All in Perth Festival
With a diverse line-up of artists from around the world, the Groovin The Moo festival in Bunbury had something for everyone.
Whilst Goliath isn’t quite date night material, it does make for a gripping courtroom drama, featuring the all-important ingredients of self immolation, and an overall feeling of dread! Wowee, J’aime!
One of WA’s finest exports, Stella Donnelly brought all her biting commentary and effortless charm to her headline Perth Festival show at Fremantle’s B-Shed.
[The Festival] pays so much recognition to up and coming filmmakers in Perth while the documentary topics touch on interesting, personal and educational subjects for the audience’s enlightenment.
WA Made Film Festival commences it’s second year in promoting short films, documentaries and feature films made in WA in the breathtaking Palace Cinemas Raine Square situated in the heart of Perth
It might be cliché to say something needs to be ‘seen to be believed’, but in the case of The Last Great Hunt’s Whistleblower, you really do just have to see it. By its very definition, this is a play that will be like nothing else you’ve ever seen- it’s built into its DNA.
WA Mixtape exemplified the excellence of the Perth music scene.
It felt somewhat surreal to see her in the physical realm for Perth Festival for some reason.
Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet has become almost required reading for anyone living in Perth since its publication in 1991. This Perth Festival, the Black Swan State Theatre Company have brought this beloved story back to stages for an epic production at His Majesty’s Theatre.
Recognising the growing audience for spoken word both in Australia and New Zealand, David Stavanger and Anne-Marie Te Whiu have collected some of the most poignant and powerful poems in Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word. Bec Bowman spoke to Anne-Marie ahead of her appearance at the Festival of Ideas and Literature this weekend about her experiences with spoken word poetry and how this genre fits into the literary festival scene.
Tempest wrung every emotional nuance from every word. Her versatility with the spoken word meant that as each track rolled into the next, subtle changes to her cadence made some become raps, some poetry, some sung.
Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow is a night of magnificence and grandeur, perfect for anyone who enjoys ballet and magical storytelling.
As laughter ripples through the audience so too does the recognition that, 30 years after these words were written, the fight for equality and recognition of land rights continues.
A classic tale retold in the language and culture so close to home, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s Hecate (in collaboration with Bell Shakespeare) is a theatrical masterpiece. Distinctive stage design, the beauty of visual cues and the smooth confidence with which the cast delivered their parts, Hecate was an immersive and evocative experience.
Dada Masilo’s African reimagining of ‘Giselle’ was a dazzling, blood-racing dance to the death at His Majesty’s Theatre.
There is nothing like a live performance that leaves you speechless, elated and buoyant; the virtuosity and creativity exuded by Jazzmeia Horn did exactly that.
While Beach House was one of the musical comforts I’d turn to in the darkest of times, their 90-minute performance at Chevron Gardens made way for newer memories and positive, light-filled associations.
Both Deafheaven and Zeal and Ardor play unique brands of black metal, a genre many unsuspecting passer’s by would have baulked at walking up William St into the city’s centre.