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SHOWS
Briefs factory has a variety of shows currently available
BITE CLUB
Ft. SAHARA BECK
Bite Club re-introduces Brisbane’s award-winning cult-cabaret mischief makers, circus stars and heart-stopping hooligans Briefs Factory International, as they go head-to-head with much celebrated and sainted song bird Sahara Beck. In an event sautéed in hedonistic haze, guests will be treated to a shotgun wedding and table settings of music, circus, drag, burlesque, theatre and comedy.


★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“The perfect blend of flesh, acrobats, dance, boylesque and brilliance."
After 10 years of selling out festivals worldwide, the Briefs boys are back with their hills hoist poised ready to air their Dirty Laundry in this brand new party cabaret you don’t want to miss out on. Led by Fez Faanana aka Shivanana, featuring a line-up of classic Briefs boys as well as some shiny new boys and toys. With more glitter stains and ballsy attitude than ever before, your favourite Briefs misfits give you a night of intoxifying physicality, gob-smacking comedy, unapologetic truths, and ridiculous showmanship.
Turn your cycle to HOT as you watch these boys tumble dry
DIRTY
LAUNDRY
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“It’s a rare thing that a children’s piece holds its young audience in such high regard."
- THE IRISH TIMES
A high-energy super fun afternoon show for all ages brought to you by the finest team of circus artists and mischief makers behind international touring sensation Briefs. Created specially to get youngsters excited about expressing themselves, with hula hoops at top speed, acrobatics at crazy heights and seriously cheeky clowning antics. Grab your hula- hoop, put on your party outfit and join the Brat Kids Carnival!

BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL

CLUB BRIEFS
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"There is indeed something radical-feeling about so many different kinds of beauty in one show"
- Spy in the Stall London
Expect a pumping soundtrack with your favourite dance floor smashes and ridiculous performances from the Briefs boys plus a cavalcade of hand-selected guest cabaret and circus artists. Stomp it out on the catwalk, dance until late, laugh until you ache and experience the club night that spawned the international touring sensation Briefs. Paying homage to the traditions of circus, the extremities of physical theatre, the artistry of drag, the guts of burlesque, the imagery of theatre, the debauchery of speakeasies and the showmanship of cabaret. The company uses the circus and variety format as a vehicle for engaging audiences, challenging stereotypes, and exploring notions of gender, sexual orientation, race and politics.
BRED
BRED is a hard-hitting, high-velocity & heavy-handed variety show celebrating first nations artists & artistry through physical theatre, drag, music, dance, performance art and show-womanship. BRED is a new production from Briefs Factory that proclaims a roll-call of Australia's finest first nations front runners creating a clever cultural cabaret capsizing with charisma!
Theatre, cabaret, circus and dance has the ability to transport an audience into the idealistic and glitter-bombed world of an artist. BRED aims to fantasise the audience into the world constructed by celebrated cast of first nations performance artists. BRED takes the form of the variety format which has proven to be highly demanded from festival goers across the globe. The freedom, the accessibility and celebratory quintessence of variety is even more relevant in this odd time of COVID19. BRED will entertain audiences with high skill and unabated extravaganza, it will challenge audiences with relevant and alienating perspectives, it will command attention and sustain retention, it will incite meaningful conversation geared towards exploiting and unpacking the status quo.


★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“SPEctacular"
- TIME out
From their warehouse party origins in Brisbane’s West End, all the way to slaying the glittering stages of London’s West End, theBriefs boys are back in town with a sci-fi spectacle of flirty, filthy fabulousness.Close Encounters features Briefs’ heart-stopping blend of cabaret burlesque, comic caper, dazzling drag, and jaw-dropping circus. Expect interstellar aerial feats and warp-speed strippers from outer space as they push the boundaries of artistry, masculinity and decency. This glory of intergalactic glamour is the third installment from Briefs, and lands at Brisbane Festival having well and truly glitter-bombed the globe.
Prepare yourselves for a close encounter with theBriefs boys
CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS
THE SECOND COMING
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Freakish, funny and beautiful”
- The ScotsmaN
An all male, sharp-shooting cabaret of burlesque with balls, high-flying circus bandits and savage gender offenders. Get ready for a madcap safari through extravagant bird bath boylesque, too-close-for-comfort yo-yo tricks, valiant aerial acrobatics, irreverent interludes, ferocious fanfares and show-stopping drag artists.
