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Keith Urban performs at Rod Laver Arena, August 25, 2025.

Keith Urban playing Pink Pony Club? It’s a Monday night to remember

Keith Urban takes the stage beaming at the audience, white teeth, tasteful blond highlights. He keeps the charm up and he works hard.

  • Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Tony Way and Andrew Fuhrmann

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Yaron ‘didn’t like circus very much’. Now, his Aussie troupe is adored in Europe

Circa’s blend of gravitas and gravity-defying circus acts has won it high praise in the northern hemisphere. Now its artistic director wants to raise its profile back home.

  • Jane Albert
Holly Cardinal.

Meet the kids who ran off to join the circus school

Students come from across the country to go to this select-entry school, which has provided a steady stream of graduates to one of the world’s top contemporary circus groups.

  • Bridie Smith
xxBrisbaneTours Six of the best Brisbane tours ; text by Rob McFarland ; handout images supplied by Tayla Barkhuysen <tbarkhuysen@brisbane-eda.com.au>  Brisbane Economic Development Agency ; kayak on the Brisbane River with Riverlife Adventure Centre

Things to do in Brisbane on the King’s Birthday long weekend

From sports and shows to concerts and movies, here’s our guide to the long weekend in the River City.

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Cirque du Soleil’s enduring appeal is that it offers a break from reality. Sarah Togni (left) and Shena Tschofen

A plumber from Tassie has brought more magic to Cirque du Soleil

Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.

  • Nadia Bailey
Tom Jones performs at Margaret Court Arena on March 28.

Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

Tom Jones has been touring for six decades, but his arena show was anything but nostalgia.

  • Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
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Cirque du Soleil’s enduring appeal is that it offers a break from reality. Sarah Togni (left) and Shena Tschofen

Be amazed by what a plumber from Tassie has done to Cirque du Soleil

Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.

  • Nadia Bailey
A touring show from the makers of Cirque du Soleil, Luiza is based in an imaginary Mexico, and uses Mexican themes throughout.
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Trailer: Luiza by Cirque du Soleil

A touring show from the makers of Cirque du Soleil, Luiza is based in an imaginary Mexico, and uses Mexican themes throughout.

Grease has opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

It’s got groove, it’s got meaning: Yes, Grease is (still) the word

This wrap of shows includes Grease, Fantastic Mr Fox, Harold Lopez-Nussa, Circus 1903, The Choir of Man, and the Peninsula Summer Music Festival.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Andrew Fuhrmann, Sonia Nair and Tony Way
The Matildas’ remarkable run to the World Cup semi-finals has helped secure funding for women’s sport, but much more is needed, say the sport’s peak governing bodies.

42 things the Brisbane Times team loved about Brisbane in 2023

From Lang Park to the stages of QPAC, a lot of good things happened this year. 

  • Cameron Atfield, Kristen Camp, Alex Condon, Brittney Deguara, Nick Dent, Jocelyn Garcia, Courtney Kruk, Tony Moore, Rosanna Ryan and Matt Shea