ENTERTAINMENT SOUTH BRISBANE

Through both his lauded work fronting The Commotions and his more eclectic solo efforts, Lloyd Cole established himself as one of the most articulate and acute songwriters of the post-punk era. Finally, he returns to Australia in January 2017 with The Retrospective – playing the Lloyd Cole songbook 1983 to 1996. To celebrate the release of the new 1983 to 1996 anthology, Lloyd will perform songs exclusively from this classic period. The release of 2015’s Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Collected Recordings 1983 to 1989 was received to universal warmth and acclaim, and it sold out far more quickly than UMG anticipated. Embracing a spirit of rediscovery, this show is not to be missed by any true Lloyd Cole fan or anyone with a passion for the history of alt-pop/rock. "Remains timeless.” Nottingham Post. Presented by QPAC in association with Troubadour Music....

He’ll wheedle his way into your life and before you know it, all you had was gone. The slick swindler’s latest mark is the wealthy Orgon, head of a household on the very top rung of society’s ladder. Orgon has worked hard to make his fortune and live a lavish life, but something is missing. Posing as a spiritual advisor, Tartuffe is selling salvation to the successful but soul-sick socialite and has him wrapped around his little finger. The creep intends to ruin Orgon and walk away with his fortune, his wife and his daughter to boot! But fortunately, Orgon’s family can see right through this devilish impostor. Ribald and riotously irreverent, Tartuffe is about the war of wits between a falsely pious fraud and a family conspiring to catch him with his pants around his ankles. When first performed in the 17th century, French playwright Molière’s sinfully brilliant comedy was damned as such an attack on religious hypocrisy that the Catholic Church called for anyone watching or performing it to be excommunicated. The public, however, loved it – and its pillorying of religious fanaticism and moral weakness will resonate with modern crowds just as keenly....

Will has planned to share a restful Christmas with his mother. But then she falls ill. During a bedside vigil, Will is forced to piece together the shards of his life, questioning his role as an artist, a son, and a citizen of the world. Another moving and life-affirming work by Michael Gow (Away)....