Western Australia’s arts playground

April 18, 2019

Hacking the piano

At Seesaw we enjoy publishing a range of voices. In this feature WA Academy of Performing Arts student Mae Anthony offers her insights as a ...
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April 18, 2019

Easter story trimmed but taut

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra and St George’s Cathedral, St Matthew Passion ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, April 16 ⋅ Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅ Bach’s St Matthew ...
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April 17, 2019

columns of light, with fragmented, stained-glass window like walls

Glow in the park

Review: ARTTRA Light Festival · Claremont Park, 5-7 April · By Belinda Hermawan · Returning for its second year, the ARTTRA Light Festival showcased 16 ...
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April 16, 2019

Sea story strikes a sad note

Review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Blueback · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 10 April · Junior review by Isabel, age 9 · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's ...
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April 16, 2019

West Australian Academy of Performing Arts: "Beethoven: Moonlight and Pathétique" ⋅ Richard Gill Auditorium, April 12 ⋅ Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅ Charisma is a slippery thing, impossible to ...
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April 15, 2019

Fine choral opener

Review: West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, "Fauré's Requiem" ⋅ St Mary's Cathedral, April 11 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ Has there ever been so fruitful a ...
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April 15, 2019

The call of the sea

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre – Blueback ⋅ Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, April 13 ⋅ Review: Rosalind Appleby ⋅ Abel Jackson’s sea-fringed life includes diving for abalone, chores around ...
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April 15, 2019

Cross cultural epic

Review: Orana Productions, "Mimma: A Musical of War and Friendship" ⋅ Regal Theatre, April 11 ⋅ Review by Claire Trolio ⋅ A politically tumultuous, pre-WWII Italy meets the ...
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April 15, 2019

Choral cross-section

Review: Australian National Choral Association, Choralfest "Gala Concert" ⋅ Fremantle Town Hall, April 13 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ The Australian National Choral Association's Choralfest must have ...
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April 14, 2019

A man doing a handstand on a desk in a formal meeting chamber

A timely take on migration and displacement

Candice Breitz & Angelica Mesiti, 'REFUGE' · John Curtin Gallery, 7 April 2019 · Review by Jenny Scott · Splitting the John Curtin Gallery into ...
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April 12, 2019

No short cuts here

Review: STRUT Dance, 'Short Cuts 2019 – Program A' · Studio 3, King Street Arts Centre · Review by Nina Levy · There’s something special ...
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April 10, 2019

Putting together the puzzle pieces

What does it mean to be lonely in a world where we are never alone? That's a question local performance company Whiskey & Boots is ...
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April 10, 2019

Adults and children making a shelter out of brightly coloured yarn and wire.

A space for children to explore

"Manguri Wiltja", an interactive play space/installation by FORM in collaboration with Polyglot Theatre and the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, brings experiences of remote community life to ...
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April 10, 2019

four young women dancing. One is in the foreground, arching her back, her arms outstretched

A generous double bill

Not Sold Separately, 'ceilings' · Huzzard Studios, 7 April · Review by Jo Pickup · "ceilings" is the debut production by new dance theatre collective ...
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April 10, 2019

Quartet coming into their own

Review: Brandenburg Quartet ⋅ Government House Ballroom, April 9 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ It is two years since the Brandenburg Quartet formed with a mission to ...
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April 5, 2019

A fragile wonderland

Review: Mulyana, "A Man, A Monster & the Sea" · FORM Claremont, Goods Shed · Review by Belinda Hermawan · In his first Western Australian ...
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April 5, 2019

In the spotlight: Häxa House

What do you get when you cross an art exhibition and performance with a house party? The answer is Häxa House. The brainchild of local ...
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April 5, 2019

Our singing city

Perth's choral music renaissance is about to get a boost. Seesaw editor Rosalind Appleby talks to Luke Donohoe as Fremantle gets ready to host a ...
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April 3, 2019

Singers and music director stand around the piano

Global story takes to the stage

Ron Siemiginowski and Giles Watson were brought together by the shared ambition to write a musical. Neither of them had the faintest idea just how ...
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April 1, 2019

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert

Magic at the movies

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ⋅ Perth Convention Centre, March 29 ⋅ Review by Kevin Runions ⋅ It felt a little ...
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March 27, 2019

Unexpected but thought-provoking

Review: Laurence Watts, “Looking West” and Hoda Afshar, “Behold” · Perth Centre for Photography · Review by Phoebe Mulcahy · Though an Iranian bathhouse and ...
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March 27, 2019

No ceilings for young dance makers

Two recent graduates of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts' dance program, Briannah Davis and Olivia Hendry, are the artists behind new dance theatre collective ...
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March 26, 2019

Kids Autumn Gig Guide

As we approach the school holidays the arts scene is cranking up for kids. The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is offering two movie screenings with ...
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March 25, 2019

Women taking the baton

When was the last time you saw a woman on the podium? The Perth Symphony Orchestra is tackling gender imbalance in the world of conducting, ...
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March 22, 2019

A woman is striking a pose. A man is dancing.

A call for belonging

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, You Know We Belong Together · Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA, 21 March · Review by ...
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March 21, 2019

2018 Performing Arts WA Awards nominations

The nominees for the 2018 Performing Arts WA (PAWA) Awards have been announced. Traditionally covering theatre, in 2018 the PAWA Awards were expanded to include ...
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March 20, 2019

Bleak, brutal and bittersweet

Review: WAAPA 3rd year Music Theatre, Company · Roundhouse Theatre, WAAPA, 19 March · Review by Ron Banks · “What’s the point of getting married?” ...
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March 19, 2019

Students hit sweet spot

Review: Romeo and Juliet, WAAPA 3rd year Acting directed by Michael Jenn · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA, 16 March · Review by David Zampatti · ...
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March 16, 2019

Good times ahead

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, ‘Symphony No 40’ ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, March 15 ⋅ Review: Rosalind Appleby ⋅ As the summer festival season fades into the background ...
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March 15, 2019

A call for change

Review: Olivia Colja (curator), 'WOMXN' · Spectrum Project Space · Review by Miranda Johnson · 'WOMXN', curated by Olivia Colja, is a group exhibition featuring ...
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March 14, 2019

A group of people in different uniforms and outfits lying on top of one another

Film fascinates

Perth Festival review: Felicity Fenner (curator), Love Displaced · Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery · Review by Jess Boyce · Curated by Felicity Fenner, Lawrence Wilson ...
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March 13, 2019

Intricate and ephemeral

Review: Ted Snell (curator), "RITUAL" · Presented at There is gallery by Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · Curated by Ted ...
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March 11, 2019

An R&B ceremony

Perth Festival review: Soft Soft Loud, Procession ⋅ Fremantle Arts Centre, March 2 ⋅ Review by Eduardo Cossio ⋅ Soft Soft Loud’s cross-genre contribution to the Perth Festival ...
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March 8, 2019

Balancing the scale

Did anyone else notice? Featured among the international artists appearing at the Perth Festival were two local composers, and they were both women. Cat Hope’s ...
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March 7, 2019

A brightly coloured sculptural depiction of a deity.

Two transporting experiences

Perth Festival review: David Noonan, “A Dark and Quiet Place”; Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran & Renee So, “Idols” · Fremantle Arts Centre · Review by Belinda ...
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March 5, 2019

Conversations with spice

Perth Festival review: Silkroad Ensemble ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, March 3 ⋅ Review by Jonathan W. Marshall ⋅ Originally founded by classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the ...
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March 4, 2019

A sound sample

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, 'Festival of Chamber Music' ⋅ Government House Ballroom, March 2-3 ⋅ Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅ On the basis of the four concerts ...
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March 4, 2019

Making America Great Gatsby again

Perth Festival review: Elevator Repair Service, Gatz ⋅ Octagon Theatre, March 1 ⋅ Review by David Zampatti ⋅ It’s impossible to claim that Gatz, Elevator Repair ...
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March 2, 2019

Jazz gymnastics

Perth Festival review: Jazzmeia Horn ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, March 1 ⋅ Reviewed by Ron Banks ⋅ Texas-born jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn has an extraordinary voice no doubt ...
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March 2, 2019

Some things leave you speechless

Perth Festival review: Cat Hope, Speechless ⋅ Sunset Heritage Precinct, February 28 ⋅ Review by Laura Biemmi ⋅ So often, words fail us. The tragedies of our time ...
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March 1, 2019

The marvellous Masilo

Perth Festival review: Dada Masilo’s Giselle · His Majesty’s Theatre, 28 February · Review by Nina Levy · Like all the great Romantic ballets, Giselle ...
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February 28, 2019

Brutal ghosting

Perth Festival review: Dickie Beau, Re-Member Me · Studio Underground, February 27 · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Near the commencement of Dickie Beau’s Re-Member Me the ...
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February 28, 2019

A poet with a feather in her hat reads as she stands by a mallee sapling

Poetry a natural delight

Perth Festival review: Writer’s Weekend, Poetry ⋅ University of Western Australia, February 23-24 ⋅ Review by Elizabeth Lewis ⋅ Poetry punters often feel their events are pushed into ...
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February 27, 2019

A silvery sculpture, on rocks by the ocean

Design in three dimensions

Sitting at the intersection of art, design and academia, Penelope Forlano’s practice is diverse. With a portfolio that ranges from bespoke furniture to large scale ...
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February 27, 2019

Three people in an art gallery, watching a film of a person in a fire-proof suit, engulfed in flames.

Flux and fluidity

Review: Cassils, "Alchemic" and Marco Fusinato, "Lower Power" · PICA, 16 February · Review by Jenny Scott · Curated by Anne Loxley and Eugenio Viola, "Alchemic" offers ...
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February 27, 2019

Grandmother Por Por and Ting Ting in martial arts poses with a worried Celeste looking on

Barking Gecko’s ghost buster

Perth Festival review: Barking Gecko Theatre, A Ghost in my Suitcase ⋅ Heath Ledger Theatre, February 26 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ The supernatural children's adventure A Ghost ...
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February 27, 2019

A privilege to witness

Perth Festival review: Art Gallery of WA, 'Desert River Sea' · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · Step into the ...
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February 22, 2019

Myanmar’s poetic narrative

Perth Festival Writers Week review: Spotlight on Burma ⋅ The Centre for Stories, February 20 ⋅ Review by Elizabeth Lewis ⋅ Every seat is full. The open-air courtyard of ...
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February 22, 2019

Two singers stand with arms outstretched while dancers move around them

New parameters

Perth Festival Review: The British Paraorchestra, The Nature of Why ⋅ Heath Ledger Theatre February 21 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ There are multiple things happening at ...
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February 22, 2019

Playing with time

Perth Festival review: Kate McIntosh, Worktable · Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE, 21 February · Review by Robert Housley · Undertaking any activity at break-neck ...
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February 21, 2019

A line of yellow boats, floating up a river. The sky is very blue.

Clear intentions

Perth Festival review: Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, Five Short Blasts · Derbil Yerrigan (Swan River), 20 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · A ...
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February 21, 2019

Huge projection of a spider, towering over a tiny person as blood drips down the walls.

