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How to choose your Fringe World shows

30 November 2023

Overwhelmed by the 2024 Fringe program? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Jessie Gordon and Mark Turner in Calm. Photo Josh Wells Photography A scene from Calm - Jessie Godron and Mark Turner perform in Moana Hall. Large arched windows let in light. They are surrounded by audience members and pot plants. Swimming is glorious in Calm’s musical waters

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Swimming is glorious in Calm’s musical waters

31 January 2023

A seasoned rock ‘n’ roll concert reviewer, Ara Jansen finds delicious respite and soulful nourishment during a one hour musical sound bath called Calm.

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What wild women do

21 January 2022

Simone Craddock and Jessie Gordon are two of Fringe’s busiest artists. Clad in leopard skin and armed with killer voices, their first show celebrates what it is to be a woman in control. Bourby Webster is thrilled to hear them roar!

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A wide-ranging delight

10 February 2021

David Zampatti enjoys a sample package of jazz singer Jessie Gordon’s many styles in a hidden treasure above the Hay Street Mall.

LR: Russell Holmes, Ben Vanderwal, Jessie Gordon and Lucky Oceans. Four musicians (LR: Russell Holmes, Ben Vanderwal, Jessie Gordon and Lucky Oceans) stand at a street corner, some leaning against the trunk of a paperbark tree. Blues songstress goes bush

The Festival Sessions

Blues songstress goes bush

11 January 2021

Local jazz and blues hero Jessie Gordon gives Seesaw readers an insight into Ballads, Banksias and Beauty, a program that immerses the audience in memories of growing up in Western Australia.

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Australia nostalgic

11 February 2020

In Ballads, Banksias and Beauty, Jessie Gordon shows she’s the complete package, even if she’s a little road-weary, David Zampatti says.

Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Playing landscapes on guitar

The Festival Sessions

Playing landscapes on guitar

24 January 2020

Fremantle-based musician Lucky Oceans loves pushing the pedal steel guitar in new directions and he does just that in “Ballads, Banksias and Beauty”.

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Sultry stars live on

7 February 2019

Fringe World review: Ali Bodycoat and Jessie Gordon, Peggy Lee & Judy Garland ⋅ Ellington Jazz Club, February 6 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ There was something especially …

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Blues and bonhomie

1 February 2019

Fringe World review: Lucky Oceans and Jessie Gordon Present: The Piano Has Been Drinking ⋅ De Parel Spiegeltent, 31 January ⋅ Review by Robert Housley ⋅ The spiegeltent and …

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Q&A

Channelling the greats

28 January 2019

Singer Ali Bodycoat will need no introduction to local jazz aficionados. A regular performer at Perth’s Ellington Jazz Club, she’s also a Fringe World veteran. This …

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Always was, always will be…

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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