FILM
THE COMMONWEALTH VISION AWARDS 2008 - The CVA Awards are back for 2008 and - being a member of the Commonwealth - you can enter! Aspiring filmmakers should check out www.rcsint.org/vision.

INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL - Bollywood is back! The Indian Film Festival will light up Portside Wharf  from October 16 – 19 with a showcase of the latest and greatest films from the sub-continent at Dendy Cinemas Portside. Tickets: 3137 6005.

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL - Do it Italian-Style at the Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2008. Opening this year’s ninth festival is ‘Her Whole Life Ahead’ from director Paolo Virzi. - @ Palace Centro Cinemas, October 1-19.


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THEATRE
A STORM IN A TEACUP - Flipside Circus take on the Bard as Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’ collides with cartwheels and flips a plenty! - @ Brisbane Powerhouse, October 1 - 4. Tickets: 3358 8600. CANDY MAN - A high energy, sophisticated song and dance experience featuring comedy, tap, impersonations and more created by and starring Wayne Scott Kermond, Candy Man celebrates the music of Sammy Davis Jr, one of the world’s greatest entertainers. - @ Playhouse, QPAC, January 28 - February 15. Tickets: 136 246. OLIVER! - Everyone’s favourite orphan is back in Savoyard’s production of the much-loved musical. - @ Iona Performing Arts Centre, until October 12. Tickets: 3893 4321. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST - Protagonist Randall P. McMurphy crash-lands in a mental hospital where he teaches the occupants about liberation, literally and metaphorically. - @ Centre Stage Theatre, Spring Hill, September 18 - October 4. Tickets: oztix.com.au.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Arguably Oscar Wilde’s most lauded work, ‘Earnest’ is as dazzling as it is notorious. Featuring a stellar cast, this one should not be missed! BYO cucumber sandwiches. - @ Playhouse, QPAC, October 13 - November 1. Tickets: 136 246.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC - The world's best-loved musical, ‘The Sound of Music’, has finally made its way to the Sydney Street Theatre stage this year. Relive memories of the strudel in ‘My Favourite Things’,yodelling in ‘The Lonely Goatherd’, and everyone’s favourite ‘Do-Re-Mi’. - @ Sydney Street Theatre, New Farm, now until October 11. Tickets: www.briztix.com or 3358 5387.

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Follow the journey of six quirky champion spellers (as well as a few unexpected local competitors) as they s-p-e-l-l their way through the Putnam County finals to gain spelling supremacy. - @ Roundhouse Theatre, QUT Kelvin Grove, October 1 - 11.

THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE - What would you do for a beloved friend? Irish terrorist Padraic has no feeling for those he tortures or blows up, but he has an obsessive sentiment for animals, especially his pet cat Wee Thomas. - @ Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, September 30 - October 18.

TWELFTH NIGHT - Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble returns to the Roma Street Parkland to expose the hidden desires and obsessions lurking beneath the surface in ‘Twelfth Night’. - @ The Amphitheatre, Roma Street Parkland, October 2-26.

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ART
CBD GALLERY - Weekly 'BLAC Friday' exhibitions feature new works from CBD’s seven residential artists. - @ CBD, above Govinda’s on Elizabeth St every Friday from 7pm.

DOGGETT STUDIO - Brisbane-based emerging artist Kelly Purvis has been selected to exhibit two paintings in the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship exhibition to be held in Sydney this month and Brisbane art-lovers can see them first @ her solo show 'Firmly Planted', which opens on October 17 at Doggett Studio in Newstead.

FLIPBOOK GALLERY - Sneaker Culture is a celebration of all things shoe. - @ Flipbook Gallery, West End, October 3-18.

FUCK THE RENT - Comic art, stencilgraf and shirt designs will be on display as part of this cheery exhibition at Verve, Metro Arts, October 6.

GRILLED - Break-dancing brothers Bill and James Moulton, Jason Heidke, Shannon Lawless and MC Clinic, combine their street art powers when in a group exhibition at Percolator Gallery from September 25 - October 2.

IMA - Diena Georgetti: The Humanity of Abstract Painting 1988-2008. This first major survey exhibition of leading Queensland-based painter Diena Georgetti, opens @ the IMA on 18 October.