Opera at its most transformative

Perth Festival review: Komische Oper Berlin, Barry Kosky & 1927, 'Mozart’s The Magic Flute' · His Majesty’s Theatre February 20 · Reviewed by Ron Banks ...
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February 20, 2019

Treasure trove

Perth Festival review: Danny Braverman, Wot? No Fish!! · Studio Underground, February 20 · Review by David Zampatti · The stories of the great ones are carved ...
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February 18, 2019

Russian romance and jazz

Perth Festival review: Freddy Kempf ⋅ Government House Ballroom, February 17 ⋅ Review by Ron Banks ⋅ The Perth Festival over its long history has enticed dozens of ...
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February 17, 2019

An Aboriginal man, dressed in an animal skin, standing with his arms outstretched

Ambition vs art

Perth Festival review: Ochre Contemporary Dance Company & Daksha Sheth Dance Company, Kwongkan (Sand) · Fremantle Arts Centre, 16 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow ...
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February 17, 2019

Blissed out minimalism

Perth Festival Review: Cat Power ⋅ Chevron Gardens, Elizabeth Quay, February 14 ⋅ Review by Varnya Bromilow ⋅ It was the kind of blessed Perth night when, on ...
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February 17, 2019

A man with a beard, in a waistcoat, shirt and scarf, with a gun. The colours he wears are sombre.

What did you say, Ned?

Perth Festival review: Lost and Found Opera, Ned Kelly ⋅ No.1 Mill, Jarrahdale, February 15 ⋅ Review by Ron Banks ⋅ Ned Kelly as an opera succeeds ...
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February 15, 2019

A star is born

Perth Festival review: The Last Great Hunt, Lé Nør · PICA, February 13 · Review by David Zampatti · Lé Nør (The Rain) is the most ...
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February 15, 2019

Stark, dark and utterly compelling

Perth Festival review: Michael Keegan-Dolan and Teac Damsa, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala · Heath Ledger Theatre, 14 February · Review by Nina Levy · Anyone ...
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February 15, 2019

Ursula Martinez performing in a white suit against a red curtain

Brickbats and bouquets

Perth Festival review: Ursula Martinez, Free Admission · Studio Underground, February 14 · Review by Robert Housely · The art of bricklaying, typically, is practised by tanned ...
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February 15, 2019

A group of circus performers manipulating a large sheet of plastic

Tackling plastic through acrobatics

Kinetica, 450 Years · Big Top at The Woodside Pleasure Garden, 13 February · Review by Robert Housley · Some scary numbers are linked to ...
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February 14, 2019

An early highlight

Perth Festival review: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Australian Chamber Orchestra ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, February 13 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ There is nothing more ...
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February 14, 2019

A man in blue singlet and boots pulls a dance move in front of the sign "spudshed"

Spud King flawed but fun

Fringe World review: Aarnav Productions, Tony Galati: the Musical ⋅ De Parel Spiegeltent February 13 ⋅ Review by David Zampatti ⋅ Since the demise of the bushranger, ...
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February 14, 2019

Ambition and emptiness

Fringe World review: New Ghost Theatre, Paper Doll · & FUGUE, Indigo Keane and Nicole Harvey, Silence My Ladyhead · Blue Room, February 12 · ...
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February 13, 2019

A writers festival for you

Running from 18-24 February, Perth Festival Writers Week is a feast for the mind, combining an immersive weekend of panel sessions at the University Club at ...
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February 13, 2019

Minimalist show, maximum charm

Fringe World review: Kallo Collective, Only Bones v1.0 · The Blue Room Theatre as part of Summer Nights, 12 February · Review by Nina Levy ...
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February 12, 2019

Two dancers, one male, one female, both with silvered hair, slicked back with paint. They lunge into one another.

Some hits, some misses

West Australian Ballet, 'In-Synch: Ballet at the Quarry' · West Australian Ballet, Friday 8 February · Review by Amy Wiseman · West Australian Ballet’s annual ...
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February 11, 2019

A man and a woman on a balcony, with a neon sign behind them

Something to be proud of

Black Swan State Theatre Company, Our Town · State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard, 10 February · Review by Claire Trolio · Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer ...
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February 11, 2019

Men with black clothes and hats pose on a stage

Seriously slick and silly

Fringe World review: The Men of the West, Goodbye and Hello: The First Comeback Tour ⋅ Circus Theatre at Fringe Central, February 10 ⋅ Review by Claire ...
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February 11, 2019

Olympian spectacle

Perth Festival review: Dimitris Papaioannou, The Great Tamer · Heath Ledger Theatre, February 8 · Review by David Zampatti · Dimitris Papaioannou’s The Great Tamer begins ...
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February 9, 2019

Unforgettable

Perth Festival review: Ursula Martinez, A Family Outing– 20 Years On · State Theatre Centre Studio Underground, February 8 · Review by Mark Naglazas · When ...
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February 9, 2019

Soaring between cultures

Perth Festival review: Nouveau Cirque du Vietnam, Lang Toi · Regal Theatre, February 8 · Review by Varnya Bromilow · How do you fare on rollercoasters? I ...
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February 8, 2019

Spirited resistance

Fringe World review: Tabitha Woo, A Westerner’s Guide to the Opium Wars · The Blue Room, February 6 · Review by David Zampatti · It was ever ...
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February 8, 2019

Cross-cultural collage

Perth Festival review: Beijing Dance Theatre, Dancenorth Australia, Jun Tian Fang ensemble,Genevieve Lacey, Gideon Obarzanek & Max de Wardener, One Infinity ⋅ His Majesty’s Theatre, February 7 ⋅ Review by Jonathan ...
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February 8, 2019

A woman dressed in white, at a kitchen counter, pressing her fingers into the surface.

Spirits united by love and loss

Perth Festival review: STRUT Dance and Maxine Doyle with Tura New Music: Sunset · Sunset Heritage Precinct, 7 February · Special guest review by WAAPA ...
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February 8, 2019

Doyle’s ghostly dreams delight

Perth Festival review: STRUT Dance and Maxine Doyle with Tura New Music, Sunset · Sunset Heritage Precinct, 7 February · Review by Nina Levy · ...
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February 8, 2019

A man sings into a mic with hands on heart

Born to dance

Fringe World review: Brown Record Label, Movin’ Melvin Brown – A Man, A Magic, A Music! ⋅ Big Top at Sunset Veranda, February 7 ⋅ Review by ...
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February 7, 2019

Firestorm

Fringe World review: Leah Shelton, Bitch on Heat · The Blue Room, February 6 · Review by David Zampatti · They come along once in a blue ...
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February 7, 2019

A dark double take

Fringe World review: Turquoise Theatre, Lake Disappointment · The Blue Room Theatre as part of Summer Nights, 5 February · Review by Jenny Scott · ...
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February 7, 2019

Captivating from start to finish

Fringe World review: Holland St Productions, What Doesn’t Kill You [blah blah] Stronger · Downstairs at The Maj, 5 February · Review by Jenny Scott ...
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February 7, 2019

For the love of indie tunes

With over 100 members, Perth indie-pop choir Menagerie has no trouble filling an auditorium with harmonies. But what does it take to muster so many ...
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February 7, 2019

Cabaret from the heart

The name Coober Pedy conjures up images of the Australian outback, of heat, mines and, of course, opals. It’s not a name you’d normally associate ...
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February 7, 2019

Sultry stars live on

Fringe World review: Ali Bodycoat and Jessie Gordon, Peggy Lee & Judy Garland ⋅ Ellington Jazz Club, February 6 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ There was something ...
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February 6, 2019

A DJ with her hair in two mouse-ear-like buns

Throwing shapes with Monski

Fringe World review: Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall · The West Australian Spiegeltent, 2 February · Review by Lydia Edwards · This rendition of ...
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February 6, 2019

Filling in the blanks with Dolly

With celebrity panellists pitted against contestants, running jokes and a backdrop of double entendre comments, TV game show Blankety Blanks (and other versions) played to audiences ...
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February 6, 2019

2 men in Roman clothes, 1 in Shakespearan clothes and lady in modern clothes

If Shakespeare could turn back time

What do you get when you send Shakespeare to Ancient Rome? In Kieran Bullock’s new play The Ides of March, William Shakespeare prepares to write Julius ...
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February 5, 2019

Home-grown produce

Nina Levy · It’s November 1, 2018 and the Perth Concert Hall is packed for Wendy Martin’s final Perth Festival programme launch. Anyone who has paid ...
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February 5, 2019

A barista holds a transverse flute and a soprano holds a coffee cup while browsing her phone

A perfectly poured Baroque latte

Fringe World review: Coffee Cantatas ⋅ St Andrew's Church Subiaco, February 4 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ "If you don't give up coffee I won't buy you ...
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February 4, 2019

Soprano in red velvet dress is flanked by a tenor in tuxedo

Opera’s heart of gold

Review: West Australian Opera, City of Perth Opera in the Park, La Traviata⋅ Supreme Court Gardens, February 2 ⋅ Review: Rosalind Appleby ⋅ For roughly 15 ...
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February 3, 2019

Swinging cowboys

Fringe World review: Head First Acrobats, Railed · The West Australian Spiegeltent, February 2 · Review by Steven Cohen · The circus is in town and shamelessly clowning ...
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February 3, 2019

Wheels on fire

Fringe World review: Tim Ferguson - A Fast Life on Wheels · Midar Room, State Theatre Centre, February 1 · Review by David Zampatti · It’s impossible ...
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February 2, 2019

Man and Woman, man's arm round shoulder of woman, coming across her neck.

Ghosts and dolls

New Ghosts Theatre Company's founder and director, Lucy Clements, has been busy since graduating from WAAPA just three years ago. Under her guidance, the Sydney-based ...
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February 2, 2019

Firing on all senses

Fringe World review: Sleep with Giovanni · Upper Burt Hall, Cathedral Square, 31 January · Review by Leon Levy · With the Fringe about to reach ...
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February 1, 2019

Bright young performers delight

Fringe World review: CircusWA - Sliders Youth Troupe, Cutting Teeth · The Big Top at The Woodside Pleasure Garden, 31 January · Review by Claire Trolio · Your ...
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February 1, 2019

The gift of comedy

Fringe World review: Flash in The Can, Did You Hear What I Saw and Aaaand Now for MORE... Kiddo Kaos! ⋅ Subiaco Arts Centre, January ...
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February 1, 2019

Man with top hat leans over pedal lap guitar

Blues and bonhomie

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 ...
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February 1, 2019

A woman crouched against a wall of an art gallery studio

Snack-sized dance

Review: Ana Music and April Vardy, Susan and The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I create it" · Paper Mountain, 30 ...
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February 1, 2019

Love in bloom but passion a little lacking

Fringe World review: Kate, Gus and The Other Kids · Subiaco Theatre Centre, January 31 · Persephone Productions, Savitri · The Cheeky Sparrow, January 31 · Review ...
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February 1, 2019

A woman posing into front of a projection of a man.

Interrogating toxic masculinity

Fringe World review: Bonnie Lane, How to be a Better Man in 2019 · Paper Mountain · Review by Miranda Johnson · As a performance ...
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January 31, 2019

A moving modern-day Icarus

Fringe World review: Bare Witness Theatre Company, Icarus · The Blue Room Theatre, as part of Summer Nights · Review by Nina Levy · Created ...
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January 31, 2019

Lighting up the darkness in young lives

Fringe World review: Trick of the Light Theatre, Troll · Blue Room, January 30 · Review by David Zampatti · One day Ralph McCubbin Howell and ...
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January 31, 2019

Two people sitting on a wooden crate, back to back, having a snack.

Feats for hands and feet

Perth-born juggler Jeromy Zwick and Finnish tightwire dancer Liisa Näykki are united by their love of circus... and each other. As circus duo Hands Some ...
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January 30, 2019

A classy love story with a split personality

Fringe World review: The Cutting Room Floor, Cotton Wool Kid · State Theatre Centre, January 29 · Reviewed by David Zampatti · I confess to ...
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January 30, 2019

A woman dancing in a red unitard decorated in pompons. She is on her back, with her legs bent and her pelvis arching up.

