ENGINE
25 August - 12 September
Engine is a highly charged theatrical event about family, friends and cars - of fixing what's broken and celebrating life. Actors Bob Baines and Melanie Zanetti are joined on stage by a host of young performers from Brisbane State High School, Clairvaux Mackillop College and St Laurence's College, adding dynamic physicality, character and unique perspectives on young people in cars... It's a funny and moving roller-coaster ride that will break your heart and mend it. 
GWEN IN PURGATORY
29 September - 24 October
Tommy Murphy is one of Australia's best comic writers. But he's more than that: his Holding the Man recently wowed London West End audiences. This is his latest work - a brilliant comedy about 90-year-old Gwen, who woke up one morning to discover that purgatory is sitting in a new house in a new subdivision, trying to work out if the remote in her hand operates the TV, the air-con or the fan-forced oven. This co-production with the legendary Company B Belvoir is directed by Australia's finest director, Neil Armfield.
This is a true story. One night, Johnny poses online as a girl named AlbaJay. As his infatuation with a football golden boy grows, he creates a string of fictitious characters - a serial killer, multiple family members of AlbaJay, and a female secret service agent - all in the name of getting what he most desires. Hamlet director David Berthold returns to direct this heart-stopping play starring Leon Cain.
"the most compelling, wonderful piece of theatre...has you on the edge of your seat" Sue Gough - ABC Radio
"an engaging and sometimes very funny portrayal of just how far some young people can go in constructing fantasy worlds online... The strength is in the energy, pace and wit...undoubtedly entertaining" Bree Hadley - The Australian
"I Love You, Bro is a fabulous play. Beautifully written, directed and designed and with a mesmerising performance at its heart... A one-man tour de force". Katherine Lyall-Watson - ourbrisbane.com
"The tangled webs of the play are beautifully drawn, paced and directed... Cain's usual onstage persona - an easy boyish charm - gets a makeover in what is a break-through role for him." - Kate Foy - Greenroom
"One of the most engaging and remarkable things I've seen for some time" Nigel Munro-Wallis - 612 ABC
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