First Nations Programming and Performances at 2025's Brisbane Festival
Ben Graetz is the writer and director of Tina - A Tropical Love Story, but is also known as performer Miss Ellaneous. Ben shares what audiences may expect from this show as he invites other performers to do a Tina Number as well, as an enable of high energy performances saying "it is really my love letter and tribute to the only and only Tina Turner"
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