Strangely compelling

Fringe World review: Sophia Natale, Flesh and Bone · Paper Mountain, 24 January · Review by Nina Levy · Arriving at Paper Mountain to see ...
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January 30, 2019

From sex worker to comedian

Bella Green has worked in brothels, strip clubs, peepshows, dungeons, massage parlours and adult shops... and she's here to tell the tale. Her debut show Bella ...
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January 28, 2019

Channelling the greats

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 ...
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January 28, 2019

A man wearing a check shirt with a guitar on a strap.

Not much between the lines

Fringe World review, Michael de Lara, Living Between the Lines · Voila Voila Bar, January 24 · Review by Xan Ashbury · Anyone who has seen ...
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January 26, 2019

Five musicians in formal wear sit on a couch, with tasselled lamps and rustic brick backdrop

Sassafras satisfies

Fringe World review: Sassafras: Under Paris Skies⋅ Ellington Jazz Club, January 24⋅ Review by Steve Baitz⋅ Acoustic gypsy-jazz band Sassafras presented a world-class musical performance to ...
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January 26, 2019

A man in a kilt with a set of flaming bagpipes

Next-level daredevils

Fringe World review: Dream State Entertainment, Fuego Carnal · Empyrean, The Ice Cream Factory, 25 January · Review by Jenny Scott · Celebrating the power ...
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January 26, 2019

A macabre playground

Fringe World review: Broad Encounters Productions, A Midnight Visit · Old Perth Girls School, East Perth, 25 January · Review by Claire Trolio · In his ...
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January 26, 2019

Five young people standing in a graveyard, with black scarves wound around their faces. They look sombre.

A profoundly moving encounter

Fringe World review: WA Youth Theatre Company and the National Trust of WA, REST · East Perth Cemeteries, 25 January · Review by Jenny Scott ...
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January 26, 2019

A juicy gem

Fringe World review: Mish Grigor/Aphids, The Talk · PICA, January 24 · Review by Xan Ashbury · If Mish Grigor ever wanted to start a ...
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January 26, 2019

On a stage a Singaporean man massages a white man

So much to love

Fringe World Review: Squid Vicious, Poorly Drawn Shark⋅ Blue Room Theatre, January 23⋅ Review by Xan Ashbury⋅ Imagine I’ve drawn a Venn diagram. One circle ...
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January 25, 2019

A pop-up in three part harmony

Instachoir is exactly what it sounds like… a pop-up gig, choir-style. It’s the choir for those who fear commitment but love to sing and it’s ...
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January 25, 2019

Two women in a cafe, one is throwing a cup at the other

Frank, familiar and funny

Fringe World review: The Cutting Room Floor, F**k Decaf · Rooftop at Alex Hotel, 24 January · Review by Claire Trolio · Imagine you’re in a café. Any ...
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January 25, 2019

Girl hunches over notebook, on stage strewn with rubbish

Quirky metaphors mix mental and eco health

Fringe World review: Public Service Announcement, Grace⋅ Blue Room Theatre, January 23⋅ Review by Xan Ashbury⋅ Grace is a quirky play tackling the serious issue ...
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January 25, 2019

Catch him if you can!

It may have started with a stutter, but Daniel Gorski's career looks pretty smooth from this angle. His alter ego, Mr Gørski, has been touring ...
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January 24, 2019

A passport to another place

For West Australian jazz musician Kate Pass, music is a means of transcending cultural and geographical boundaries, a passport to other places and a way ...
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January 24, 2019

Tarrant’s tantalising tricks

Fringe World review: MindBlown Productions, Matt Tarrant: more UNSOLVED⋅ Megamouth at Yagan Square, 23 January⋅ Review by Robert Housley⋅ Being fooled in everyday life is ...
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January 24, 2019

A woman holding an avocado with googly eyes

Seriously funny

Fringe World review · Elizabeth Davie, Super Woman Money Program · The Shambles in the Woodside Pleasure Gardens, January 22 · Review by David Zampatti · Sometimes comedy is ...
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January 23, 2019

A man lying on the floor surrounded by statues

A tongue-in-cheek tour

Review: Andrew Nicholls, “Hyperkulturemia” · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · The Grand Tour was an exclusive educational holiday, primarily ...
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January 23, 2019

Two men in black shirts tap on pipes with small hammers

The pathos of the natural sublime

Fringe World review: PICA with Tura and Speak Percussion, Polar Force⋅ PICA, January 21⋅ Review by Jonathan W Marshall⋅ Both Australia and New Zealand have been ...
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January 23, 2019

A man sitting at a piano holding up two albums by Kylie Minogue

He should be so lucky

It all started with Madonna, says Michael Griffiths. The award-winning Australian cabaret performer has been touring Fringe festivals with his tribute acts since 2014. His ...
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January 22, 2019

Three aggressive looking women, dressed in 1950s costumes, on a stage, behind microphones

A gleeful sump

Fringe World review: Spooky Rainbows, The Violent Years (1956) · The Blue Room Theatre as part of Summer Nights, 20 January · Review by David ...
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January 21, 2019

Spellbinding storytelling

Fringe World review: The Flanagan Collective and Gobbledigook Theatre (UK), Orpheus · Circus Theatre @ Fringe Central, 20 October · Review by David Zampatti · ...
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January 21, 2019

The ageless craft of circus

Rachel Bodenstaff of CircusWA and Natano Fa'anana of Casus Circus have joined forces and talent to create Cutting Teeth for CircusWA's Sliders Youth Circus. Described as 'a whimsical and ...
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January 21, 2019

Young performers weather wild temps

Fringe World review: Odds and Ends Circus, Let's Get Wild · Big Top at the Woodside Pleasure Garden, 20 January · Review by Rosalind Appleby · It was ...
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January 20, 2019

stage bathed in purple light, one performer at a desk

Beware the gimmick

Fringe World review: The Royal Court, Izzy McDonald and Gavin Roach, Manwatching · State Theatre Centre of WA as part of the Blue Room Theatre's Summer ...
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January 20, 2019

A woman in white curly wig in front of a projection of a young girl wearing a hat.

A star on the rise

Fringe World review: Charlotte Otton, Feminah · The Blue Room Theatre as part of Summer Nights · Review by Nina Levy · Brash and witty, ...
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January 19, 2019

A girl sitting on a wall in a bikini top and towel. One arm is raised.

A satisfying start to Summer Nights

Fringe World review: Mask a Pony Theatre, Blueberry Play · Blue Room Theatre as part of Summer Nights, 18 January 2019 · Review by David ...
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January 19, 2019

Yalyalwuy Gondarra standing in front of an Aboriginal painting.

A steep learning curve

As returning Fringe World favourites, the Djuki Mala dancers need no introduction. The ensemble's charismatic blend of choreography from both traditional and contemporary Yolngu culture ...
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January 19, 2019

Creative fairy tale mashup

Fringe World Review: Modicum Theatre Perth, Hansel and/or Gretel Leederville Function Centre, 18 January Review by Rosalind Appleby The small stage in the Leederville Function Centre ...
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January 18, 2019

A clown in the city

Louis Spencer's new work The Big City has come full circle. Bringing together clowning, cabaret, comedy and puppetry in what he describes as "a Pixar-esque ...
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January 18, 2019

Wreaking feminist havoc

Charlotte Otton may be a Sydneysider by birth but in the four years that she’s been living in Perth, she’s carved out a niche for ...
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January 17, 2019

Creating a world of magical realism

It took more than an earthquake to stop Jeff Robinson from pursuing his dreams of being a circus artist. Now known as "The Quizzical Mr ...
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January 17, 2019

Twisting the narrative

Whether you loved or loathed Elizabeth Gilbert's novel Eat Pray Love (and the film that followed), local theatre-maker Andrew Sutherland is inviting you to question ...
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January 17, 2019

WIN tickets to Laser Kiwi (Fringe World)

We have three double passes to give away to see Laser Kiwi at Fringe World, 12 February. Laser Kiwi (NZ) combines high-calibre circus with unforgettable physical/sketch ...
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January 16, 2019

Girl standing in front of dystopian looking building

A not-so-imaginary future

Unprecedented heat waves, floods, bushfires... at a time when the effects of climate change are all too evident in Australia, the premise of A Region Where ...
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January 16, 2019

A sultry woman with a shiny black bob peers out from behind red fabric.

When rock n’ roll met cabaret

Suave in her suit, Carla Lippis is the epitome of cabaret cool with her shiny bob, heavily lined lids and cigar placed nonchalantly between crimson lips ...
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January 11, 2019

A person in a pig costume and a young woman in dungarees against a cartoon backdrop of a forest

A creative, curious and enterprising pig

Serena Chalker may be best known as a choreographer of site-specific dance but this January will see her slip into a pig-suit to play Patti, ...
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January 11, 2019

Two young people squatting in front of graffiti. One is smoking the other is on her phone.

On trusting your gut

It’s been little more than a year since Isaac Diamond graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts but he’s already making a name ...
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January 10, 2019

In the middle of a crowd sits a horn player in a wheel chair, behind him stands a clarinet player and two dancers are linking arms

Disabling the boundaries

English conductor Charles Hazlewood will be in Perth in February with the British Paraorchestra. He talks with Rosalind Appleby about disabilities, the haptic baton and ...
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January 5, 2019

One man stands on a small table others dance in front of him

Fiction at the forefront of Mandela tribute

Review: Madiba: The Musical · Crown Theatre, 3 January · Review by Claire Trolio · On the surface there’s a lot to like about Madiba: ...
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December 24, 2018

A choral Christmas treat

Review: Perth Symphonic Chorus and Perth Baroque Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah · Perth Concert Hall, 22 December · Review by Leon Levy · For some 30 ...
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December 20, 2018

Cream of the crop, 2018

What were Seesaw writers’ favourite shows this year? What were the highlights and lowlights for the arts in WA? And which artists will our contributors ...
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December 20, 2018

Celebrating a decade of Performing Lines WA

Last month, Performing Lines WA celebrated its tenth anniversary and officially said goodbye to its founding senior producer Fiona de Garis. At the party, Performing Lines ...
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December 20, 2018

A man looking out with one hand shading his eyes

A lesson in overcoming life’s challenges

Junior review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Moominpappa at Sea · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, December 5 · Review by Ollie Halusz, age 13 · Spare ...
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December 20, 2018

WIN tickets to Rouge at Fringe World!

We have three double passes up for grabs to see Rouge circus cabaret, January 29, at the West Australian Spiegeltent! Award-winning* Rouge circus cabaret makes its ...
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December 20, 2018

Elusive theatre puts audience at sea

Review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, ‘Moominpappa at Sea' ⋅ Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, December 7 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ Spare Parts Puppet Theatre ...
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December 18, 2018

From catastrophe to symphony

Seesaw is delighted to share this short film documenting the journey of 13 year old singer and songwriter Anastacia Dawes. The video follows her experience performing ...
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December 12, 2018

A woman dancing. She takes a deep lunge, tango style

A one-woman weaving

Review: Suzanne Ingelbrecht, PRESENTES! · Minnawarra Chapel, Armadale, November 28 · Review by Xan Ashbury · Like millions around the world in 1987, I listened ...
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December 12, 2018

Alice reading a book and swinging her legs

Summer Gig Guide for Kids

Wondering what to do with the kids this summer? Seesaw co-editor and mum-at-large Rosalind Appleby has compiled a gig guide that will kindle creativity! The ...
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December 6, 2018

A photo of two people climbing a sand dune. Their body outlines are filled with pink geometric shapes.

