Beginners’ Call takes audiences backstage and behind-the-scenes of Brisbane Festival, Queensland’s largest and much-loved celebration of arts and culture.
Meet the makers and hear from the artists; discover and critique new work; slip into the rehearsal room and stand in the wings as we give audiences unprecedented access to Queensland’s most anticipated event of the year.
Beginners’ Call shares the stories of actors and musicians, reveals the inspiration that drives creators and producers and explores the breadth and diversity of the 2022 Brisbane Festival program.
Quiet on set, the show’s about to start…
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Beginners’ Call takes audiences backstage and behind-the-scenes of Brisbane Festival, Queensland’s largest and much-loved celebration of arts and culture.
Meet the makers and hear from the artists; discover and critique new work; slip into the rehearsal room and stand in the wings as we give audiences unprecedented access to Queensland’s most anticipated event of the year.
Beginners’ Call shares the stories of actors and musicians, reveals the inspiration that drives creators and producers and explores the breadth and diversity of the 2022 Brisbane Festival program.
Quiet on set, the show’s about to start…
“To me, the arts community really is the soul of a community… We love the idea of contributing to the arts community and contributing to the soul of Brisbane.”
Paul Taylor
“There’s something really transcendent about dancing so badly that you break through that shell of having to take yourself seriously and you can just exist in your body in this really beautiful, joyful way.”
Neridah Waters, Co-Founder Dancers Common People Dance Eisteddfod
“(Ballroom) came off the blood, sweat and tears of trans women of colour and has survived and thrived throughout the years.”
Ella Ganza, DirectorHouse of Alexander
“The thing that brought us all together was the art. Wayfinder, true to its name, really enabled us all to find a way through.”
Kyle Page, Dancenorth Australia Artistic Director Wayfinder
“Ten years ago, I read in a book that 580 Chinese indentured labourers had been evacuated from Nauru during World War Two by the allies to Brisbane... They landed on 8 March 1942.”
Anna Yen, Writer Slow Boat
“We had said to each other, if we don’t have anything at this date, we’ll put a pin in the company until we can find the energy and the passion to drive again.”
David Morton, Writer & Director Holding Achilles.
“It can start off very awkward, maybe a little bit uncomfortable but at the end of it you get this really beautiful experience.”
Virginia Antonipillai, Mammalian Diving Reflex Creative Producer, Nightwalks with Teenagers
“Like anybody who puts any creative vision out into the world, there’s that moment when your heart skips a beat: Are people going to like this? Does it resonate? Does it do all of the things it needs to?”
Louise Bezzina, Brisbane Festival Artistic Director
Beginners’ Call takes audiences backstage and behind-the-scenes of Brisbane Festival, Queensland’s largest and much-loved celebration of arts and culture.
Meet the makers and hear from the artists; discover and critique new work; slip into the rehearsal room and stand in the wings as we give audiences unprecedented access to Queensland’s most anticipated event of the year.
Beginners’ Call shares the stories of actors and musicians, reveals the inspiration that drives creators and producers and explores the breadth and diversity of the 2022 Brisbane Festival program.
Quiet on set, the show’s about to start…
