Social gallery: La Bella Figura premiere by Cairns’ JUTE Theatre Company

JUTE Theatre Company launched its latest production with a sold-out show and plenty of smiles, champagne and antipasto on Friday.

Showing until 23 October, La Bella Figura is a deeply moving but comedic musical drama exploring Italian migration to Australia, and more specifically to Far North Queensland.

Featuring an all-local cast and crew, and stories to resonate with thousands in Cairns of Italian heritage, it's no surprise to see Bulmba-ja packed with theatre-goers.

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Photos by Mimi Tannaka.

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Screen Queensland will build a new $6.8 million film and TV studio in Cairns
The new facility will be housed in the former Bunnings warehouse site in Portsmith
The redevelopment is funded by the Queensland Government

Far North Queensland is famed in the industry for its picture-perfect tropical and coastal locations.

Curtis Pitt

Member for Mulgrave

This facility is all about building on that momentum.

Curtis Pitt

Member for Mulgrave

Christmas parties seem to be taking over everyone's calendars, lucky we've got a few more options to fill in all the blanks. Japanese comedian Takashi Wakasugi is sharing his take after five years in Aus. NorthSite is hosting an artist meetup, as well as a new exhibition launch. We have a couple workshops by The Posy Crew and Annee herself with a Vietnamese coffee masterclass at Nu Nu. Plus, there are a few end of year performances by local choir, dance and community groups.

There's now no denying what time of year it is, so to shimmy in all the festivities we have a bunch of Christmas events all weekend long. JUTE's young talent is on full display with help from Overall Arts, and we have comedy at the Tanks with The War on 2023 wrapping the year up in a messy little bow. Paramour Cabaret is back for one night only, James R. Thomas is hitting the stage at Elixir, and Rock'n'Roar4 Paws is in Mareeba this time to raise funds for the Mareeba Animal Refuge.

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