I first saw Chad St James on the television in our university’s studio. It was a mini documentary. Although short, it held my attention from start to finish. The first time I met him in person, he was in an editing suite. All I remembered was the passion behind each and every word he used to explain the upcoming feature-length [...]

Were you aware that there is a Greeting Card Association? You probably would if you have ever tried entering into the greeting card industry yourself. You would know that seven billion greeting cards are purchased every year. This adds up to more than $7 billion in retail sales annually. Finally nine out of 10 households will buy greeting cards (an [...]

Buying the perfect Mother’s Day present is never easy. Every year I feel it’s a constant battle. It’s that intricate task of giving just a little something, mixed with some touches of thought. My friend’s family came to me with the idea based off ‘Modern Family’ to re-create old family photos. Let me tell you, it worked a treat. Not [...]

  As the days get shorter and the nights grow darker, it’s time to bring out the torch and head down the rabbit hole to SPOTLIGHT, the new show by Flipside Circus as part of the Anywhere Theatre Festival. Removing itself from the traditional ‘under the big-top’ circus experience, SPOTLIGHT provides an up-close, interactive mix of entertainment, discovery and a [...]

The first Queensland Government Super Star grant has been announced. The Queensland Ballet has been chosen as the lucky recipient of the $300,000 prize, which will be used to fund a production of Kenneth MacMillan’s acclaimed Romeo and Juliet. “MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is widely considered the best in the world,” says Li Cuxin, the company’s Artistic Director. It will [...]

Last night I was lucky enough to see a preview of Sans Love. A production about the desolate world of heartbreak, Sans Love looks at how society represents and copes with the emotional trauma of falling in and out of love. Sans Love tells the story of, Mercy, who mends broken hearts by taking away the ability for a person [...]

The year is 2113. Our world is not the dystopian sci-fi fantasy as predicted in countless 80’s flicks, but an aquatic age lead by penguin dressed comedian Xavier Toby. 2013 – When We Were Idiots, is a back-to-the-future journey through the streets of Brisbane, where by looking through the fish bowl of our present day lives we get to poke [...]

This year I faced the mammoth task of providing my mother with a day, not to be forgotten. This day just happened to amount to be a mile-stone in her life, resulting in a celebration of the days lived and the days to come. Yes, her birthday. I won’t disclose her age (25 = x, where x is multiplied by 2 [...]

The Brisbane Theatre Company has brought the Melbourne Theatre Company’s mesmerising production of Red north for the first time. The play follows the legendary American artist Mark Rothko as he paints a series of murals for the soon-to-be-opened Four Seasons restaurant in New York City. Colin Friels stars as the obsessive, self-absorbed Rothko. He inhabits the role completely; every gesture and line is [...]

Do you enjoy things on the scarier side of life? Things that go bump in the night or mysterious happenings? If so GOMA’s new cinema exhibition is something you’ll definitely want to check out. This month GOMA is celebrating monsters and the monstrous in film. The exhibition features almost 60 of the most popular scary movies of all time. And [...]