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Fringe Review: "Star-Crossed Poetry" Explores the Rawness of Love
It harnesses the honest power of poetry, although each show is tailored for an audience there is an authentic energy to every word uttered in this show. For anyone who has been in love, out of love or even speculated the concept, there is something here for you.
An Interview with WA Opera's Brad Cohen
Give our chat with the man behind WA Opera a read to find an insight into what to expect with his newest opera, whats to come next year and the age old question of... has he ever dropped the baton?
Scott McArdle Introduces Us to 'Laika: A Staged Radio Play'
Of all the intriguing shows The Blue Room Theatre are putting on this year, Second Chance Theatre's Laika: A Staged Radio Play is certainly one of the most interesting. We were privileged enough to talk to the show's writer, director and lighting designer Scott McArdle to get a better grasp on this fascinating project.
Theatre Review: Black Swan's Thrilling, Insightful 'Switzerland'
As one of Australia’s most acclaimed playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith is truly at her peak in Switzerland. What I discovered during this 100 minute psychological thriller of a play (in its own right) about one of the greatest contributors to said genre of the 20th century (that is, Patricia Highsmith) was a highly riveting and suspenseful probing of the human condition, the modern world, and a tiny glimpse into the mind of a great writer.
Theatre Review: The Ambitious, Thrilling Arteries by Ancestry
Fugue’s Arteries By Ancestry isn’t so much a play you ‘understand’ but rather one you witness and feel. It’s a visceral, often confronting performance that demands your attention and makes the most of it.
Theatre Review: "An Almost Perfect Thing" Delivers what the Title Suggests
The Blue Room Theatre's An Almost Perfect Thing is an almost perfect combination of plot driven mind folly and uncannily human characterisation. If you’re ready to teeter on the edge of your seat with the insatiable hunger of suspense, now is your time.
Theatre Review: Bell Shakespeare's Magnificent Merchant of Venice
Bell Shakespeare have managed to deliver a sensitive, engrossing and downright funny adaptation of this oft-controversial play.
Theatre Review: The Chilling 1984
There was many a time that I literally jumped in my seat, gripping the arm rests – yes, it was that good. Be prepared to see a play of harsh, confronting truth; one that may leave you shaken and emotionally drained.
Love, Art & Montaigne
An intimate night with a rising star in the Australian music scene.
Theatre Review: Blink is a Wonderfully Heartwarming Love Story
The Kabuki Drop's Blink is an immensely enjoyable romantic comedy of a very different kind, commissioned by the City of Perth for the Winter Arts Festival to take over an untapped performance space.
Theatre Review: Coma Land is Another Must-See Black Swan Production
Coma Land, the fantastic new production from Black Swan Theatre Company, made me feel every possible feeling on the spectrum last night, and I loved every minute of it
A Quick Chat with Melissa Cantwell, Director of New Theatre Show Blink
If you're looking for something different to do this Winter, you could do far worse than check out an intriguing drama piece known as Blink that will see its WA debut this month. We were privileged enough to have a quick chat with creative director Melissa Cantwell.
Theatre Review: "The Wild Duck" Reimagined
A glass box design and minimal prop use, Stone’s contemporary take on Ibsen’s classic brought The Wild Duck into the postmodern era, where the indelibility of the patriarchy and the timeless opposition of light and dark is constantly challenged.
Reconciliation and Resistance: Thoughts from PICA's When the Sky Fell
When the Sky Fell is a new art exhibition from PICA, exploring the impact of the 1967 Referendum on Australia's Indigenous population.
Theatre Review: Tamagotchi Reset
Tamagotchi Reset is kind of like this amalgam of a Bill Wurtz video, a lecture, an argument, and some very interesting (albeit obscure) historical storytelling. The writing shines in this piece, and the Blue Room, the sound, the lighting; these all help to make sure that what is said gets through to the audience.
Theatre Review: Black Swan's The Eisteddfod is Delightfully Awkward
Through the magic of Google Docs, Daniel Morey and Eemali McDonald were able to translate their post-viewing discussion of The Black Swan Theatre Company's The Eisteddfod into this review, for your enjoyment.
Black Swan's The Eisteddfod: An Interview with Playwright Lally Katz
Black Swan State Theatre Company’s exciting run (and WA premiere) of beloved American-Australian playwright Lally Katz’s work The Eisteddfod is just around the corner, opening at the end of this month and directed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler. We took the opportunity to have a chat the genius behind the script herself about growing older, writing, the play and WA.
Theatre Review: Endgame is Confounding and Creative
Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of Endgame, Samuel Beckett's classic genre-defining absurdist work, perfectly captures the bleak idea of life’s utter meaninglessness.
Theatre Review: "Interrupting A Crisis" is a colourful and sparkly take on mental health
Anxiety is a prickly, jarring thing, but Interrupting a Crisis tells its story in a smooth and elegant way.