumble of the inner-city… You’re about to experience a SILVER SWARM. SILVER SWARMS envelop you with sound, they emerge from amongst the crowds, they weave...

At the outbreak of World War II, three children gather on the street. They withdraw from the fear surrounding them into a world of fantasy by casting themselves, their foot-high puppet counterparts and bystanders as characters from children’s stories...

A symbiotic relationship. Co-dependent theatre. We’re all in this performance situation together. I need you. Please? A solo performance dancing between the unexplainable desire for the spotlight and the need to hide in the black hole at its...

A collection of sensory, poetic and visual moments that magnify the intricacies of being human, being free and the times when we stop to appreciate what is at our fingertips. Part visual theatre, predominantly physical, mostly silent and simultaneously...

Vodka and Truth Robert I want to give up the lying and the guilt, wash them away, try to go clean. I think you do too. Let me be a stranger in a darkened room, blind and without judgment. Tell me your truth. I have written an agreement to bind my tongue....

by Steve Smart A one-man show with a character you’ll want to hug… and then kick in the shins. Poets are strange beasts, working largely in obscurity in one of the oldest art-forms. Each day, they face an inner battle between rampant self-absorption...

Two eccentric characters bicker and fight over the mundane.  Taking over a small part of the city for a short time, this odd couple showcase circus skill and daring the likes of which you have never seen on the street before. Come and join in on...