Velvet Helmet is just one part of a vibrant and energetic fringe arts scene in Brisbane. We’re gonna do our best to keep you updated on shows and events that you might not find out about otherwise. Here is some of the fab stuff that is happening out in the arts world right now.
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Dirty Sexy Politics are the darlings of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. You saw them first at our Anti-Valentines Cabaret, now see them wow our southern arts lovers. 
“Tom Albert and Samuel Valentine, with their boyish good looks, rumpled suits and manic demeanour, could be mistaken for young Liberals at the tail end of a three-day coke binge…”
“impressive…musical skills”
“topical, fresh and eccentric”
Click here to read the Aphra review in full….
“Vaudevillian ne’er-do-wells… disillusioned by bureaucracy and fast-talking ministers, have decided to seize power the only way they know how: Through sex, revenge and unbridled chaos.”
And here’s one from The Butterfly Club…
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Our very own Eloise Maree attended the ArTour Showcase 2015 in Mackay.
Here is her insightful summation of the event, and her ideas for building relationships and improving positive touring experiences for artists and audiences alike.
Photo credit: Stephen Sloggett
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Anywhere Theatre Festival – Brisbane Edition – is selling fast!
May 7 to 24, 2015, you will be able to see art in weird and wonderful spaces all over Brisbane – in private homes, under bridges, in training spaces, intimate and provocative and very reasonably priced, get on to their website super fast and check out the best in the Brisbane underground arts scene.
Our pick of the bunch….
What is in store for the Orphan, when the Stranger comes to visit…
Learning to Love Gravity
*****
An insiders look at relationships between strippers and their patrons…
The Touch Industry
*****
Poet extraordinaire Scott Wings brings you…
Colossi
*****
An actual old school murder mystery…
Murder in the Mansion
*****
It’s game on when eight Australian Prime Minister’s take to the boxing ring..,.
The Fight
But seriously, there is so much more and we couldn’t begin to highlight all the shows you ought to see. Be a glutton. Get your art fix. Feast til you burst. MMMMM artsartsartsarts nomnomnom
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