BRISBANE POWERHOUSE EVENTS LISTINGS / WEEK OF DEC 1 – 7
Briefs: The Second Coming!
Cabaret
Wed 03 – Sun 14 December
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $30 – $54 (+bf)
Described as an Aussie Cirque du Soleil meets Ru Paul’s Drag Race, you’ll fall in love with Briefs and their cheeky, award-winning male burlesque show when it returns to Brisbane after an acclaimed London season.
World Food Markets
Markets
Fri 05–Sun 07 + Fri 12–Sun 14 December
Powerhouse Plaza, Brisbane Powerhouse
Free
Stroll under the stars and discover sensational international cuisine of the World Food Markets as part of Brisbane Powerhouse’sWonderland festival, featuring a large range of local food trucks serving gourmet burgers, Mexican, pizza and delicious sweet treats.
Dead! (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Cabaret
Fri 05 + Sun 07 December
Turbine Studio / Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
From $29 (+bf)
Dead! celebrates the afterlife with the femme fatales of Babushka performing a sassy selection of murder ballads. From My Chemical Romance and Nick Cave, to Kurt Well and Foster the People, enjoy sultry songs of death, murder, crime and passion sung by these sinister songstresses.
The Complete Unauthorised Biography of Cabaret (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Cabaret
Fri 05–Sun 07 December
Graffiti Room, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $20 (+bf)
After a sold-out New York performance you can catch award-winning performer Bradley McCaw’s The Complete Unauthorised Biography of Cabaret in Brisbane. Enjoy old favourites and new discoveries as McCaw adds a little sparkle to your life with this trip down memory lane.
Topology and The Kransky Sisters: Tunes from the Tube (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Comedy
Fri 05–Sat 13 December
Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
From $29 – $39 (+bf)
Brisbane audiences will be treated to a nostalgic trip of popular television and film theme songs such as Doctor Who, Twin Peaks,American Beauty and James Bond when The Kransky Sisters and Topology reunite for Tunes from the Tube. Watch as they combine forces to bring you unique versions of some of the world’s most-loved scores and songs.
Dandyman (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Comedy / Circus
Fri 05–Sun 7 December
Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $25 (+bf)
Internationally acclaimed and awarded, Daniel Oldaker’s Dandyman is a quirky prince of physical comedy and circus. Join him for an evening of jaw-dropping circus, absurd acrobatics, side-splitting comedy and mischievous hi-jinks!
Icarus Falling (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Theatre
Fri 05–Sun 7 December
Graffiti Room, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $20 (+bf)
Combining his trademark humour and lyricism, Scott Wings presents a raw and personal hour of performance poetry. Icarus Falling is the one man smash hit of Edinburgh Fringe, back in Brisbane for the first time. Poignant, powerful and real.
Ryan Coffey: Live & Loud (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Theatre
Fri 05–Sun 7 December
Graffiti Room, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $20 (+bf)
You’ll fall in love with rock-comedy raconteur Ryan Coffey as he gleefully combines his impressive musical ability with his dirty sense of humour to tackle topics like first love and garage sales.
Vanguard Burlesque (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Cabaret
Fri 05–Sat 6 December
Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $25 (+bf)
A local institution, Vanguard Burlesque features award-winning performers including burlesque stars Alyssa Kitt (reigning Miss Burlesque Queensland), Lillian Lace (RAW Performer of the Year 2012), Dolly Cakes (Miss Burlesque Gold Coast 2014) and more.
The Devil Wears Leigh Buchanan (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Cabaret
Fri 05 + Fri 12 December
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $30 – $34 (+bf)
Brisbane’s favourite sharp-tongued socialite, Leigh Buchanan, reveals all in this hysterical new show that celebrates celebrity secrets and red-carpet style. Through heart-rending song and catwalk comedy, Buchanan (Project Runway) and his nemeses Barbara Winsor Woo and (YouTube famous) Nanna, translate his rags-to-Swarovski crystal life.
Acts of Absurdity (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Circus
Fri 05 December
Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $25 (+bf)
The brainchild of physical comedian Dandyman (Daniel Oldaker), Acts of Absurdity features audience favourites Neridah Waters, Lucas Stibbard, Marianna Joslin, Rani Huzar and Leighton Stephens as well as an ever-changing line-up of local and international talent who will have you hollering for more.
Bec Laughton (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Music
Sat 6 + Sat 13 December
Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $20 (+bf)
You’ll want to move when you hear Laughton launch into tracks of her latest EP M&R, filled with dance-floor friendly hooks and that voice that earned her the nickname “little lion lungs”. Be sure to catch this big voice as she performs her adventurous tunes with a vaudevillian style troupe like never before.
Ben from Brisbane – A Quiet Night In (Part of Wonderland Festival)
Comedy
Sun 7 – Thu 11 December
Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $29 – $39 (+bf)
After becoming one of the most loved Big Brother housemates Ben Zabel is now a media darling, social media star and is stopped for over 200 selfies a day. Meet Ben and hear his stories about looking for love on Grindr, being “adopted” by Bert Newton, becoming a spokesperson for mental illness and finding himself unintentionally thrust into the spotlight.
