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INTERVIEW: Meet Tenth Muse Initiative, breathing fresh air into the arts scene

Tenth Muse Initiative put on arts events aiming to showcase and promote the diversity of Boorloo (Perth) talent, especially emphasising the works of under-represented people. Their next event, titled ‘fresh air’, will be held at Moana Hall on 21 November and features an array of poets, musicians, and artists of all kinds. We caught up with co-founders Saskia Willinge and Hannah Lee Tungate!

PREVIEW: Chess the Musical

The upcoming production featuring Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Robert Mills revolves around the superpower rivalry between Soviet Russia and the United States in the form of a politically centred chess match. This musical powerfully paints a picture that like chess, the Cold War was a devious game.

FRINGE REVIEW: Matt Hale goes 'Bonkers'

Set in the gorgeous, heritage-listed Perth Girl’s School, Matt’s Fringe World Festival 2021 show is returning for the 6th year in a row. The years of experience were certainly a catalyst for a fun-filled show - turning your preconceived notions of hypnosis on their head and leaving the participants feeling a little BONKERS.

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.