The trick is- not to enter the quarry with traditional expectations of “ballet” with tutus and lavish set designs. It’s all about the synchronization and symbolism. I really don’t want to give too much away- but after seeing the show, I feel so proud, and confident in Western Australian Ballet.
Bianco was a journey and insight into the circus world, its function and the rapports between performers.
The album as a whole is no doubt a good listen, ranging from the trademark folky fingerpicking of album opener ‘Spring to Come’, through to gritty funk of ‘Livin’ in the City’ where John opens up on the ol’ electric guitar into a Hendrix-esque crescendo; And this occurs over the first two songs.
Holter is the howling banshee at the centre of the caterwauling madness that forms the end of 'Betsy on the Roof', but she's also the loose calm in the centre of the storm in her dark rendition of Barbra Lewis' 'Hello Stranger'.
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival moved to a new home in Fremantle this year, if this is the future of festivals we should all be very happy!
What produced the cognitive dissonance was that, inside the KEN DOM(n)E and only a few metres away from a joke that said “Old man noodle say man with wholein pocket feel cocky all day long”, Bruce Fummey's show is all about the trauma and ills of racial stereotyping.
I can only describe the entire experience from the point of arriving at the Noodle Palace as sexy. Sometimes I was comfortable and somewhat aroused, other times I was scared for my bubble being invaded.
The eight songs are firmly planted in the worlds of shoegaze and drone with healthy doses of post-punk and industrial added to the mixture.
First up, we have the English ‘middle-class private educated white boy’ Chris Turner’s Pretty Fly show which is touted as a journey of life through hip hop and secondly Perth’s own new-New Yorker Josh Makinda, performing a very impromptu and crowd-tailored comedy, Lots of Ideas and Limits .
This is tragic opera delivered for a new generation of opera lovers. From set to chorus this is a powerful production that will leave you thoroughly impressed.
The Big Day Out hit Perth for one last time in 2014. Here is it, in picture form!
And that’s how it all ended, one stage Major Lazer, a huge EDM collective, another Pearl Jam, arguably one of the biggest rock bands of the last 20 years and the Deftones, a successful alt. metal band. Quite fitting really.
It's a weird and wacky tale told masterfully by Burke and it's so crazy and hilarious that it just works.
A triumphant follow-up to his 2011 Oscar-winning film – A Separation – , director Asghar Farhadi’s The Past is a masterfully-performed and emotionally gripping exploration into the intricate nature of our past, along with its inevitable hold on our present.
This Show Does Not Include Live Nude Girls is a great night out. It gives you a taste of an underperformed style of theatre molded with improvisation. Prepare to be entertained.
IntotheMask aren’t content with just bringing commedia dell'arte to Perth, they are seeking to form a unique version of it on the shores of the swan.
This entrepreneurial duo will attempt any kind of seductive ploy to swindle the audience into the world of their salacious antics. No seat is safe from Bernadette’s promiscuous eye or her determined perusals amongst the audience, especially since her microphone is cordless.
Not burdened by success, Midlandia is worth attending because it has to be.
As the final credits rolled, I felt completely satisfied. The film concludes without falling into any clichés and the ending itself is equal parts dramatic and graceful. All Is Lost is a fantastic look into the despair of a hopeless situation and one mans journey through it.
Crowd response is so critical to our performance... A good indicator of a successful night is when we notice the crowd subtly closing their eyes and moving their head to the music, little things like that make a big difference.