At surface level

Review: Rebecca McCauley & Aaron Claringbold, 'Speaking to the Surface of Lake'; Matt Aitkin and Mei Swan Lim, 'Land Sale'; Tessa Rex, 'Sequestered'; James Doohan ...
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December 5, 2018

An artwork of yellow and black geometric lines on a concrete wall next to a staircase.

At the intersection of art and friendship

Review: Various artists, ‘Collective States’; Bevan Honey & Paul Moncrieff, ‘BHPM’· Art Collective WA · Review by Miranda Johnson · The exhibitions "Collective States" and ...
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December 3, 2018

Circus spectacular

Review: ‘Tutti: Circus Oz and WASO’ ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, November 30 ⋅ Review by Laura Biemmi ⋅ The concept of Circus Oz performing with the West ...
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November 30, 2018

A girls school adventure

Review: Fishwick & Hughes, 'In SITU', presented in association with STRUT Dance, Tura New Music and Artrage · Girls School Creative Precinct, East Perth, 29 ...
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November 30, 2018

Music Makes a Way

For 12 year old Armadale girl Anastacia Dawes life was a catastrophe. Much of her childhood had been spent managing diabetes, epilepsy, ADD and Tourette ...
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November 29, 2018

A theatrical road trip

Review: The Last Great Hunt, Stay with Us · Riverview Hotel, 28 November · Review by Robert Housley · Just as its marketing grab suggests, ...
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November 28, 2018

Composer gives speech for the voiceless

Award-winning composer Cat Hope will give a voice to the silenced when she returns to Perth to present the annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address on Thursday ...
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November 27, 2018

children entering a room full of crotcheted reef and sea animals

Amazing kids exhibition pitches it right first time

Review: 'Animaze; Amazing Animals for Kids' ⋅ Fremantle Arts Centre, November 24 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ Visiting the Fremantle Arts Centre's latest exhibition ...
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November 27, 2018

Colourful Russian composite

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, "Karina Canellakis and Ning Feng: Russian Masterworks" ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, November 24 ⋅ Review by Laura Biemmi ⋅ It may have ...
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November 23, 2018

A different kind of Nutcracker

Review: West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, ‘Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker‘ ⋅ Quarry Amphitheatre, November 22 ⋅ Review by Rosalind Appleby ⋅ The sugar plum fairy and dancing ...
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November 23, 2018

A super charged one-hander

Review: Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company & Te Rehia Theatre Company, SolOthello · Subiaco Arts Centre, November 21 · Review by Jan Hallam · There are ...
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November 23, 2018

Three actors dressed in costume for The Gruffalo's Child

Joyful storytelling in Gruffalo sequel

Review: CDP Theatre Producers, The Gruffalo’s Child · State Theatre Centre of WA, Heath Ledger Theatre, November 21 · Review: Robert Housley · Toddler tears ...
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November 22, 2018

Female dancer, dressed in black, doing a sissone

Polished and professional

Review: WAAPA Dance, 'Verge' · Regal Theatre, 20 November · Review by Nina Levy · Eighteen years ago I performed in my final season as ...
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November 21, 2018

Three people lie on their backs on the floor. They look like a mother, toddler daughter and feather. They are making shapes with their hands.

Bite-sized Festival film samples

While it's still a few months until the bulk of the Perth Festival kicks off, the Lotterywest Film season is about to commence. Wondering what to ...
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November 20, 2018

Beyond the bombast

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, “Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Dvořák’s New World” ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, November 16 ⋅ Review by Jonathan W. Marshall ⋅ ...
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November 20, 2018

A fever of skill and passion

Review: WAAPA Aboriginal Performance Students: Fever · Enright Theatre, WAAPA, 16 November · Review by David Zampatti · Fever is a wonderful piece of work, ...
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November 20, 2018

Liam Green as Uncle Drosselmeyer with Carina Roberts as Clara and Matthew Lehmann as the Nutcracker in The Nutcracker. Photo by Sergey Pevnev

A joy to watch

Junior review: West Australian Ballet, The Nutcracker · His Majesty’s Theatre, 17 November, matinee · Review by Bethany Stopher, age 12 · Even before the ...
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November 19, 2018

Liam Green as Uncle Drosselmeyer with Carina Roberts as Clara in The Nutcracker. Photo by Sergey Pevnev (3)

Wintry delights

Review: West Australian Ballet, The Nutcracker · His Majesty’s Theatre, 17 November · Review by Amy Wiseman · West Australian Ballet’s enchanting production of The ...
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November 16, 2018

The best small bar in town

Review: Variegated Productions, Frankie's · The Blue Room Theatre, 16 November · Review by David Zampatti · I’ve known for some time that the Blue ...
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November 16, 2018

Three dancers, all covering their eyes. One wears grey shiny leggings and is naked aside from that. One wears a bottle green criushed velvet unitard One wears hot pink shiny leggings and a black shirt

Provocative and challenging

Review: Jo Lloyd, Confusion for Three · PICA Performance Space, 15 November · Review by Nina Levy · Jo Lloyd is a Melbourne-based independent choreographer ...
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November 14, 2018

Arts journalism merger unveiled

We've got some exciting news for you, Seesaw readers! Two of Western Australia's most respected arts writers, Seesaw's Nina Levy and Noted's Rosalind Appleby, have joined forces, ...
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November 13, 2018

Kate Pass smiles as she looks down at her fingers plucking the string bass

Jazz festival wraps up as one of the best

Review: Perth International Jazz Festival Day 3 ⋅ State Theatre Centre, November 11 ⋅ Review Steve Baitz ⋅ The sun was beating down inexorably on ...
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November 13, 2018

Moving musical tribute to Armistice

Review: Perth Symphonic Chorus and Perth Philharmonic Orchestra ‘Centenary Remembrance Concert’ ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, November 11 ⋅ Review by Leon Levy ⋅ On Sunday ...
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November 12, 2018

Jazz pianists battle it out

Review: Perth International Jazz Festival ⋅ Perth Cultural Centre/State Theatre Centre, November 10 ⋅ Review by Steve Baitz ⋅ It was a warm afternoon at ...
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November 10, 2018

Jazz takes over the city

Review: Perth International Jazz Festival · State Theatre Centre Courtyard, November 9 · Review by Rosalind Appleby · The Perth International Jazz Festival kicked off ...
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November 9, 2018

An elderly man lies on a bed, holding one wist loosely with his other hand. He looks exhausted and debilitated

Intimate glimpses into humanity

Review: Black Swan Prize for Portraiture · Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) · Review by Lydia Edwards · Even amongst curators, art critics and ...
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November 7, 2018

necklace of large wooden beads, with red accents

From tiny sculptures to jewelled treasures

Review: 'Beyond Bling!' · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s “Beyond Bling!” exhibition is ...
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November 6, 2018

Trio becomes duo but the show goes on

Review: Musica Viva; Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio ∙ Perth Concert Hall, November 5 ∙ Review Sandra Bowdler ∙ Nicola Benedetti is a most magical performer. Barely ...
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November 2, 2018

Three men in a darkened room, lit by a frame of blue LED lights. One is being held by the others by his outstretched arms. It looks like they are restraining him.

Freshman offering is razor sharp

Review: Lazy Yarns, Penthouse · The Blue Room Theatre, 31 October · Review by David Zampatti · This noxious little dive into low acts in ...
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October 31, 2018

On a white table is a hardback novel and the receiver of an old-fashioned black bakelite phone

In the face of catastrophe

Review: Jenn Garland, 'Dark Skies Ahead' · Paper Mountain · Review by Miranda Johnson · "Dark Skies Ahead", currently at Paper Mountain, is another exhibition ...
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October 30, 2018

Four women dressed as Adriana Xenides on Wheel of Fortune

Behind the Wheel

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, Xenides · Studio Underground, 27 October · Review by David Zampatti · What does a biodrama need? An interesting ...
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October 29, 2018

A woman sitting on a medical looking bed, talking to a man. The scene is Victorian.

Crackling with all sorts of electricity

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play · Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA, October 24 · ...
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October 26, 2018

Dark room, lined with shelves, lit dark blue.

How to find hope

Review: Moana Project Space, 'It is a long time since this moment' · Old Customs House, Fremantle · Review by Jenny Scott · "It is ...
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October 25, 2018

Youthful exuberance creates a future from the past

Review: Annette Carmichael, The Beauty Index & A Light Shade of Red · Albany Entertainment Centre, 26 October · Review by Maree Dawes · A ...
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October 25, 2018

Beautiful and bizarre

Review: Tarsh Bates, "This Mess We’re In" · Old Customs House, Fremantle · Review by Jenny Scott · At the junction of science and experimental art, the works within ...
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October 21, 2018

A magnificent night at the opera

Review: West Australian Opera, Don Giovanni · His Majesty’s Theatre, 20 October · Review by Leon Levy · The conductor Hans Richter, when asked to ...
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October 21, 2018

Five women wearing black briefs, performing with microphones and looking fierce. Audience stands around them.

A cleverly orchestrated cacophony

Review: Renegade Productions and Bow and Dagger, Medusa · The Blue Room Theatre, 18 October · Review by Steven Cohen · Feminist avante garde story ...
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October 17, 2018

New lightness and clarity

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Morlot, Capuçon & Thibaudet · Perth Concert Hall, October 12 · Review by Rosalind Appleby · It’s been a week ...
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October 16, 2018

Topsy-turvy world is hit and miss

Review: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, A Midsummer Night’s Dream · The Edith Spiegeltent, October 13 · Review by Xan Ashbury · I fear ...
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October 16, 2018

A treat, as always

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts classical vocal students and Faith Court Orchestra: Cendrillon · Geoff Gibbs Theatre · Review: Sandra Bowdler · One of the ...
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October 15, 2018

A legend in his prime

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, 'Gautier Capuçon plays Tchaikovsky' · Perth Concert Hall, October 6 · Review by Tiffany Ha · Gautier Capuçon is a ...
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October 12, 2018

New play packs a powerful punch

Review: Charlotte Otton, Let Me Finish · The Blue Room Theatre, 11 October · Review by Claire Trolio · Bold, brash and powerfully feminist, Let Me ...
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October 11, 2018

Tech wizardry doesn’t deliver

Review: Bandart Productions, Ann-Droid · Heath Ledger Theatre · Review by David Zampatti · It’s strange. Two Awesome Festival shows, Ruby’s Wish and Ann-Droid, have ...
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October 5, 2018

Robin Fox gets banging

Review: Tura New Music presents Robin Fox & Akioka · The Sewing Room, Perth, 2 October · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Tura New ...
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October 5, 2018

Symphony orchestra dressed in grunge fashion, with cheerleaders

A stellar night of symphonic grunge

Review: Perth Symphony Orchestra: "Unplugged: Nirvana Reimagined" · His Majesty's Theatre, 28 September · Review by Robert Housley · Perth Symphony Orchestra’s mantra “Music for ...
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October 5, 2018

A wonderful thing in Wellies

Awesome Festival review: Indepen-dance, Four Go Wild in Wellies · PICA Performance Space, 3 October · Review by David Zampatti · There’s not a thing ...
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October 4, 2018

A girl with a red head band hugging a man dressed as a piece of paper.

