Brisbane Festival 2020
Our 2020 Boldly Brisbane program was live, local and bursting with love, joy and hope.
While this year looked different, it was the biggest ever for our local artists. This new initiative highlighted the work and projects of trailblazing creatives engaged with Brisbane Festival 2020.
CABARET / CIRCUS / COMEDY
(You Don’t Have To Put On Your) Red Light The Good Room
Hot Mess Mama Emma Dean / Katherine Lyall-Watson
Leviathan CIRCA with Yaron Lifschitz
The IsoLate Late Show The Little Red Company
OPERA / CLASSICAL
Camerata Live Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Classic Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Jazz on Sundays Charlotte McLean; Adelina Martinez
Tilly Bebe: Women in Jazz Tilly Bebe
MUSIC
All You Need is Love BRIEFS Factory / Brisbane Excelsior Band
Andrew Tuttle & Cloud Tangle
Inner Cities Alvin Curran & Gabriella Smart
MONO: Offsite Chris Abrahams
On with the show – Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Percussion at Dusk Vanessa Tomlinson
The Sweetest Taboo Katie Noonan
Wallpaper Music Erik Griswold
Washington Katie Washington
SERENADES
Street Serenades Busby Marou; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Classic Brisbane by Camerata—Queensland's Chamber Orchestra; Jaguar Jonze; Tom Thum; BRIEFS Factory; The Australian Voices; Hope D; Eliza & The Delusionals; Oscar Production Company; The Little Red Company; Melissa Western; Pink Matter; Sycco; Laik; QMusic Carol Llody Award Showcase; Sahara Beck; Lost and Found: A Song Cycle by Sean Sennett; Mack Ridge; Order Sixty6; Karl S. Williams; Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University; The Mama’s Boys Collective
DANCE THEATER
Arc Australasian Dance Collective
Cowboy Michael Smith / The Farm
MZAZA – The Birth and Death of Stars
One Bottle Later The Good Room
Silence Karul Projects
Snapshot Polytoxic
The Lost Lending Library Puchdruck / Imaginary Theater
They Type Pink Matter
Throttle The Farm
INSTILLATION / IMMERSIVE
A Connective Reveal – Community Robert Andrew
A Curious Arcade Imaginary Theater
Aerobatics Display Australian Defence Force
Assembly Now Sally Golding
Avoidable Perils Counterpilot
Brainbow Magic Hiromi Tango
Embassy Richard Bell
Exercise Surprises Dead Puppet Society; Elements Collective; debase productions; MANOEUVRE; The Mask Family; Flipside Circus
Making Art Work Tony Albert; Kieron Anderson; Mariam Arcilla; Maeve Baker; Richard Bell; Mia Boe; Hannah Brontë; Michael Candy; Emil Canita; Jacquie Chlanda; Monika Noémi Correa; Merinda Davies; Julian Day; Digi Youth Arts; ∑gg√e|n; Ana Paula Estrada; Chantal Fraser; Hannah Gartside; Mindy Gill; Channon Goodwin; Kinly Grey; Daisy Hamlot; Susan Hawkins; Rachael Haynes; Gordon Hookey; Natalya Hughes; Inkahoots; Peter Kozak; Jenna Lee; Jon Tjhia & Mia McAuslan; Amelia McLeish; Tori-Jay Mordey; Archie Moore; Sally Olds; Steven Oliver; Sarah Poulgrain; Kiah Reading; Angelica Roache-Wilson; Amy Sargeant; Shandy; Jacqui Shelton; Des Skordilis; Hannah Smith; David Spooner; Grant Stevens; Tyza Stewart; and Liesel Zink with IMA
Messengers of Brisbane Florentijn Hofman
Rainbow Circles (Healing Circles)
Sunsuper Night Sky Robin Fox
The Creatures’ Place Dead Puppet Society
Wild Energy Annea Lockwood / Bob Bielecki
Wishful Bedtime Stories Bridget Boyle; David Burton; Clare McFadden; Kim Bowers (Busty Beatz)
POETRY
Future Ancestors
How to Spell Love
remake regenerate reclaim Digi Youth Arts
TALKS
DomestiCITY WOW (Women of the World) Australia
From Whispers to Revolutions: The Future of Our Creative Industries
The Art of Resilience Judith McLean; Rhoda Roberts AO; Mark Crosweller; Nyadol Nyuon; Nicole Gibson
COMMUNITY
Coming Back Out Brisbane All The Queen’s Men
Common People Dance Eisteddfod 2 Common People Dance Project
Finchy Fun Workshops
Jumoo (Smoking) Shannon Ruska
Museum of Brisbane Walking Tours Museum of Brisbane
Socially Distanced Dance Club Common People Dance Project