Banquet of Secrets

Overview

Combine The Marriage of Figaro with My Kitchen Rules — and add a bit of worth — and you have Banquet of Secrets. In this new opera meets musical theatre meets fine dining, four old friends gather at their favourite restaurant for their annual dinner. During the course of their meal one asks, "is it possible friends as old as we, might have secrets hidden from each other, from the world?".

They all answer no, the play finishes 15 minutes in and everyone applauds, because this is art.

No, no, no, not that at all. Playwrights — and TV icon Steve Vizard and jazz legend Paul Grabowsky, aka Banquet of Secrets' creators — work for their buck. The four friends each agree to share their deepest secret while they eat. What emerges is an equally amusing and bittersweet examination of love, friendship, loss, betrayal, joy and the well-known connection between good food and great conversation.

After premiering to critical acclaim in Melbourne, Banquet of Secrets performs at the Brisbane Powerhouse from April 7 to 9.