For anyone predisposed to a good coming-of-age tale, this one should tick all the right boxes.
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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: 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.
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.
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: 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.
REVIEW: Toast is an Apt and Astoundingly Accurate Portrayal of Grief and Family
I had high expectations going into Toast, but nothing could have prepared me for the real thing.
TOAST: A Conversation with Emily McLean, Director of New Blue Room Show
Brand new at the Blue Room Theatre this month is a new Western Australian born and raised show: Toast. We got the chance to discuss this new show with director Emily McLean in the lead-up to its premiere.
FRINGE REVIEW: Bus Boy
Bus Boy is an poignant and utterly unmissable show this Fringe Festival, guaranteed to make you feel a plethora of emotions, old and young alike.
Absorbingly entertaining “The Trembling Giant” is inventive science fiction rooted in thrilling psychological drama
From emerging Perth theatre company Those Who Love You, The Trembling Giant follows the story of two people, Margot and Flint, and their struggle to keep one of the last remaining trees on earth alive inside a bunker in a post-apocalyptic world.
Fringe 2016 Preview: Inside We Hide
Do you like to play the blame game? Come play and see if you would survive. ‘Inside We Hide’ is part of the Fringe World Festival and is showing at the Blue Room Theatre February 9-13.