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SEX WORKER'S PRIVATE LIVES IN FOCUS IN NEW EXHIBITION

The private lives of Melbourne’s street sex workers will be revealed in award-winning Brisbane photojournalist Gemma Rose Turnbull’s exhibition Red Light Dark Room: Sex, Lives and Stereotypes on at Brisbane Powerhouse from Thursday 1 to Sunday 18 December 2011.

FRENCH FEMME FATALES ONSTAGE AT SO FRENCHY SO CHIC

Grab your beret, sip your champagne and get down to Brisbane Powerhouse on Friday 20 January 2012 for So Frenchy So Chic 2012. This year’s line-up features internationally renowned singer songwriter Asa and critically acclaimed five-piece Moriarty both set to deliver incredible French-inspired music and beyond with impeccable je ne ses quoi!

BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012 MEDIA KIT

Brisbane will be caught giggling, chuckling, cackling and chortling when 54 international and Australian comedians hit the stage at 2012. Returning for the fourth year, Brisbane Comedy Festival brings audiences a line up with international headliners Tom Green, Stephen K Amos, Mark Watson and Daniel Kitson and introduces the Best of Malaysian Comedy starring Harith Iskander.

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE POWERS AHEAD WITH RECYCLING

Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane’s leading arts performance venue, is the most recent in an impressive line of Queensland stadia, entertainment and events venues, to take up the away from home recycling challenge and install new recycling systems for the general public.

AWARD WINNING BUNNY ON STAGE AT WORLD THEATRE FESTIVAL

Winner of the Melbourne Fringe festival Innovation in Theatre Award, Bunny is a cruel and unusual love story about men and will be on at World Theatre Festival 2012 from 22-26 February.

VIDEO GOGGLES + THEATRE = PURE ESCAPISM. AND THE BIRDS FELL FROM THE SKY

Escape into another world with Il Pixel Rosso’s And the Birds Fell From the Sky – an innovative theatre experience where only two audience members can take part, armed with video goggles, MP3 players and a set of instructions. Coming to Brisbane Powerhouse from 19 - 26 February, to a whole new level.

POLITICAL PERSECUTION NO BARRIER TO BELARUS FREE THEATRE - DISCOVER LOVE

You won’t be arrested when you see Belarus Free Theatre’s Discover Love in Australia. Despite facing political persecution and police raids in their own country, Belarus Free Theatre will hold the Australian premiere of their latest work Discover Love during World Theatre Festival 2012 from 16 – 19 February.

WANDERLUST MEETS THEATRE IN BRISBANE POWRHOUSE MYSTERY TOUR - ELEPHANT GUN

NEW YORK'S MEN BRING THEIR BEATS TO BRISBANE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Brooklyn-based political electro-pop band MEN, featuring Le Tigre’s JD Samson, will be performing at World Theatre Festival 2012 on Friday 24 February.

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE BRINGS YOU THE WORLD ON STAGE

The best independent theatre from Italy, Belarus, India, United States, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia will hit the stage at World Theatre Festival 2012, along with forums, masterclasses and a new Festival Lounge with free live music and Wi-Fi, at the Brisbane Powerhouse from 16 – 26 February 2012.