‘He was broken, forgotten, and angry. She recognised something of herself in him.’ You could be forgiven for expecting Elvis and Me: How a Musician and a Broken Racehorse Rescued Each Other to be a memoir about a horse. It’s much more. As someone who couldn’t...
Gympie’s 2026 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival kicked off with a launch last night that was low key, classy and full of heart. Invited guests, sponsors, volunteers and festival supporters enjoyed sunset drinks and canapes on the veranda and in the...
Imbil resident Vivien Eardley delayed becoming an artist after her Year Eight teacher told her she wasn’t good at drawing or painting. ‘It left an impression on me,’ said Ms Eardley. ‘I always had a creative crafty streak but nowhere to direct it. I made cards and...
Tall Trees Art Inc, known for presenting the large scale Tall Trees Art Exhibition, is going lower key in 2026 with a weekend of art, food and music at Traveston Hall in the last weekend of July. Tall Trees President, Wendy Birrell, says rather than holding the major...
‘Death is cleaner than divorce,’ is just one of the killer one-liners in Gympie-based Perseverance Street Theatre Company’s latest gripping and original production: Sisters. Whether or not you have a sister, this story of the volatile bond between sisters bound by...
Perseverance Street Theatre Company have announced their third professional production: Sisters: a dark, feminist fantasy exploring the volatile bond between two women in their middle years who are bound by blood, history and buried rage. Written by Sofia Abbey and...
SKINS, a collaborative exhibition by First Nations creatives on Kabi Kabi Country, brings twenty artists together to exhibit their art and share their stories. The exhibition is a culmination of weekly workshops each artist attended throughout the year. Lead curator...
Perseverance Street Theatre Company’s latest production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a moving play adapted by Simon Stephens, from Mark Haddon’s bestselling novel. This choice of play is a move away from the company’s usual original,...
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Little Seed Theatre Company’s ‘Shakespeare at the Lake’, series featuring students aged fifteen to eighteen breathing life into centuries-old plays. The company’s latest production: Romeo and Juliet, at Lake MacDonald...
The premise of Dove, Queensland writer Georgia Harper’s new novel: ‘What would you do if you had a whole day on earth free from men’? is intriguing. Harper is also a psychologist who has worked with serious violent offenders and survivors of crime so perhaps she drew...
