Brisbane Festival 2021
2021 was the year to go big, live and local, producing work that was distinctly of this place.
With the core themes of community and celebration at its heart, Brisbane Festival presented an exhilarating line-up of premiere productions, cutting edge collaborations, commissioned new work and award-winning performances across 23 days, popping up in surprising venues, in concert halls and theatres, across every suburb of Brisbane and with a brand-new Festival hub.
CABARET / CIRCUS / COMEDY
Auntie’s Fiafia Night Casus Circus
Bowerytopia Shady; The Stitchery Collective
Demolition Polytoxic
Dirty Laundry BRIEFS Factory International
For Honeyman Street Sean Sennett
Funny Mummies Comedy Gala Jenny Wynter
Razzel Dazzel Riot Oscar Production Company
Silver City CIRCA with AL_A
Summer Play Factor (SPF) Flipside Circus
The Coming Back Out Salon All The Queens Men
OPERA / CLASSICAL
25 Years of Brassed Off Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Queensland’s Finest Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Schubertiade – Maggie Noona and John Woods
Tango Enigmatico & Friends
The Conference of the Birds
MUSIC
Blak Day Out Blak Social
Boy & Bear Boy & Bear
Bungul Yunupinu family; Aboriginal Center for the Performing Arts; Camerata—Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Client Liaison Monte Morgan and Harvey Miller
COLLAR Charles Murdoch and Spencer White
David Campbell: Back in the Swing David Campbell
Hughman Hugh Sheridan
Jarryd James Jarryd James
Kate Miller-Heidke: Child in Reverse Tour Kate Miller-Heidke
La Boite HWY: HWY Shandy Takeover Shandy Party
Massaoke Oz Massaoke
Skyfall: The Music of James Bond The Little Red Company
Songs That Made Me Jessica Hitchcock
WAAX WAAX
What’s Going On Tyrone Noonan/Palimpsest
DANCE THEATER
44 Sex Acts in One Week Moonshine & Tits
AGAPI | AΓAΠH Luka Lesson
Babushka: Right to Party Little Match Productions
Considerable Sexual License Joel Bray
Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t Betty Grumble/Performing Lines
Forgery Alisdair Macindoe for Australasian Dance Collective
Heart is a Wasteland Ilbijerri Theater Company
Ishmael David Morton of Dead Puppet Society
Let’s Be Friends Furever The Good Room
Peter and the Wolf Queensland Ballet
plenty serious TALK TALK Vicki Van Hout
Red DANCENORTH Australia
Restless Dream Halfway / Bob Weatherall / Digi Youth Arts
This Ain’t No Pussy Show Kate Harman / Toby Angus
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe Queensland Theater; Sam Strong
Two Crews Nick Power for Lady Rocks and Riddim
Weredingo Karul Projects
Wilbur the Optical Whale Karen Lee Roberts
INSTILLATION / IMMERSIVE
Airship Orchestra ENESS
IMB Institute of Light Counterpilot
La Boite HWY: HWY Block Party & Exhibition Opening Blaklash
Lost Parer Studio
Messengers of Brisbane Studio Florentijn Hofman
Piano Burning Annea Lockwood; Lawrence English
Sky Castle ENESS
Sunsuper Riverfire Foti Fireworks
The Mechanics of Adaptation Ross Manning; Kinly Grey; Susan Hawkins; Aishla Manning; Sarah Poulgrain
FASHION SHOW
First Nations Fashion: Walking in Two Worlds First Nations Fashion Deign (incl. Grace Lillian Lee)
FILM
Love Stories Topology/Karin Schaupp
CONVERSATION
An Evening with Anthony Warlow
An Evening with Marlon Williams
Bright Sparks Q&A with Louise Bezzina; Lady Rocks; Riddim Nation; Polytoxic; Amy Hollingsworth; Alethea Beetson; Yaron Lifschitz; Tristian Meecham; Madeline Little; Daniel Evans
WOW (Women of the World Australia): First Nations First Dr Jackie Huggins AM FAHA; June Oscar AO; Sandra Phillips
WOW (Women of the World Australia): Once Upon a Time in Australia Hon. Quentin Bryce and Julia Gillard
WOW (Women of the World Australia): The Making of Men Michael Jeh; David Lesser; Andre Taukolo; Rhys Carroll
WOW (Women of the World Australia): Women Who Dare Janine Hendry; Carla McGrat; Voices of Colour
COMMUNITY
Common People Dance Eisteddfod Common People Dance Project
Meeting Place Arts Access Australia
The Smoking Ceremony (Jumoo) Shannon Ruska
Timeless Students of Brisbane State High School
UNDERCOVER ARTIST FESTIVAL
Brown Church Naavikaran
Happy-Go-Wrong Andi Snelling
Koo Koo The Bird Girl Sarah Houbolt
Swinging and Spinning The Crooners