THE ILLUSTRATORS - KILN Gallery opens their doors to a mixed bag of exciting illustrators with works that will make you go weak at the knees. - @ Kiln Gallery, October 3 - 26.

JUDITH WRIGHT CENTRE - An installation artwork entitled 'Sex Space Intimacy' by emerging artist Melody Woodnutt is so risque it’s recommended for viewers 15+. Wahoo. @ The Judy October 7 - 18.

JUGGLERS - Randal Breen’s ‘Boganville’ and the group exhibit ‘Back Issues: An Exhibition Of Alternative Brisbane Comic Creators’. - @ Jugglers Artspace, October 3 - 24.

METRO ARTS - Observatory Space by Lucy Griggs and Shift by Chris Denaro @ Metro Arts Galleries, Edward Street, October 15 - November 1.

MODERN RUIN - More than 40 works by leading international artists and filmmakers exploring Modernism and the notion of ruin. - @ GoMA, until October 12.

POWERHOUSE - ‘All You Can Eat’ explores the preconceived notions of how and what people eat and to explore the contemporary idea that these findings indicate the type of person they are. - @ VISY Foyer, Brisbane Powerhouse, October 7-26.

RYAN RENSHAW GALLERY - Alasdair Macintyre’s ‘Splatsville: Memoirs of a Failed Painter’ is an intelligent and humorous antidote to all that tut tutting about the demise of wit and cleverness in current art making practises. - @ Ryan Renshaw Gallery, September 23 - October 11.

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COMDEY
COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT - Steady Eddy supported by Rob Brown and MC Mike Van Acker. - @ The Basement, Gold Coast Arts Centre, October 3.

LIVEWIRED COMEDY - Laughs a plenty are guaranteed all evening. - Every Sunday @Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse, 6.30 - 8.30pm.

MAKE DEADSH*TS HISTORY RETURN TOUR - Heath Franklin is back, head-butting his way across the country and tackling bigger issues than ever before. - @ Arts Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, October 17.

SITDOWN COMEDY CLUB - Mandy Nolan, hosted by Paul Brasch, and supported by Casey Talbot, Lap Phan & Ben Graw. - @ The Paddo Tavern, Given Tce, October 2-4.

STEPHEN K. AMOS - After sellout seasons at Melbourne Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe 2008, Stephen K. Amos makes a flying visit to Queensland. - @ Arts Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, October 10.

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DANCE
OBLIVIOT - A contemporary dance work which explores the ‘ridiculous’ in commonly accepted current social conventions and behaviors. - @ VISY Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, October 9-11. Tickets: 3358 8600.

UNDERGROUND - Set in a subway during rush hour, Underground is a place of crowded isolation, familiar yet strange. It’s a world where commuters slip between mundane reality and a vivid dream world – disconnected from each other, yet capable of great compassion and tenderness. - @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, October 8-11. Tickets: 3358 8600.

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OPERA
TURNADOT - Puccini’s opera ‘Turnadot’ takes its name from its lead protagonist - an ice princess who challenges her suitors to solve three impossible riddles where failure means instant death. Enter Prince Calaf - a determined young man who’s keen to earn Turnadot’s affections. - @ Lyric Theatre, QPAC, October 18 - November 1. Tickets: 136 246.
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FESTIVALS
Brisbane Cabaret Festival - Exploding out of its skin, the Brisbane Cabaret Festival is back with an action-packed, treat-filled program that takes over QPAC from October 1 - 11. For full program details click www.brisbanecabaretfestival.com.

TINA - Jump on a train! Board a plane! Grab your artistic mates and head toNewcastle as the city explodes with all your indie arts wants/ needs and desires as part of the largest emerging arts festivals Australia has to offer! - @ Newcastle, from October 2 - 6. Full program: www.thisisnotart.org.


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ETC
DEEP BLUE - What looks like an orchestra, acts like a band and feels like a movie? Deep Blue. Incorporating cameras, giant screens, dynamic lighting, strings and electronics, Deep Blue is an evolution in contemporary music-making that creates an orchestra which is accessible to everyone. - @ Redland Performing Arts Centre, October 7. Tickets: 3829 8131.


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