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THEATRE REVIEW: Pop-Up Globe’s “Measure for Measure” is Dark, Dirty, and Damn Funny
While the production presented itself on the surface as an irreverent, raunchy romp, underneath the wrapping of endless dick jokes, the play posed important moral questions about society’s views on sex, the abuse of political power, and consent.
THEATRE REVIEW: Through the Looking Glass (and What Alice Found There) is a local MUST-SEE
Through the Looking Glass (and What Alice Found There) is an explosion of excitement, wonder and good old fashioned fun.
Theatre Review: Playthings is anything but child's play
Playthings is a darkly comic, thought-provoking and enthralling new play from local playwright Scott McArdle.
Theatre Review: Octopuses have three hearts, and "Cephalopod" will have yours
Cephalopod grasps audiences with all eight of its tentacles, and doesn’t let go.
Theatre Review: Pop-Up Globe’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream” is an Antipodean Vision
The latest interpretation of William Shakespeare’s great works has come to Perth, and it’s bringing its ancestral home along with it. If you’re like me, and have always wanted to see Shakespeare performed in its original setting, then the Pop-Up Globe is for you!
THEATRE REVIEW: Macbeth is gritty opera at its blood-soaked best
WAO’s Macbeth is a sumptuous production for the senses. The modern edge visually contrasts markedly with the near-timeless score, giving it a transcendent effect befitting a play simultaneously about the other-worldly and the closest of homes to all of us—the human heart.
THEATRE REVIEW: Ice Land is a didactic, glaring glimpse into the neglected methamphetamine crisis on our doorstep
I’m going to say it: Yirra Yaakin’s World Premiere of Ice Land was the most gripping production I have had the privilege to review all year. It was confronting, transfixing and gut wrenching all at once. Above all, with an exponentially worsening methamphetamine crisis plaguing Perth streets continually, it was very, very needed.
INTERVIEW: Tony Award-winning designer Roger Kirk discusses Macbeth
Verdi’s masterful operatic retelling of the seemingly immortal Shakespearean epic tragedy Macbeth is set to hit the His Majesty’s Theatre stage this weekend, courtesy of the West Australian Opera in conjunction with the State Opera of South Australia. We spoke to Tony Award-winning costume and set designer Roger Kirk.
THEATRE REVIEW: Fully Sikh is a portrait of multicultural millennial Australia
What does it mean to be ‘Australian’? Furthermore, does the presence of such a supposed singular culture provide legitimate grounding to distinguish the ‘other’ from those deemed ‘Australians’? History lays down something of a jigsaw puzzle in reflection of this; a piece of which is provided by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa in Fully Sikh, a Barking Gecko Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company co-production.
Layla Majnun – A labour of love in more ways than one
Layla Majnun has been a labour of love for the Performing Lines team, and it showed in the care that was given to curating the space at Subiaco Arts Centre.
THEATRE REVIEW: Two Canaries is an Ode to Mother Nature
A stage filled with water. Two rocks, with one performer perched on each. A violinist, visible, but simultaneously blended into the background of the stage. A melancholic song, echoing throughout the room. This is how Two Canaries begins.
THEATRE REVIEW: Black is the New White is uproariously funny
Originally commissioned by Sydney Theatre Co and brought to Perth thanks to the Black Swan Theatre Company, Black is the New White is a blessing to behold. It manages to challenge and educate audiences on complicated themes while delivering lightning-quick comedy that will leave you in stitches the entire way through.
THEATRE REVIEW: The Book of Mormon exceeds the lofty expectations
The Book of Mormon was easily the most anticipated theatre event of the year, and it was worth the wait.
THEATRE REVIEW: Perpetual Wake "is a tangled tale of lies and deception"
The Last Great Hunt produce works that inventively play with form and have the ability to engage the intellect as well as the heart. Perpetual Wake is a show that looks at our intrinsic need to please other people.
INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Jay Fowler discusses the Last Great Hunt's new work Perpetual Wake
The Last Great Hunt is one of the most innovative and intelligent theatre making groups in Perth today. Founding member, performer and writer Jeffrey Jay Fowler sat down with Bec Bowman to talk about the origins of The Last Great Hunt and their new show Perpetual Wake.
PREVIEW: Layla Majnun – your heart will be on fire with this ancient Persian tale
Like the characters of Romeo and Juliet - to which Layla Majnun is most often compared - the two are dead at the end of this centuries old Persian love story. This is the only real comparison to Shakespeare’s’ tale, as we found out when we spoke to performer and driving creative force Ustaadh Feraidoon Mojadedi. Layla Majnun is presented by Performing Lines WA and features illUMEnate artists.
Theatre Review: The Wolves will have you howling for more
The Wolves is a tightly scripted play which explores the lives of a high school girls soccer team through their weekly warmup sessions.
INTERVIEW: Faith and doubt down under with the cast of Book of Mormon
Ahead of Book of Mormon coming to Perth this September, we sat down with lead actors, Blake Bowden and Nyk Bielak, to discuss faith, meeting Mormons and Australia’s imprint on the global culture scene…
INTERVIEW: Musical 'HAIR' will have you dancing in the aisles
Featuring a diverse group of young people trying to live by their values in an increasingly noisy world, HAIR is about the tribes we come to identify with. Bec Bowman caught up with star Stefanie Caccamo – and former Perthite - to chat about her role in HAIR, and what she thinks of the nudity and the tribe.