The Brisbane Sci-Fi Theatre Festival

Overview

Dystopian worlds, alien jokes, the aftermath of a nuclear accident and a new interpretation of Frankenstein: they're all part of the city's newest theatre fest. Between Thursday, April 11 and Sunday, April 14, South Bank's Norman Price Theatre will play host to stage productions of the science fiction kind, because that's what the Brisbane Sci-Fi Theatre Festival is all about.

Highlights include Frankenstein and I, which sees both Mary Shelley and the creature she (and the fictional Victor Frankenstein) created tell their tales, plus the TRON-inspired Child's Play, where a kids' robotic toy takes over the world. Elsewhere, The Wishing Well sees five soldiers stumble across a well that could give them superpowers, Gary jumps into the void and Infinite Skies takes an improvised comedy approach to the genre.

This is the festival's first year, because — astonishingly — no one in Brisbane has tried to devote four days of theatre to science fiction as yet. S'Witch Collective is the driving force, and you'll feast your eyes on work by Big Fork, Two Braid Collective and Labeijn Productions, too. Also on the agenda: not only live-action theatre, but dance, videography and a few sci-fi suprises.