Scorched Earth - Brisbane Festival
Brisbane Powerhouse
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Scorched Earth is part crime-drama, part psychological thriller - piercing into a dark but fundamental question of the Irish psyche taking over the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of Brisbane Festival from September 17 to 20.
What right do we have to the land beneath our feet? What are we willing to do to keep it? Or take it.
Inspired by John B. Keane's The Field, the work draws audiences into the stark world of an interrogation room, where a Detective and suspect dredge through the ghosts of an unsolved murder long thought forgotten.
Blurring the lines of dance and theatre, Luke Murphy - creator of the flawless multi-award-winning Volcano, a hit at Brisbane Festival 2024 - weaves story, striking visuals, and visceral movement into a tapestry through which five international performers sear a picture of wanting, striving, deserving, and resenting.
A poetic final chapter of reaching and failing leaves no doubt of the cost of success!
Image credit: Scorched Earth - Credit Pato Cassinoni
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Brisbane Powerhouse - Powerhouse Theatre
119 Lamington Street
New Farm
Sep 17-20
