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NewsYou Can Help Save Brisbane's Iconic Tivoli Theatre
The 99-year-old, art deco-styled live music venue that was once a bakery (!) is up for sale.
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NewsBerlin's Disused Telephone Booths Are Being Turned Into Mini Nightclubs
A relic of telecommunications becomes the ultimate rave cave.
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GuideConcrete Playground's Reviews of the 2016 Oscar Winners
The Academy Award-winning films you really need to see right now.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2016
See the cream of Cannes Down Under.
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NewsSee the Incredible Winning Pictures from the 2016 World Press Photo Contest
See the heartbreaking year that was through the lenses of the world's best photojournalists.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsA Martin Scorsese Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
Revisit the taxi drivers, goodfellas and wolf-like stockbrokers of the movie master's 60-year career.
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GuideThe Ten Best Shows to See at the Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016
26 days, more than 45 performers, and thousands of stomachs sore from laughter.
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NewsLocal Theatre Is Coming to a Cinema Near You Thanks to Australian National Theatre Live
Australia's best theatre companies light up the silver screen.
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NewsAmerican Rape on Campus Documentary to be Shown In Australian Universities
One of the most confronting films you'll see all year.
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NewsThe Filmmakers Behind Making a Murderer Are Coming to Australia
All your questions about the case of Steven Avery are about to be answered.
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NewsThese Are the Best Films of the Last Year According to Australian Film Critics
The Australian Film Critics Association have announced their 2016 award winners.
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NewsCourtney Barnett's Live Blog Was the Best Thing About the Grammys
Apart from Kendrick. Because Kendrick.
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NewsWin Tickets to Hail, Caesar!
The latest film from the Coen Brothers combines crime, comedy and a ridiculous cast.
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GuideThe Five Best Things to See at WTF 2016
Cambodian rock, robot choreography and Maori myths lead one eclectic World Theatre Festival lineup.
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NewsThe Five Best Films to See at the Brisbane Queer Film Festival 2016
Everything from transitioning to body swaps to Lily Tomlin being awesome.
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NewsTen Kickass Australian Films You Need to See in 2016
With everything from stories of Aussie cults to giant bloody spiders — it's easy to support local film this year.
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EventBottomless Gin Brunches at Covent Garden
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Covent Garden, West End
Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch in West End every Sunday.
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EventGinuary Festival
Sun, 26 Jan, 2025
Covent Garden, West End
Count down Australia's 100 best gins of the past year — and drink them.
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EventAdults-Only Mini-Golf Night
Sat, 11 Jan, 2025
The Jungle Adventure Play, Tingalpa
Tingalpa's 16-hole jungle-themed mini golf course with a cocktail bar throws weekly boozy parties just for adults.
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EventShuckin' Sundays
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Victory Lane, Ascot
This weekly special serves up $2 oysters from the Ascot venue's streetside cart.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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NewsRose Quartz Is Tasmania's Intimate New Music Festival
Held on the remnants of a pink crystal beach.
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NewsTropfest Founder John Polson Speaks Out on Why the Festival Almost Went Under
The Tropfest founder got real on triple j's Hack.
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NewsVan Gogh Has Listed His 'Bedroom' on Airbnb, and You Can Stay in It
Spend a night in a replica of the post-impressionist's The Bedroom.
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NewsJK Rowling Is Releasing an Eighth Harry Potter Book Because All Is Well
We're damn well stupefied.
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NewsWin Tickets to Flickerfest Brisbane 2016
Nab your seats at Australia's only Academy-accredited short film fest.
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NewsTropfest Announces 2016 Judges and Live Music Lineup
Try and impress the director of one of 2015's best Aussie films.
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NewsThis Website Is the Airbnb for Matching Musicians with Recording Studios
Forget booking a holiday — book in some studio time instead.
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NewsFour Brisbane Venues Are Hosting an Epic Valley Crawl
Hop on the inaugural Mountain Goat Valley Crawl.
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NewsHidden Hometown Gems from Laneway Festival's Unearthed Lineup
Find the best local fried chicken, coffee and Ethiopian nosh with Australian music's newbies.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to See at MELT Festival 2016
Brisbane's celebration of queer arts and culture is back for its sophomore year.
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NewsGroovin the Moo Announce 2016 Lineup
GTM returns with Danny Brown, Odesza and a whole lotta local talent.
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NewsKanye Will Premiere His New Album with Screenings in Sydney and Melbourne
Watch Kanye debut Waves live from Madison Square Garden.
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NewsYou Can't Swim in Artist Leandro Erlich's Pool (But You Can Walk Along the Bottom)
One of our favourite, most Instagrammable optical illusions to date.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Useful Guide to the 2016 Oscar Race
Who will win, who should win and who got snubbed.
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NewsBenjamin Law Talks Facebook, Family and the Lack of Diversity on Australian TV
Mad chats with the brains behind the new SBS comedy The Family Law.
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NewsReviving the Best Bits of Cinema with Quentin Tarantino
The Hateful Eight director talks bringing back westerns, 70mm film and good old cinema-going.
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NewsGold Coast's Bleach* Festival Announces Killer 2016 Lineup
The multi-arts festival will take over the coast's natural landscapes for three weekends this March.
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NewsBuy an Original Banksy and Get This Free House Thrown in
Three bedrooms, a patio and a mural by the world's most famous street artist.
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NewsThese Two Brisbane Cinemas Are About to Look a Whole Lot Different
Cineplex Hawthorne and the Eldorado are both getting a makeover.
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