A must-see for all ages

Awesome Festival junior review, Cubbyhouse Co. Ruby’s Wish · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA, 3 October · Review by Bethany Stopher, age 12 · ...
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October 4, 2018

Painting of a reflection of Perth's council house by Clay Bradbury

The ordinary seen anew

Review: Clay Bradbury, "Sidewalk" · City Arts Space, Northbridge Piazza· Review by Varnya Bromilow· I was waiting at a bus stop this week, when I ...
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October 4, 2018

A woman wearing a clown nose, dancing with a shadow

Finding light in melancholy

Awesome Festival review: Rachael Woodward, Valentine · PICA Performance Space, 1 October · Review by Claire Trolio · It’s not often that grief and loss ...
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October 4, 2018

Boy wearing headphones, crouching next to chair.

The time we became snake/humans

Awesome Festival review: Sidepony Productions, Audioplay: The Turners · State Library of WA, 2 October · Review by Varnya Bromilow · There were four sets ...
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October 2, 2018

Ruby’s Wish is a winner

Awesome Festival review: Cubbyhouse Co. Ruby’s Wish · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre, 1 October · Review by David Zampatti · Theatre for kids (or Bright ...
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October 2, 2018

A playful (and glittery) search for authenticity

Review: Nathan Beard, “Siamese Smize” Turner Galleries · Review by Jess Boyce · Walking into one of Turner Galleries’ Engine Rooms to view Nathan Beard’s ...
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October 2, 2018

still from Jacobus Capone video, of rocky landscape

Minute actions and grand journeys

Review: Jacobus Capone, “Passage” · Turner Galleries · Review by Jess Boyce · Local artist Jacobus Capone’s latest exhibition “Passage”, at Turner Galleries, presents a ...
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October 1, 2018

The great entertainer

Awesome Festival junior review: Simon Tedeschi, Pianist and Prankster · Octagon Theatre, 28 September · Review by Oliver Haluszkiewicz, age 13 · Pianist and Prankster ...
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September 29, 2018

A young man pointing excitedly at a young woman

The theatrical future is bright

Review: Riptide, The 1s and 0s and Everything in Between · Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, 18 September · Review by Xan Ashbury · This play left ...
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September 29, 2018

Bite-sized intro, out-sized delight

Awesome Festival review: Simon Tedeschi, Pianist and Prankster and Awesome Festival opening weekend · Octagon Theatre, 28 October · Review: Rosalind Appleby · What has 88 keys ...
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September 27, 2018

The Awesome lowdown

As the name suggests, the Awesome International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things brings fantastic arts events for young people to Perth... from around the ...
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September 25, 2018

A box of snails with a sign that says 'hermaphrodites'.

A chance to wander and wonder

Review: The Tissue Culture and Art Project review, "Biomess" · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · Currently on show at ...
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September 24, 2018

Perfectly pitched

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: The Night Zoo · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 22 September · Review by Rosalind Appleby · High in an apartment block a lonely girl ...
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September 24, 2018

As good as it gets

Review: John O’Hara accompanied by Andrew Kroenert, #Val: A Glitery Ode to Queer Men and their Mums · Downstairs at the Maj, 13 September · ...
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September 22, 2018

An elephant puppet and a girl puppet being operated by a person.

A magical menagerie

Junior review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, The Night Zoo · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 19 September · Review by Isabel Greentree, age 8 · The ...
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September 22, 2018

Painting by Jo Darbyshire in deep purples, reds and blues

A moving reflection

Review: Various artists, “NO SECOND THOUGHTS: Reflections on the ARTEMIS Women’s Art Forum” · Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · “NO ...
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September 22, 2018

A painting by Julie Dowling of two women wearing yellow aprons over red t-shirts. Both wear glasses.

Disrupting Duchamp

Review: Various artists, “HERE&NOW18” · Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · “HERE&NOW: Besides, it is always the others who die” responds ...
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September 21, 2018

Game, set and match

Review: Fugue, Court My Crotch · Blue Room Theatre · Review by David Zampatti · The young – and I suspect fast rising - writer ...
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September 21, 2018

From the intimate to the comic

MoveMe Festival review: The Farm, Cockfight; Kynan Hughes, Love/Less & STRUT Dance, "Next" · State Theatre Centre of WA · Review by Varnya Bromilow · The ...
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September 17, 2018

A tender dance

Review: Anything is Valid Dance Theatre, Dust on the Shortbread · MoveMe Festival, 14 September · Review by Jo Pollitt · Created by Serena Chalker ...
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September 16, 2018

A dynamic showcase

Review: Co3 Australia, 'The WA Dance Makers Project' · State Theatre Centre of WA, 13 September · Review by Jo Pickup · Co3 Australia’s “WA ...
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September 15, 2018

Semi-submersible opera a success

Review: Lost and Found Opera, Charpentier’s Actéon · UWA Aquatic Centre, 12 September · Review by Rosalind Appleby · “Strip off,” cries Diana, “Strip off, ...
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September 14, 2018

Seductive music & the difficult listening hour

Review: Ensemble Offspring, "Spel" · Subiaco Arts Centre, 11 September · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · "Spel" was the latest offering from Ensemble Offspring, ...
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September 13, 2018

Ambitious exhibition merits multiple visits

Review: WA International Art Space, "spaced 3: north by southeast"· Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Phoebe Mulcahy · As the flagship program ...
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September 13, 2018

A haunting take on WA’s past

Review: Various artists, “Dark Swan - Contemporary Tales of the Gothic Antipodes” · PS Art Space Fremantle, 7 September · Review by Belinda Hermawan · ...
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September 13, 2018

Frieda Lee in The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish

A delicious blend of style and substance

Review: Frieda, Sam and Friends, The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish · The Blue Room Theatre 11 September · Review by Xan Ashbury · A ...
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September 12, 2018

Journey to a dance work

Ever wondered how a dance work gets put together? Dance artist Talitha Maslin and composer/collaborator Dane Yates will be giving you the chance to have ...
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September 9, 2018

Dark and dangerous

Review: West Australian Ballet, Dracula (co-production with Queensland Ballet) · His Majesty’s Theatre, 6 September · Review by Amy Wiseman · West Australian Ballet’s Dracula is a visually ...
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September 7, 2018

Only connect

Does technology connect us? Or does it push us further apart? That’s a question that Mandurah's youth performing arts company Riptide will be asking in ...
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September 5, 2018

First in, best dressed

Review: WAAPA 3rd Year Performance Making Students, “TILT” (Programme One) · The Blue Room Theatre · Review by David Zampatti · The forays by the ...
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September 4, 2018

A man and a woman sitting in front of a painting

Connecting generations

Review: Martumili Artists & Spinifex Hill Artists, "Pujiman" · The Goods Shed · Review by Jenny Scott · "Pujiman" is a travelling exhibition presented by ...
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August 31, 2018

Stepping outside the box

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, 'Cédric Tiberghien Plays Rachmaninov 3' · Perth Concert Hall, 25 August · Review by Tiffany Ha · Sergei Rachmaninov's third ...
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August 31, 2018

Woman in a yellow dress, in a plank position

The MoveMe Files: Yilin Kong

Yilin Kong first performed her self-devised solo Blushed at Strut Dance’s 2017 “Short Cuts” season, where it was described by Seesaw’s Nina Levy as “sculptural”, ...
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August 30, 2018

Astute, insightful and absolutely relevant

Review: WAAPA Third Year Acting, Stuff Happens · Roundhouse Theatre, WAAPA · Review by David Zampatti · There are people eligible to vote in Australian ...
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August 29, 2018

A case for Sondheim

Review: WAAPA Third Year Music Theatre, Sunday in the Park with George · Geoff Gibbs Theatre, 28 August · Review by Claire Trolio · In ...
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August 28, 2018

Artwork courtesy of Natsumi de Dianous. Work details: Slime fantasy grrl, 2018, Clay, acrylic, clear slime and temporary tattoo.

Recasting the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

We all know the Manic Pixie Dream Girl of the contemporary romantic film. She’s that off-beat, mysterious one, that free thinker who enables the male ...
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August 27, 2018

Inside the WA Dance Makers Project

This September, Co3 Australia will launch the 2018 MoveMe Festival with a double dance bill celebrating four dynamic West Australian women, led by the legendary ...
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August 27, 2018

Close to home

What is it like to slowly but surely lose your memories? For most of us, it's an unimaginable concept but a new dance theatre work, ...
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August 24, 2018

The MoveMe Files: Sally Richardson

Director Sally Richardson has taken Julia Gillard's landmark 2012 speech about misogyny and, together with dancer Natalie Allen, created a dance solo. First performed at ...
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August 23, 2018

Channels of communication

Review: Khaled Sabsabi, "A Self Portrait" and Amalia Pica, "please open hurry" · Perth Institute of Contemporary Art · Review by Belinda Hermawan · Showing ...
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August 23, 2018

The MoveMe Files: Kynan Hughes

Ahead of the 2018 MoveMe Festival, Perth’s biennial showcase of contemporary dance, Nina Levy is talking to the program’s choreographers to find out more about ...
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August 22, 2018

Title: Disembodied Cuisine Installation Artists: The Tissue Culture & Art (Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr & Guy Ben-Ary) Medium: mix Date: 2003 Photography: Axel Heise

A peek inside the lab

A monstrous arts event is about to take place in Perth. Named "Unhallowed Arts", it's timed to celebrate the bicentenary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and ...
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August 20, 2018

A little bit goes a long way

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company and Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Skylab · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA, 18 August · Review by David ...
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August 17, 2018

Penny Coss, Purple Stain, 2018, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 160 x 180cm. Courtesy Art Collective WA

A reward for attention to detail

Review: Penny Coss, “From Someplace Else” & Susan Flavell, “Golden Flowers”· Art Collective WA, Cathedral Square· Review by Miranda Johnson· Penny Coss’s "From Someplace Else" ...
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August 17, 2018

Wagnerian opera as recital: an unusual and exciting variant

Review: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner · Perth Concert Hall, 16 August · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Wagner ...
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August 16, 2018

An intriguing experiment

Review: Renegade Productions, Unveiling: Gay Sex For Endtimes · The Blue Room Theatre, Perth, 14 August · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Renegade Productions' ...
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August 15, 2018

Sidney Nolan  Stringybark Creek 1947 from the Ned Kelly series 1946 – 1947 enamel paint on composition board 90.70 x 121.50 cm Gift of Sunday Reed 1977 National Gallery of Australia

Tension, humour and high drama

Review: 'Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series' · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · "Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series", currently at ...
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August 15, 2018

Beyond the veil

Review: Aasiya Evans’s 'Orientalism & Imperialism: Veiled, Unveiled and Reviled' · Spectrum Project Space · Review by Belinda Hermawan · Aasiya Evans’s solo exhibition at ...
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August 11, 2018

A timely tale of political intrigue

Review: The Boston Curse, Threshold · The Blue Room Theatre, 9 August · Review by Steven Cohen · Director Bridget Le May and writer James ...
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August 10, 2018

From dystopia to reality

Review: Bell Shakespeare, Julius Caesar · State Theatre Centre, August 8 · Review by Xan Ashbury · Shakespeare’s political thriller, Julius Caesar, has been asking questions about ...
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August 10, 2018

Sidney Nolan The trial 1947 from the Ned Kelly series 1946 – 1947 enamel paint on composition board 90.70 x 121.20 cm Gift of Sunday Reed 1977 National Gallery of Australia

Sublime Sid and Ned: the painter and the painted

Ned Kelly was not just Sidney Nolan's subject, but his alter ego, writes David Rainey. To coincide with the opening of "Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series" at the ...
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August 10, 2018

Curious Incident - Joshua Jenkins (Christopher Boone), Amanda Posener, Matt Wilman and Oliver Boot. Photo by BrinkhoffMögenburg

Seeing through a different lens

Review: The National Theatre of Great Britain: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time · His Majesty’s Theatre, 8 August · Review by Varnya ...
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August 8, 2018

A woman, a man and a bird surrounded by flowers.

