Kinetic, compulsive and utterly compelling: Day (After Day) in the Life of the Useless is a hilarious play that moves at break-neck speeds.
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THEATRE REVIEW: D&D-inspired puppet musical 'Same Time Next Week' is an absolute delight
Written and directed by Scott McArdle of Improv RPG fame, this musical, presented this time at a bigger stage at State Theatre Centre, feels like a true labour of love, made by people passionate about both the subject matter at the heart of its story and the medium through which it tells it.
THEATRE REVIEW: "The Almighty Sometimes" is compelling, confronting, and achingly alive
How does lifelong mental illness shape the relationships we build with the people around us? This question sits as the centre of Kendall Feaver's play, a compelling, confronting and often achingly alive coming-of-age story.
REVIEW: "MJ: THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL" THE KING OF POP REIGNS SUPREME
Kinetic, catchy, and cunning; the King of Pop lives on!
INTERVIEW: Buckle up for Blue Room Theatre's theme-park spy thriller "Ride or Die"
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.
REVIEW: "LA TRAVIATA" IS AN OPERA TOUR-DE-FORCE
A technical masterclass, an emotional masterpiece: La Traviata is an operatic tour-de-force.
PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Lé Nør" is a raucous, imaginative, cinematic thrill ride
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
A show to savour, and one I wish I could see again soon.
PERTH FESTIVAL: "DRAGON I" is sweet, scaly, and sentimental
Adam is a wonderful performer, whose love for his Dragon interest is carried across in excitement and eagerness.
PERTH FESTIVAL REVIEW: "Haribo Kimchi" serves up a sensory and poignant exploration of migration, identity, and home
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
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
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.
FRINGE REVIEW: "The Chair of Saint Peter (& Other Games)" is a hell of a good time
If you pray at the altar of gleeful theatrical chaos, you will leave this play a believer.
FRINGE REVIEW: "SHARK!" is lighting in a bottle
Equal parts silly, sharp, unique and pure fun, SHARK! will have you hooked from the outset.
REVIEW: “Now You See Me Live” leads its illusions with charm, comedy, and heart
At Crown Theatre Perth, Now You See Me Live brings the blockbuster film franchise to the stage, reimagined as a high-energy, family-friendly magic spectacular.
REVIEW: "CATS the Musical" unleashes electric, nostalgic Jellicle chaos in Boorloo Perth
The beauty of CATS is not in layered storytelling, but in its unflinching projection of pure vibes. And boy, does this Australian production deliver.
"Folklore Murder Mystery" bottles mayhem, mischief, and manic fun
Inside Perth’s one-of-a-kind social deduction murder mystery experience
Inside Urinetown: Director Andrew Baker on bringing Perth its most absurd musical yet
“The audience is going to have a ball.”
REVIEW: “O,D,E” is an evocative, inventive gem of experimental theatre
Seeing O,D,E feels like being part of a ritual, closer to an ancient rite than conventional theatre.
INTERVIEW: Choreographer and mentor Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson on "600 SECONDS: MOVES"
“600 Seconds is like a flight of amuse-bouches; sample-sized bites of dance and theatre works that give you a glimpse into the creative minds of Perth artists.”