Premiere performances, provocative productions, installations and exhibitions will herald the arrival of the new Metro Arts in West End.
The arrival brings West End its first live theatre in 25 years.
The September to December programme features a kaleidoscope of events and exhibitions to show off the state-of-the-art space, including some of Queensland's world-class talent.
Artists and audiences alike will have access to Metro Arts' new facilities, including the New Benner Theatre, exhibition galleries, two multipurpose studios and the Factory Lane outdoor precinct, encompassing the foyer, box office, cafe and bar.
Metro Arts joins a citywide network of venues hosting Brisbane Festival events throughout September.
"We have programmed some incredible performance works in our New Benner Theatre, including several world premieres, our new galleries will house truly mesmerising visual art exhibitions and installations and, of course, we will put the open outdoor spaces in and around The Common and Factory Lane to great use," Metro Arts Creative Director and CEO Jo Thomas says.
'Apocalipstick'
"For something really special, we have programmed the multimedia, interactive 'Avoidable Perils' by Counterpilot which will be projected at night across the façade of the former Peter’s Ice Cream Factory building at West Village as part of Brisbane Festival."
The venue will host the world premiere of fluorescent art installation Brainbow Magic by Hiromi Tango.
Other Brisbane Festival productions include 'Cowboy', 'How To Spell Love', 'Future Ancestor's and 'The Type'.
As part of Brisbane City Council's Temporary Art Program, Brisbane-based artist Robert Andrew opens new exhibition A Connective Reveal – Community alongside Sally Golding's light and sound-reactive installation Assembly Now.
'Flat Out Like A Lizard' - Image © Monique Roy
Polytoxic brings high-octane style to the New Benner Theatre in 'Apocalipstick' while the partnership with TAFE Queensland's Robert The Cat theatre collective continues in 'Flat Out Like a Lizard'.
Exhibitions will fill Metro Arts' new Gallery 1, Gallery 2 and Window Gallery until the end of the year, including Blak Curatorial Exchange, a six-week development programme for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists.
Quandamooka artist Elisa Jane Carmichael will unveil new textile work, and Kyle Weise will curate an exhibition paying homage to the Cathode-Ray-Tube television called New For Old.