First peek at 2019 Perth Festival

Perth Festival has given us a tantalising glimpse of its 2019 programme, revealing four of the works on the line-up. Returning to open the Festival ...
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August 3, 2018

Shattering a myth

Review: Bangarra Dance Theatre, Dark Emu · Heath Ledger Theatre, 2 August · Review by Nina Levy · When it comes to contemporary dance, I ...
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August 2, 2018

A deeply engaging survey

Review: Paji Honeychild Yankkarr, Daisy Andrews, Queenie McKenzie (Gara-Gara), Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates, Tjingapa Davies and Pantjiti Mary McLean, “Bush Women: 25 Years On” · Fremantle ...
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August 2, 2018

In the spotlight: Iain Grandage

The appointment of Iain Grandage as artistic director of Perth Festival for 2020-2023 received a highly enthusiastic communal thumbs-up when it was announced earlier this ...
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July 31, 2018

A force to be reckoned with

Review: Momentum Dance, Unbreakable · Redmond Theatre, Prendiville Catholic College · Review by Nina Levy · Dance is a young person’s game… or is it? ...
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July 31, 2018

A manager and a maker

Denmark-based choreographer and creative producer Annette Carmichael has been short-listed, together with collaborator James Gentle, for a prestigious Australian Dance Award. Over a cup of ...
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July 30, 2018

A camp, joyful parade of art history

Review: Aphids, Howl · Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, 27 July · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Howl, by Australian contemporary art company ...
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July 26, 2018

A break in the weather

There’s a new ARI* on the block in the Perth CBD. Situated in the Bon Marche Arcade building on Barrack Street, the whimsically named Cool ...
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July 24, 2018

In the face of waste

Review: Brenton Rossow, Darren Tynan, Harrison See, Zhang Lianxi and Rebecca Jensen, “Paradise’s Parasite III” · Spectrum Project Space, ECU Mt Lawley, 13 July · Review by ...
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July 23, 2018

A perfect match

Review: West Australian Youth Theatre Company, Cloud Nine · Studio Underground, July 20 · Review by Xan Ashbury · This production represents one of those glorious ...
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July 23, 2018

Hume’s Carmen stands the test of time

Review: West Australian Opera, Carmen · His Majesty’s Theatre, 21 July · Review by Nina Levy · Back in 1992, when Lindy Hume’s Carmen made ...
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July 19, 2018

Artisanal and delicious

Review: Vahri McKenzie, Bakkhai · Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, June 16 · Review by Xan Ashbury · Tragedies are not meant to make the audience ...
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July 19, 2018

The crossover between art and crime

From artist to parole officer to criminal justice activist, JR Brennan is an independent performance and music maker who's not afraid to take risks. This ...
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July 18, 2018

Alex Spremberg, Liquid Structures #20, enamel on canvas, 150 x 180 x 3cm. Courtesy Art Collective WA

What lies beneath

Review: Alex Spremberg, “Liquid Geometrics” and Andre Lipscombe, “Unconcealed Paintings” · Art Collective WA, Cathedral Square, Perth · Review by Belinda Hermawan · Fittingly displayed ...
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July 18, 2018

Exciting musical chemistry

Review: WASO Classics Series, Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony & Pablo Ferrández plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto · Perth Concert Hall, 14 July · Review by Tiffany Ha ...
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July 18, 2018

polar permaculture dome in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

Under the dome

Review: Amy Perejuan-Capone, “This Is How We Walk on the Moon” · Artsource Old Customs House · Review by Belinda Hermawan · In a dark ...
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July 16, 2018

Daryl Brandwood rehearsing Momentum dancers

Dancing to new places

Acclaimed Australian dancer Daryl Brandwood doesn't consider himself a choreographer and yet he is about to finish making his second work for Momentum Dance, Perth's ground-breaking ...
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July 11, 2018

Celebrating in style

Review: WA Youth Jazz Orchestra, King Street Corner Pocket Jazz Festival · Various venues, 5-7 July · Review by Rosalind Appleby · The WA Youth ...
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July 10, 2018

An ongoing conversation

Review: "Djookian (Sisters)" · Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE · Review by Miranda Johnson · Curated by Thelma John, “Djookian (Sisters)" is an exhibition celebrating ...
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July 9, 2018

Dystopian by design

Review: Richard Giblett, "Frontier" · Turner Galleries · Review by Miranda Johnson · Richard Giblett’s exhibition "Frontier", at Turner Galleries, showcases the artist’s ongoing investigations ...
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July 6, 2018

New playwright makes her mark

Review: Mudskipper Productions, Banned · The Blue Room Theatre, 5 July · Review: Claire Trolio · Sport, and particularly AFL, is a massive part of ...
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July 5, 2018

Stories of land and love

Junior review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, The Farmer’s Daughter · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 4 July · Review by Isabel Greentree, age 8 · The show ...
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July 5, 2018

Louder than words

Review: Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, The Farmer’s Daughter · Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 4 July · Review by Nina Levy · Being a writer, I ...
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July 4, 2018

An absolute cracker

Review: shake & stir theatre co, George's Marvellous Medicine · State Theatre Centre of WA, 4 July · Review by Varnya Bromilow · Making children's theatre ...
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June 30, 2018

Chris Isaacs in foreground, Areille Gray in background

Fresh, stylish and subversive

Review: The Last Great Hunt, Improvement Club · State Theatre Centre of WA, 28 June · Review by Xan Ashbury · Subversive and witty, playful and ...
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June 29, 2018

A sheer delight

Review: Western Sky Theatre, Gutenberg! the Musical · Subiaco Theatre Centre, 27 June · Review by Xan Ashbury · As a certified word nerd, I ...
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June 29, 2018

Moody magic

Review: Sydney Dance Company, ab [intra] · His Majesty’s Theatre, 28 June · Review by Nina Levy · In 1998 I saw Sydney Dance Company ...
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June 28, 2018

Catherine-McClements-and-Johnny-Carr.-image-credit-Daniel-J-Grant

A tricky path to compassion

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, The Events · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA, 22 June · Reviewed by Tiffany Ha · Claire ...
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June 27, 2018

A collector of ideas

Writer, director and actor Jeffrey Jay Fowler is one of six artists who make up The Last Great Hunt, a small but acclaimed Perth-based theatre ...
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June 26, 2018

A still from Charmaine Green's 'Dream Mine Time'.

Stories ancient and recent

Review: Various artists, "Dream Mine Time" · FORM Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · The title piece of "Dream Mine Time", an exhibition at ...
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June 25, 2018

Hiro. Photo by; Stephen Heath Photography www.stephenheathphotography.com

Tapping into our deepest fears

Review: Samantha Chester, HIRO: The Man Who Sailed His House · The Blue Room Theatre, 23 June · Review by Steven Cohen · “Strange things ...
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June 23, 2018

Pleasing minimalism

Review: Intercurrent, "Sensory Horizons", programmed by Tura New Music · Subiaco Arts Centre, 19 June · Review by Tiffany Ha · Intercurrent is an exciting ...
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June 23, 2018

Black Swan State Theatre's production of Assassins (Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), Directed by Roger Hodgman; Heath Ledger Theatre, 15th June 2018, photographed by Philip Gostelow.

A kind of magic

Review: Black Swan Theatre Company, Assassins · State Theatre Centre of WA , June 20 · Review by Xan Ashbury · Created by Stephen Sondheim ...
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June 22, 2018

A mixed bag of Short Cuts

Review: STRUT dance "Short Cuts, Program A" · King Street Arts Centre, June 14 · Review by Varnya Bromilow · If you’re not familiar with contemporary ...
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June 21, 2018

Nuanced and intense: a wonderful back-to-back billing

Review: Rorschach Beast, Bus Boy and Static Drive Co, Tissue · Subiaco Arts Centre, 20 June · Review by Steven Cohen · The frailty of ...
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June 21, 2018

Poetry in survival

Imagine surviving a tsunami. HIRO tells the true story of a man who did just that, swept out to sea, clinging to the roof of ...
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June 21, 2018

Semiconductor_Black Rain_Photo by Rebecca Mansell (1)

A striking solar exploration

Review: Semiconductor, Brilliant Noise/Black Rain · Fremantle Arts Centre · Review by Phoebe Mulcahy · Despite it being one hundred-and-fifty million kilometres from the Earth ...
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June 18, 2018

A restrained battle of wit

Review: Susie Conte, When He Gets That Way · Subiaco Arts Cenre, 15 June · Review by Claire Trolio · Directed by Susie Conte, When ...
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June 17, 2018

The roundabout course of love

Review: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Carousel · Regal Theatre, 16 June · Review by Leon Levy · In 1909 Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár's ...
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June 15, 2018

West side stories

Although the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts is home to one of Australia’s most prestigious musical theatre courses, the job opportunities for its graduates ...
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June 15, 2018

Through the lens of anxiety

Review: Ribs, Interrupting a Crisis · Subiaco Arts Centre, 13 June · Review by Jenny Scott · Written and performed by Georgina Cramond, who sings ...
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June 13, 2018

Extreme makeover for opera

Review: Freeze Frame Opera, Pagliacci · Camelot Theatre, Mosman Park, 9 June · Reviewed by Tiffany Ha · There's been a steadily growing buzz around ...
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June 10, 2018

'Burrbgaja Yalirra - Three Short Works' - Marrugeku Production 2018 - PICA - 6th June 2018 / Photography © Jon Green 2018 - All Rights Reserved

Not damnation but hope

Review: Marrugeku, “Burrbgaja Yalirra" (Dancing Forwards) · PICA Performance Space, 9 June · Review by Nina Levy · How can we look to the past ...
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June 8, 2018

So much more than magic

Review: Matt Penny, Find the Lady · Subiaco Arts Centre, 6 June · Review by Jenny Scott · Find the Lady is a one-man show ...
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June 7, 2018

Unpacking our libraries: Elizabeth Tan’s network of little lost things

Behind every artist is a rich collection, a "library", compiled of works by other creators. In Seesaw's "Unpacking our libraries" series, Claire Coleman talks to ...
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June 6, 2018

Dirty little secrets

Porn is our collective dirty little secret… or is it? In the play Tissue, local theatre company Static Drive Co is asking, “If we strip ...
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June 6, 2018

Behind the magic

The film Breath, based on the Tim Winton novel of the same name, opened in cinemas around the country last month. Set in a fictional town in ...
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May 31, 2018

3.3 is about an emerging young Indigenous dancer, on the brink of an international career, thrown into a holding cell because of his skin colour and torn between two cultures. Ian Wilkes dances the young man. His mentor and choreographer Indigenous dance legend Michael Leslie Challenges him in this new adaptation of a new work by Michael. Ultimately, he just wants to dance. The young man is caught in the middle. The terrible legacy of this dilemma is that the young black fella believes gaol is also a rite of passage for young men in his community. Aboriginal people represent 3.3% of the total population, yet more than 28% of Australiaís prison population. Don't miss this dynamic and powerful dance conversation between this dance mentor and the next generation dance legend As a commitment by Ochre to the support of West Australian dancers and choreographers, we will be presenting ëBeyondí the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer Chrissie Parrot and dancer Floeur Alder. Chrissie has been commissioned by original Ochre member Floeur Alder to make a solo to commemorate the dancerís 40th birthday and a professional relationship spanning almost 30 of those years. A transformative solo that is mesmeric enigmatic and virtuosic taking dancer and audience on a transformative journey traversing an imaginary landscape.

