16 - 25 Sept
Let’s Be Friends Furever
Real dogs, real stories, unreal theatre!
Brisbane Festival and Brisbane Powerhouse present
World Premiere
The Good Room
The Powerhouse Theatre will be transformed into a dog park this September as besotted owners and their beloved pooches take to the stage, sharing stories of love, loyalty and laughter.
Theatre-makers The Good Room have searched Brisbane’s puppy playgrounds high and low to find local canines with barkworthy tails to tell. From an 80 kilogram dog with his own bedroom, a dogfluencer with more followers than you, and a national champion with fur to die for, hear from their companions in this hour of uplifting – and tear-jerking – theatre. Featuring video and live interviews with owners, vets and trainers, it’s the ultimutt live dogumentary for anyone who loves dogs.
From poodles to pugs, hounds to dames, it’s puppy love furever.
Created by The Good Room
Co-Produced by The Little Red Company
Director Daniel Evans
Executive Producers Amy Ingram, Naomi Price & Rachael Rigg
Designer Sarah Winter
Video Designer Craig Wilkinson
Composer & Sound Designer Mike Wilmett
Lighting Designer Jason Glenwright
Dramaturg Saffron Benner
Voice of God Hugh Parker
Live Feed Operator Ethan Lwin
Live Feed Operator Lauren Kennard
Animal Behaviour Advisor Justin Palazzo-Orr
Dogisitcs Manager Elizabeth Hunt
Stage Manager Jeremy Gordon
Production Manager Rebecca Easterman
Assistant Producer Nicholas Southey
Video Producer optikal bloc
Assistant Video Editor Nevin Howell
Additional Camera Operator Joel Tronoff
Producers The Good Room & The Little Red Company
Image by Morgan Roberts
This work has been co-commissioned by Brisbane Festival and HOTA, Home of the Arts and received support from Arts Queensland through the 2020 Working Title program.
This work is produced by The Little Red Company.
Production Partners







Price
$45 + Booking fee
Times
Tue - Fri 7pm
Sat 2pm, 6pm
Duration
90 minutes
Where
Powerhouse Theatre,
Brisbane Powerhouse ›
119 Lamington St,
New Farm QLD 4005
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Assistive listening systems available
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#Real stories
In the process of bringing real dogs and people to the stage, The Good Room conducted hundreds of hours of interviews across Australia. Here's a peek...
Delicious festival fodder. You don’t want to miss this. It’s gorgeous theatre.
XS Entertainment on
I Want To Know What Love Is by The Good Room
What The Good Room do is throw everything onto the floor - a vast collection of ideas and feelings and responses to real events and crowdsourced verbatim material - pour fuel over it, and set it on fire to create a spectacular event and food for thought, for a life outside the theatre that demands our burning presence.
XS Entertainment
#Artist

The Good Room
Interested in the exchange between audience and performer, Queensland-based performance collective The Good Room are invested in crafting ensemble-driven performance experiences that are immediate and aim to be unforgettable.