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FILM REVIEW: “THE NORTH” portrays a realistic journey of hiking and friendship
Jun 21

Jun 21 FILM REVIEW: “THE NORTH” portrays a realistic journey of hiking and friendship

Hazel Nguyen
Film Review, Screen Nation, Film

At some point, most of us have dreamt of escaping the routines and responsibilities of everyday life to embark on an adventure, immerse ourselves in nature, and discover new perspectives on who we are.

REVIEW: "MJ: THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL" THE KING OF POP REIGNS SUPREME
Jun 12

Jun 12 REVIEW: "MJ: THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL" THE KING OF POP REIGNS SUPREME

Fynn Ryan
Live Nation, Theatre & Arts, Theatre Nation

Kinetic, catchy, and cunning; the King of Pop lives on!

FILM REVIEW: "SCARY MOVIE" IS FRIGHTENINGLY DULL
Jun 8

Jun 8 FILM REVIEW: "SCARY MOVIE" IS FRIGHTENINGLY DULL

Fynn Ryan
Film, Film Review, Screen Nation

The Wayan’s exhume the corpse of their Scary Movie franchise to middling effect.

INTERVIEW: Buckle up for Blue Room Theatre's theme-park spy thriller "Ride or Die"
Jun 4

Jun 4 INTERVIEW: Buckle up for Blue Room Theatre's theme-park spy thriller "Ride or Die"

Howie Ng
Interviews, Theatre & Arts, Theatre Nation

Ahead of their debut season at the Blue Room Theatre from June 9th - 27th, we spoke to writer-director duo Harper Nguyen and Parker Horne, about the show’s delightfully zany premise and immersive design.

FILM REVIEW: "Pike River" delivers a deeply felt fight for justice amid tragedy
May 10

May 10 FILM REVIEW: "Pike River" delivers a deeply felt fight for justice amid tragedy

Hazel Nguyen
Film, Film Review, Screen Nation

Your whole world collapses when the person you love is killed in a coal mining disaster. How do you hold the people responsible accountable?

Alliance Française French Film Festival 2026 Preview: 4 films to keep an eye out for
Mar 18

Mar 18 Alliance Française French Film Festival 2026 Preview: 4 films to keep an eye out for

Hazel Nguyen
Screen Nation, Film

The Alliance French Film Festival will be screening from 12 March to 15 April across Palace Raine Square and Luna Cinemas. Click here for full Perth program.

REVIEW: "LA TRAVIATA" IS AN OPERA TOUR-DE-FORCE
Mar 18

Mar 18 REVIEW: "LA TRAVIATA" IS AN OPERA TOUR-DE-FORCE

Fynn Ryan
Live Nation, Theatre & Arts, Theatre Nation

A technical masterclass, an emotional masterpiece: La Traviata is an operatic tour-de-force.

FILM REVIEW: "The Voice of Hind Rajab" is harrowing, confronting, and urgent cinema
Mar 8

Mar 8 FILM REVIEW: "The Voice of Hind Rajab" is harrowing, confronting, and urgent cinema

Olie Witschge
Film Review, Screen Nation

This film hits you with its immediacy and urgency so forcefully that at times my own mind was rearing away in self-preservation.

Sudan Archives closes out Perth Festival in a high-octane tour-de-force performance
Mar 6

Mar 6 Sudan Archives closes out Perth Festival in a high-octane tour-de-force performance

Georgina Cramond
Live Show, Live Music, Live Nation, Music Nation

Walking away, I could hardly believe what I’d seen: a hip hop violinist, with World music running through each beat of heart and songs, dancing freely with strangers under the night sky.

FILM REVIEW: "SCREAM 7" FINDS THE FRANCHISE GROWING HOARSE
Mar 3

Mar 3 FILM REVIEW: "SCREAM 7" FINDS THE FRANCHISE GROWING HOARSE

Fynn Ryan
Film Review, Screen Nation

What’s your favourite scary movie? Probably not Scream 7.

PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Lé Nør" is a raucous, imaginative, cinematic thrill ride
Mar 1

Mar 1 PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Lé Nør" is a raucous, imaginative, cinematic thrill ride

Howie Ng
Theatre & Arts, Perth Festival

How is it that the most cinematic moment I’ve experienced this year came from a stage play?

PERTH FESTIVAL: "Meow Meow's The Red Shoes" is a beautifully chaotic and deep stream-of-consciousness cabaret show
Feb 28

Feb 28 PERTH FESTIVAL: "Meow Meow's The Red Shoes" is a beautifully chaotic and deep stream-of-consciousness cabaret show

Aaron Graham
Theatre & Arts, Live Show

A show to savour, and one I wish I could see again soon.

PERTH FESTIVAL: "DRAGON I" is sweet, scaly, and sentimental
Feb 28

Feb 28 PERTH FESTIVAL: "DRAGON I" is sweet, scaly, and sentimental

Fynn Ryan
Theatre & Arts, Live Show

Adam is a wonderful performer, whose love for his Dragon interest is carried across in excitement and eagerness.

LIVE SNAPSHOTS: THORNHILL @ ASTOR THEATRE 2026
Feb 25

Feb 25 LIVE SNAPSHOTS: THORNHILL @ ASTOR THEATRE 2026

Sethen Sheehan Lee
Live Show

On the third date of Thornhill’s completely sold-out Bodies Australian tour, the band packed out Perth’s Astor Theatre on a Tuesday night.

PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Haribo Kimchi" serves up a sensory and poignant exploration of migration, identity, and home
Feb 21

Feb 21 PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Haribo Kimchi" serves up a sensory and poignant exploration of migration, identity, and home

Howie Ng
Perth Festival, Theatre & Arts, Theatre Nation

Haribo Kimchi is a prismatic, one-of-a-kind experience that tells a deeply personal story many immigrants will recognise, while offering others an intimate window into what it means to carry home within you.

FRINGE REVIEW: IMPROV RPG rolls a natural twenty in the double-finale for Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu
Feb 21

Feb 21 FRINGE REVIEW: IMPROV RPG rolls a natural twenty in the double-finale for Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu

Howie Ng
Theatre & Arts, Theatre Nation, Fringe

Improv RPG is excellent improv theatre, delivered by highly capable performers who fully understand the trappings of the genres they are working within, and who bounce off each other like old friends, spinning outlandish choices into comedic or horrific, gold.

FRINGE REVIEW: "Campfire" blends majestic acrobatics with magnetic mateship
Feb 12

Feb 12 FRINGE REVIEW: "Campfire" blends majestic acrobatics with magnetic mateship

Tom Tuffnell
Fringe, Theatre & Arts

Sit in the front row, if you can get in early enough, and you’ll be amazed at how well these performers can flip, tumble and float around just inches from your face.

Unpacking "Pillion": This thought-provoking Alexander Skarsgård dom-com is more than meets the eye
Feb 12

Feb 12 Unpacking "Pillion": This thought-provoking Alexander Skarsgård dom-com is more than meets the eye

Olie Witschge
Film Review, Screen Nation

There are parts of relationships that no one talks about: the difference in power between partners, how that power can be used to silence complaints, and maintain control in the status quo.

Laneway Festival Perth 2026 Set Times
Feb 11

Feb 11 Laneway Festival Perth 2026 Set Times

Isolated Nation
Music Nation, Live Nation

Here are the Laneway Festival 2026 Perth Set Times (in chronological order).

FRINGE REVIEW: "The Chair of Saint Peter (& Other Games)" is a hell of a good time
Feb 11

Feb 11 FRINGE REVIEW: "The Chair of Saint Peter (& Other Games)" is a hell of a good time

Howie Ng
Theatre & Arts, Fringe

If you pray at the altar of gleeful theatrical chaos, you will leave this play a believer.

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