Not long ago the Basement at Metro Arts was doing everything a basement should do - storing stuff and keeping boxes out of the way - but as part of this years festival it has had a facelift.
Recently the guys at Metro Arts pulled up the carpet and gave it a fresh coat of paint and the storeroom was given over to Brisbane Festival as a blank canvas to turn into one of their late night hubs and independent performance venues. Producer Leah Shelton chats to Vicky about some of the programming, and we meet some of the artists putting on events at the venue including Sarah Gory from the Queensland Poetry Festival and Samantha Seljak from the Brisbane chapter of No Lights No Lycra.
In our reviews Ben has paid a visit to Leo, a show with two angles, and find out which surprise guest did their best to spoil Andrew's love affair with Arizona based band Calexico
