The Urbanite's Culture desk covers Brisbane's arts scene in depth — theatre, opera, ballet, exhibitions and the ideas shaping the city's creative life. From opening night reviews to artist profiles, this is where we track what's worth your attention on stage and in the gallery.
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In the gallery at West End's Vacant Assembly, Brisbane potter Jenna Catchpole talks us through Her Flame, My Hands — an annual exhibition bu…
The duo's new eight-track album, out 9 October, is a musical tribute to codebreaker Alan Turing — made with his biographer Andrew Hodges and…
Naomi Price leads Queensland Theatre's immersive revival of Calamity Jane back into the Bille Brown Theatre for a strictly limited encore se…
The ARIA Award-winning artist's third single from her forthcoming album PURE is an anthem about turning hard-won experience into strength, a…
Four decades after its original release, Paul Kelly's landmark double album Gossip returns as a collector's 2LP vinyl edition — blue and yel…
MJ the Musical launches its International Asian Tour in Tokyo this January, more than three decades after Michael Jackson's historic run at …
Lime Cordiale, Will Sparks, Touch Sensitive and Little Fritter take over the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast for one huge Halloween Weekender,…
Norwegian producer and DJ oskar med k has announced his debut headline Australian tour, with a Brisbane date locked in at The Tivoli on Thur…
Bringing a signature blend of genre-fluid audacity and deep civic connection, Artistic Director Ebony Bott unveils her vision for a city ste…
Alt-pop four-piece PARK RD have announced their second album, Boyhood, out November 6, alongside new single "Fatal" featuring Sydney musicia…
The Mac Miller Estate has announced a 10th anniversary edition of The Divine Feminine, out October 2 with three previously unreleased songs.…
Cara Delevingne has released "Crazy, Baby" and announced her debut album, Not Normal, arriving September 25 via Warner Records.…
Dolly Parton died on 25 August 2026, aged 80. A tribute to her music, her humanitarian legacy, and the line she left behind: find out who yo…
Neil Armfield's touring production of Death of a Salesman lands at QPAC's Lyric Theatre — a spare, disciplined staging carried by four extra…
Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa on turning INXS into Elegantly Wasted — a ballet about what happens when the curated, filtered self fina…
Suzie Miller's Strong is the New Pretty, the untold story of how the AFLW was born, has a new Official Impact Partner in the Minerva Network…
Twenty-five years after being dismissed as a flop, Mariah Carey's Glitter is finally getting the reissue it always deserved — vinyl, 15 unre…
Brandon Flowers' first solo album in over a decade is out now — recorded in Nashville with David Rawlings, Bruce Bouton and Charlie McCoy, a…
Universal Music is reissuing Amy Winehouse's multi-Grammy-winning Back To Black for its 20th anniversary — four unheard demos, a never-relea…
The Insidious franchise returns with a new family and a genuinely new twist — Gemma can bring what lives in The Further back into the real w…
KATSEYE's "Animal" has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, their first-ever chart-topper, as the group's third EP Wild builds momentum …
The Book of Mormon returns to Brisbane for the first time since 2015, playing at QPAC's Glasshouse Theatre — outrageous, note-perfect, and o…
Brisbane ceramicist Jenna Catchpole returns to West End's Vacant Assembly this September with Her Flame, My Hands, an annual exhibition buil…
Sam Smith's fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes, is out today via Capitol Records UK — three years in the making, deeply personal, and anchored b…
Queensland Ballet collides iconic Australian rock with contemporary dance in Elegantly Wasted, a new 65-minute commission set entirely to IN…
Royal Blood return with fifth studio album Dead Company, out November 13 via Warner Records, led by new single 'Ten Over Ten'.…
James Blunt's first new music since 2023's Who We Used To Be arrives with 'Tastes Like Summer,' produced by Red Triangle and released throug…
