Invisible Cities — 59 Productions and Dance Ballet Rambert

Overview

For five nights only, a seemingly ordinary Yeerongpilly warehouse will become a pop-up theatre — and the location for one of Brisbane Festival's big productions for 2019.

From Tuesday, September 24 to Saturday, September 28, Invisible Cities will take over the cavernous site on Fairfield Road. As well as setting up a 1050-seat site that'll only operate for the show's run, the project will unleash a blend of theatre, choreography, music, water, sand, projection mapping and other dazzling technical elements, all to transport audiences to three fantastical cities.

Here, you'll experience the joyful city of Zenobia, the golden confines of Beersheba and the seductive allure of Isadora. And, you'll feel the exploring spirit, too. Loosely based on the 1972 novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities follows the relationship between 13th-century Mongol conqueror and emperor Kublai Khan (Danny Sapani), and Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Matthew Leonhart).

The production makes its Australian premiere at Brisbane Festival, direct from its debut at the Manchester International Festival.