Extraordinary dance from Ochre

Review: Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, 3.3 and Beyond · Subiaco Arts Centre, 29 May · Review by Varnya Bromilow · Shadows on shadows, a body ...
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May 29, 2018

A snapshot of the future

Review: "Hatched National Graduate Show" 2018 · Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) · Review by Jenny Scott · Now in its 27th year and ...
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May 29, 2018

And the winners are…

Seesaw warmly congratulates the winners of the 2017 Performing Arts WA Awards! BEST NEWCOMER 2017 Georgina Cramond – Interrupting A Crisis, The Blue Room Theatre ...
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May 24, 2018

Link dancers performing in Ori Flomin's Mangoes, earrings and a glimpse of hope.

Welcome to the breeding ground

Review: Link Dance Company, "Differently Equal" · Geoff Gibbs Theatre, 23 May · Review by Nina Levy · I’m always excited to see LINK Dance ...
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May 23, 2018

Reclaiming language through dance

It's been decades since Michael Leslie has taken to the stage but the legendary Aboriginal dancer and choreographer is about to perform in his new ...
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May 21, 2018

Best on the boards

As readers of Seesaw know, the WA performing arts sector punches well above its weight in terms of both the quality and quantity of work ...
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May 20, 2018

Claire Voss and Oscar Valdes in La Sylphide. Photo by Emma Fishwick

An enchanting escape

Review: West Australian Ballet, La Sylphide · His Majesty’s Theatre, 18 May · Review by Amy Wiseman · Attending the ballet on Friday, I was ...
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May 18, 2018

Sonic gorgeousness from Devenish and James

Review: Louise Devenish, "music for percussion and electronics" · The Sewing Room, 15 May · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Louise Devenish is a ...
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May 17, 2018

The domestic heart of darkness

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, Hir by Taylor Mac · Studio Underground, Perth, 12 May · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · Hir is ...
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May 17, 2018

A lunchtime treat

Review: Concerts at One, Recital II, Christ Church Grammar School · St George’s Cathedral, 16 May · Review by Leon Levy · The attractive annual season ...
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May 16, 2018

Raise your voices

Denmark will be awash with harmonies over the WA Day long weekend, when hundreds of people descend on the town for its annual Festival of ...
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May 16, 2018

A window on the past

Review: Tempest Theatre, Sparrow by Susie Conte · Subiaco Arts Centre Studio, 3 May · Review by David Zampatti · There’s something of Albert Facey’s ...
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May 13, 2018

Musical magic in Mount Lawley

Review: Emma Matthews with WAAPA's Faith Court Orchestra, "Glitter and be Gay" · Judith Cottier Theatre, 12 May · Review by Leon Levy · Magic ...
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May 11, 2018

Black Swan’s Doll is a revelation

Review: Black Swan State Theatre Company, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll · Heath Ledger Theatre, May 9 · Review by Xan Ashbury · It’s not ...
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May 9, 2018

And the director is…

Perth Festival has announced the appointment of Iain Grandage as artistic director of Perth Festival 2020-2023, succeeding current director Wendy Martin whose final program will ...
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May 8, 2018

Down on their Luck, 2017, ash, polymer, timber veneer on canvas, 183x225cm, Photograph by Bewley Shaylor

Art from the ashes

Review: Nigel Hewitt, “Recinder” · Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE · Review by Belinda Hermawan · In his latest body of work, “Recinder”, Tasmanian born ...
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May 7, 2018

Students rise to the challenge

Review: WAAPA Dance: Rise · Geoff Gibbs Theatre, 5 May · Review by Nina Levy · When it comes to reviewing dance at the Western ...
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May 5, 2018

Tasty home-grown honey

Review: Rorschach Beast, Hive Mind · Blue Room Theatre, 3 May · Review by Xan Ashbury · Monday nights in 1991 are forever etched in ...
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May 3, 2018

Carina Roberts and Gakuro Matsui in The Nutcracker

In the spotlight: Carina Roberts

Carina Roberts's star is on the rise. In her fourth year as a dancer at West Australian Ballet, the 23 year old has already chalked ...
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April 27, 2018

Brutal honesty & perverse pleasure

Review: Antifragile, Hold Your Breath (Count to Ten) · The Blue Room Theatre, 26 April · Review by Steven Cohen · One of the most ...
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April 25, 2018

Nothing left for me to do but dance

Imagine a flash-mob/outdoor dance-karaoke jam, where you get to watch uber-cool street dancers strut their stuff and you can have a boogie yourself, under the ...
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April 24, 2018

A paradise we may never want to leave

Review: West Australian Opera, The Cunning Little Vixen · His Majesty's Theatre, 21 April · Review by Tiffany Ha · What are some of the tropes ...
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April 20, 2018

Fame!

Rumour has it that Famous Sharron is heading off to Hollywood... but before she does she'll be returning to Perth Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy ...
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April 16, 2018

The Talk by The Last Great Hunt photo by Daniel James Grant_ pictured L-R Christina Odam, Cassidy Dunn, Megan Hunter-011

Chipping away at age-old taboos

Review: The Talk, The Last Great Hunt · Subiaco Theatre Centre, 11 April · Review by Xan Ashbury · For an introvert like me, that ...
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April 12, 2018

Holly Story, Spellbound (detail), 2018, variable, Banksia grandis flowers, plant dyed silk organza, silk thread, plywood, xanthorroea, resin and acrylic paint. Photography by Jessica Wyld_preview

Seductive and sensual

Review: "Sensual Nature", various artists · Fremantle Arts Centre · Review by Jenny Scott · Featuring works by twelve Australian artists, "Sensual Nature" explores our ...
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April 12, 2018

Making a splash

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts’ Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) course has been running for just six years but its impact is already ...
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April 12, 2018

William Rees as Frank with Co3 Australia dancer Andrew Searle

A winning reinvention

Review: Frank Enstein, The Farm with Co3 Australia · State Theatre Centre of WA, 12 February · Review by Nina Levy · When I first ...
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April 10, 2018

Golden harmonies

If you were lucky enough to see Mama Kin Spender at this year's Perth Festival, you’ll know that this band is spinning some musical magic, ...
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April 9, 2018

Montaged blocks and slow accumulations: Live musique concrète with GreyWing Ensemble

Review: GreyWing Ensemble, Lines of Flight  · Gallop House, Dalkeith, 6 April  · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · GreyWing consists of Lindsay Vickery (clarinet and electronics), Catherine Ashley ...
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April 9, 2018

Patsy Mudgedell, Dogs on edge (detail), 2018, gouache, colour texta and black fineliner on cartridge paper, 29.7 x 42cm

Stories of family, country and culture

Review: "Revealed Exhibition: New and emerging WA Aboriginal artists" · Fremantle Arts Centre · Review by Miranda Johnson · Fremantle Arts Centre’s "Revealed Exhibition" showcases ...
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March 30, 2018

Getting their gear off – or are they?

If you're uncomfortable with nudity, you may want to avert your gaze in Freo this weekend. Actually, never mind, it's just clever costuming! Varnya Bromilow ...
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March 27, 2018

A tale of two companies

Raewyn Hill, artistic director of Co3, takes Nina Levy behind the scenes of the contemporary dance company's upcoming season of Frank Enstein, a darkly comic ...
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March 27, 2018

Snippets of musical conversation

Review: WASO Masters Series – Asher Fisch Conducts Debussy & Ravel · Perth Concert Hall, 24 March · Review by Tiffany Ha · This was ...
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March 26, 2018

Rocking the Maj

We Will Rock You by Queen and Ben Elton, presented by Platinum Entertainment · His Majesty's Theatre, 23 March · Review by Xan Ashbury · ...
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March 23, 2018

Raw, innovative and utterly engaging

Review: Huff by Cliff Cardinal, co-presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and Native Earth Performing Arts · Subiaco Arts Centre, March 21 · Review by ...
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March 23, 2018

The many faces of water

Review: Binja-Bilya-Warden by Bradley Kickett · Paper Mountain, 21 March · Review by Miranda Johnson · When we think of water, we tend to think of ...
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March 22, 2018

Close to home

Finding sensuality in organic objects is one of the central ideas behind "Sensual Nature", an exhibition that opens at Fremantle Arts Centre, March 29. It's ...
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March 20, 2018

Making music in the field

Outdoor shows are relatively common in Perth, especially in summer… but have you ever attended a performance in a bird sanctuary? Perth's GreyWing Ensemble are ...
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March 16, 2018

Humanising history

Review: The Corsini Collection – A Window on Italy · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Miranda Johnson · The Corsini Collection is ...
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March 16, 2018

An ode to flair and imagination

Review: “Ode to Joy”, Asher Fisch conducting West Australian Symphony Orchestra & Chorus · Program: Beethoven's Zur Namensfeier: overture; Fantasia for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra ...
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March 14, 2018

Street smart

Review: Handbrake’s "Chaos Controlled" · 35 Cheriton St, East Perth, Friday 9 March · Review by Belinda Hermawan · Near the disused East Perth power ...
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March 7, 2018

With a bang

Perth Festival review: Lee Fields & the Expressions + Tank & the Bangas · Chevron Gardens, 4 March · Review by Tiffany Ha · The ...
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March 6, 2018

Dancing or drowning

Perth Festival review: Repatriate by Latai Taumoepeau · Fremantle Arts Centre · Review by Jess Boyce · At the end of a hall I’m filed ...
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March 5, 2018

Brave, intense, strange

Perth Festival review: The Second Woman by Nat Randall and Anna Breckon · Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 3 March · Review by Varnya Bromilow · ...
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March 5, 2018

On the outside, looking in

Perth Festival review: Ensemble Al Nabolsy & the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus White Spirit · His Majesty's Theatre, 3 March · Review by Louisa Wales · It’s ...
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March 3, 2018

We’re all animals

Perth Festival review: Damien Jalet & Kohei Nawa's Vessel · State Theatre Centre, 2 March · Review by Varnya Bromilow · "It sounds like crickets," a ...
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March 2, 2018

A fitting farewell to summer

Perth Festival review: Perfume Genius and Mama Kin Spender: Perth Festival · Wednesday 28 February, 2018 Chevron Gardens · Review by Tiffany Ha · It ...
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February 28, 2018

Arresting and apocalyptic

Perth Festival review: Zadok Ben-David, "Human Nature" · Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · Zadok Ben-David's work is filled with trickery and illusion ...
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February 27, 2018

Of cats and crows

From a life-sized rhinoceros to a colourful cluster of stupas, Mikaela Castledine's large-scale yet intricate crocheted works have been delighting viewers at Sculpture by the ...
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February 25, 2018

The Far Side of the Moon_Cr. Toni Wilkinson, Perth Festival 2018_03

The far side of expectations

Perth Festival Review: The Far Side of the Moon, Robert Lepage · State Theatre Centre, 24 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · Occasionally you’ll ...
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February 24, 2018

In praise of Peach

Fringe World review: Lucy Peach: My Greatest Period Ever - 13 February; How to Period Like a Unicorn - 22 February · De Parel Spiegeltent · Review by Jenny Scott ...
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February 23, 2018

From cult classic to crowd pleaser

Review: Rocky Horror Show · Crown Theatre, 21 February · Review by Xan Ashbury · As cultural artefacts go, the Rocky Horror Show is fascinating ...
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February 23, 2018

Garden of satirical delights

Fringe World review: Madame Nightshade's Poison Garden, created and performed by Anna Thomson, directed by Sarah Ward · The Studio at the Blue Room Theatre, February 22 · ...
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February 22, 2018

Flags for a new world order

Perth Festival review: Kimsooja's "Zone of Nowhere" · Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) · Review: Belinda Hermawan · When experiencing multi-disciplinary artist Kimsooja's "Zone ...
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February 22, 2018

Oh! What a journey

Perth Festival review: Nassim by Nassim Soleimanpour · Studio Underground, 20 February · Review: Xan Ashbury · "Nassim means breeze - I knew when I named ...
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February 22, 2018

A rich and tender alternative

Perth Festival review: "Emissaries" by Lisa Reihana · John Curtin Gallery · Review by Miranda Johnson · Lisa Reihana’s "Emissaries" takes as its starting point ...
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February 21, 2018

A rather rhythmic stroll

Fringe World Review: "The Rhythm Spectacular", Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys feat. Lucky Oceans (USA) · The Edith Spiegeltent at The Ice Cream Factory, ...
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February 20, 2018

WIN one of TEN double passes to ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’

We have TEN double passes to give away to see Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, starring Annette Bening and Jamie Bell, in cinemas March ...
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February 18, 2018

Foot stomping and whistles!

