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THEATRE REVIEW: Playthings has enough heart to make up for some shortcomings
For anyone predisposed to a good coming-of-age tale, this one should tick all the right boxes.
Black Swan State Theatre Company and The Blue Room Theatre join forces
Black Swan State Theatre Company and The Blue Room Theatre join forces to build the careers of Western Australia’s most promising emerging artists.
FRINGE REVIEW: Rock out with Ragnarøkkr
St John Cowcher has a reputation as one of Perth's most artistically ambitious performers. Ragnarokk is the Norse prediction for the end of times.
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: 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: 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: Emerging Playwrights Samantha Nerida and Elise Wilson discuss their creations
Elise Wilson and Samantha Nerida, who have penned two very different but very thoughtful pieces currently showing at the Blue Room: Floor Thirteen and See You Next Tuesday. We were lucky enough to get the chance to delve into their brains and discuss how these beautiful works were made.
Theatre Review: Floor Thirteen is Con-fabulous
Presented by Marshall Stay, Floor Thirteen is a stylised mystery that will keep you engaged for the entire hour.
Theatre Review: See You next Tuesday is an empathetic portrayal of teenage life
See You Next Tuesday explores the highs and lows of teenage romance with no judgement and full empathy.
INTERVIEW: 'Unrule' creator Michelle Aitken talks all things theatre and female
Unrule is a new production on at The Blue Room Theatre — home of some of the most innovative theatre making in Perth today. It’s a hilarious, horror filled exploration of the ways the bodies (and experiences) of those who identify as female are misunderstood by the health system.
FRINGE REVIEW: DAD is both hilarious and deeply personal
Sweating through their overalls in the 37ºC heat, three of Perth’s emerging theatre-makers, Isaac Powell, Jarryd Prain and Marshall Stay explore the shifting nature of one’s relationships with their father, masculinity, connection and legacy in a hilarious and deeply personal experience.
FRINGE REVIEW: Poorly Drawn Shark features hilarious and biting social commentary
Poorly Drawn Shark is an autobiographical account of Perth-based performer Andrew Sutherland’s time as a jobbing actor-slash-model in Singapore.
Interview: Emerging playwright Ang Collins shares her inspiration behind Blueberry Play
Shortlisted for the 2017 Griffin Award, Ang Collins’ Blueberry Play presents a storyline that includes themes of family life, adolescence, and mental and physical illness. We were lucky enough to chat to the emerging playwright and discover what inspired her to create this intimate story, as well as what’s in store for the future.
Theatre Review: The "Frankie's" Experience is Ambitious and Hilarious
Frankie’s is a sitcom set in a bar, where the regulars become part of each other’s lives and we become part of theirs. Except it’s not television, its theatre, and it’s not heavily scripted with a laugh track added after - it’s all improvised, and the laughs are real.
Theatre Review: "The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish" is dark but important
Buoyed by two confronting and commanding performances, Little Fish is a perfect example of socially woke theatre that forces us to confront our complicity.
Fringe Review: "The Beast and the Bride" is Not Your Average Bedtime Story
Testoni knows stories are anything but silly. She gives a voice and a face to a Victorian-era girl who is graceful and fierce, young in her curiosity, but wise in her insight.
Fringe Review: Josephine! is Perfect for a Wholesome Theatre Experience
This is the story of a girl... who loved stories but didn't like her own world! Written and directed by Scott McArdle and embodied by the magnificent team at Second Chance Theatre, with musical prodigy Georgina Cramond on keys, there is never a dull moment in Josephine!
Fringe Review: "Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea" is a One-Woman Hit
A visceral and rollercoaster-esque experience, this show will grab you by your memory and pull you down the rabbit-hole. It asks you to become all ears for just an hour; sit forward, and listen up.
Theatre Review: Western Sky Theatre's Engrossing Adaption of Once We Lived Here
Once We Lived Here is a timeless tragicomedy that makes its audience alternate between laughing and crying, sometimes both at the same time. The cast delivered strong characters all round with an authenticity that is hard to find in such dramatised and musical theatre.