Perth Festival review: Jordi Savall · Perth Concert Hall, 17 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · Why do we like the music we like? Ever ...
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February 18, 2018

Of typewriters and telegrams

Perth Festival review: A Farewell to Paper · Heath Ledger Theatre, 17 February · Review by Nina Levy · In 1982 I was seven years ...
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February 16, 2018

Hard to keep laughing

Fringe World review: Fleabag, a DryWrite and Soho Theatre production · Blue Room Theatre, 15 February · Review by Xan Ashbury · It’s a big ...
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February 15, 2018

WIN a double pass to 6056

We have two double passes to give away to , showing at Laneway Palace, 7.45pm, February 20. Winner of Best Comedy WA at FRINGE WORLD ...
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February 15, 2018

Almost super-human

Perth Festival review: to a simple, rock ‘n’ roll… song by Michael Clark Company · His Majesty’s Theatre, 14 February · Review by Nina Levy ...
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February 14, 2018

Lucky dip of dance treats

Fringe World review: "MicroMove" curated by Shona Erskine & Harriet Roberts · The Blue Room Theatre, 13 February · Review by Nina Levy · "MicroMove" ...
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February 13, 2018

Hell nods to Beckett

Fringe World review: GOTO Hell by Cody Fullbrook · The Hellenic Community Centre, 9 February · Review by Tiffany Ha · GOTO Hell, fittingly staged in ...
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February 13, 2018

String theory

Fringe World review: Annette Nykiel's "Meeting Place" · Spectrum Project Space · Review by Belinda Hermawan · A product of Annette Nykiel's three-week residency at Spectrum Project Space ...
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February 13, 2018

Celestial grace

Perth Festival Review: "Milky Way - Ballet at the Quarry" by West Australian Ballet · The Quarry Amphitheatre, 10 February · Review by Amy Wiseman · On a ...
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February 12, 2018

Mesmerising marvel

Perth Festival review: Beyond Time by U-Theatre · His Majesty’s Theatre, February 11 · Review by Suzanne Ingelbrecht · A curtain of water, a single ...
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February 12, 2018

A balm for the soul

Perth Festival review: Barber Shop Chronicles, by Inua Ellams · Octagon Theatre, 9 February · Review: Xan Ashbury · Often I enter a hair salon ...
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February 12, 2018

Hoopla! Hoopla!

Perth Festival review: Il n'est pas encore minuit by Compagnie XY· Regal Theatre, 9 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · I don't have a ...
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February 10, 2018

Incredible art-making

Perth Festival review: Attractor by Gideon Obarzanek, Lucy Guerin, Dancenorth and Senyawa · State Theatre Centre, 8 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · A group ...
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February 10, 2018

For kids only!

Fringe World review: Josephine by Second Chance Theatre · The Blue Room Theatre, 7 February · Review by Cass Runyon & Varnya Bromilow · Cass Runyon, ...
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February 9, 2018

Darkness proves immersing

Fringe World review: Less Light by Lazy Yarns · The Round - State Theatre Centre, February 7 · Review by Xan Ashbury · It's one ...
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February 9, 2018

Bemusing but beguiling

Fringe World review: Fisticuffs by Sven Hopla · Cirquest, 8 February · Review by Suzanne Ingelbrecht · A rope hanging from the rafters, a punch ...
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February 8, 2018

A middle-aged view of adolescence

Fringe World review: Seventeen by Turquoise Theatre · The Blue Room Theatre, 7 February · Review by Nina Levy · Wednesday evening saw me catch ...
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February 8, 2018

Superstar Joan is not to be missed

Fringe World review: Joan by Lucy J Skilbeck · State Theatre Centre Round, 7 February · Review by David Zampatti · The idea of the teenage warrior/martyr/saint Joan ...
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February 7, 2018

Solo show submerges audience in emotion

Fringe World review: 19 Weeks by Emily Steel · COMO Pool at COMO The Treasury as part of Blue Room Summer Nights, 3 February 2018 · ...
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February 7, 2018

Lebens Mittel

Eat from the food life gives By which we count our days It need not be as rich as Croesus To fill our daily needs ...
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February 6, 2018

Smokin’ hot

Fringe World review: Club Swizzle · The Ice Cream Factory, 4 February · Review by Nina Levy · While a disused factory might not seem ...
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February 5, 2018

An exuberant return

Fringe World review: Djuki Mala The West Australian Spiegeltent at The Pleasure Garden, 31 January Review by Jenny Scott The wildly popular Djuki Mala team ...
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February 5, 2018

One for the insomniacs

Fringe World review: Night Sweats by Static Drive Co · The Blue Room Theatre, 3 February · Review: Claire Trolio · Insomnia and I met way ...
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February 4, 2018

Life as polaroid

Fringe World review: yourseven by James Berlyn · Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 3 February · Review by Varnya Bromilow · There’s something very comforting about experiencing ...
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February 2, 2018

An elegant machine

Fringe World review: Syncope by Kinetica · St Georges Cathedral, 30 January · Review by Jenny Scott · Syncope is an enjoyable mix of contemporary circus ...
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February 2, 2018

Theatre on foot

Fringe World review: Seeking basic needs and other tales of excess by Renée Newman · Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 1 February · Review by Claire Trolio · ...
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February 2, 2018

A trip into retro-wonderland

Fringe World review: The Honeymoon Suite by Bernadette Lewis · Paper Mountain gallery, 1 February · Review by Nina Levy · Entering the Paper Mountain gallery space to see ...
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February 2, 2018

Super attractor

Propelling its dancers into a state of ecstatic physical abandonment, Attractor has been a hit at festivals in the Eastern states. Ahead of the work’s ...
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February 1, 2018

Pop in harmony

Perth’s indie-pop choir, Menagerie, has become a staple at Fringe World since its debut in 2014. With a back catalogue that ranges from Arcade Fire’s ...
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February 1, 2018

Jemima Foxtrot in Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea

Extraordinary Foxtrot spins cathartic tale

Fringe World review: Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea, Unholy Mess Blue Room Theatre, 30 January Review by Xan Ashbury Occasionally, you see a show that leaves ...
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January 31, 2018

Composer of 'Katrina Ballads', Ted Hearne. Photo: Nathan Lee.

WIN a double pass to Katrina Ballads at Perth Festival

Thanks to Perth Festival and Fremantle Arts Centre, Seesaw has a double pass to Katrina Ballads to give away. Katrina Ballads 8pm, Thu 15 Feb ...
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January 31, 2018

Stories that pack a punch

Fringe World review: Wil Greenway: the way the city ate the stars · The Blue Room Theatre, 28 January · Review by Claire Trolio · The stage is ...
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January 29, 2018

Simply joyful

Review: A Simple Space by Gravity and Other Myths · The West Australian Spiegeltent, The Pleasure Garden, 28 January · Review by Nina Levy · ...
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January 29, 2018

Skewering social media

Fringe World review: The Very Good Looking Initiative's Cull · Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, 28 January · Review by Jenny Scott · Cull begins with ...
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January 29, 2018

Shania Choir will set your Fringe on fire

Fringe World review: Shania Choir: A Shania Twain Retrospective · Circus Theatre, Perth Cultural Centre, 29 January · Review: Tiffany Ha · What could be ...
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January 29, 2018

Saucy and jaunty

Fringe World review: Slap and Tickle by The Kabuki Drop and WAYJO · Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA, 27 January · Reviewed by ...
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January 29, 2018

A Scrambled Serving

Fringe World review: Human Services by Queen's Hall Music · 28 January, 2018 Perth Town Hall · Review by Tiffany Ha · "Thank you for holding. Your ...
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January 27, 2018

From across the sea

She’s performed at Glastonbury and the Edinburgh Fringe, written commissions for the BBC and published a collection of poetry. Now UK-based writer and performer Jemima ...
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January 25, 2018

Abundantly kitsch

Those who were lucky enough to get a sneak peek at Bernadette Lewis's "The Honeymoon Suite" in STRUT Dance's "Short Cuts" program last year will ...
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January 25, 2018

Poetry for our times

What do you get when you mix performance poetry, spoken word and rap? Star-Crossed Poets, a group of Perth performers who will be mixing poetry ...
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January 25, 2018

Only the lonely

We all feel alone at times, but when you're experiencing loneliness it can feel like you're the only one. 52 Hertz, by young artist collective ...
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January 25, 2018

Super Woman Money Program - Elizabeth Davie

Money, feminism and power… ballads

Sometimes comedy is the best way to explain depressing statistics, says Melbourne-based comedian Elizabeth Davie, and so she's having a crack at the superannuation gender ...
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January 25, 2018

Take a long, hard laugh at yourself

If you've ever been in a relationship or looked after a child then you should relate to The Motherhood's 'Surviving the circus', a local comedy ...
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January 25, 2018

The scientist turned magician

Starting with love and ending in blood, Pierre Ulric's 'Confessions of a Magician' isn't your standard conjuring show. In his Fringe Session Q&A, he reveals ...
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January 24, 2018

Dylan done medium rare

Smart and sassy, Monique diMattina and Rebecca Barnard have juggled music and motherhood to bring you comedy cabaret act Dao of Dylan. How did they ...
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January 24, 2018

Dark humour and haunting soundscapes

Paully aka Paul Rowe, is the front man of Genrefonix, a Perth-based arts/music collective that will be taking audiences on an eerie journey into local ...
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January 23, 2018

Out of control

Dance is uncontrollable, says Israeli choreographer Omer Backley-Astrachan, and that’s what he loves about the art form. He’ll be performing in his dance work TOHU ...
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January 22, 2018

Writers Week – getting back to books

In late February wordsmiths of varying stripes will gather around UWA’s University Club for a packed week of debate, ideas and practical know-how. This year’s ...
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January 18, 2018

The Fringe Sessions

Welcome to the Fringe Sessions, a series of Q&A interviews with some of the artists who will be appearing at Fringe World 2018. Pictured top ...
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January 18, 2018

A space of one’s own

Artist-run galleries form a vital part of the visual arts ecosystem, acting as breeding grounds for new ideas and practices, as well as bringing vitality ...
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January 18, 2018

The wee small hours

How did you sleep last night? If you've had any experience with the frustrations of the sleepless wee hours, Night Sweats is the Fringe show ...
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January 18, 2018

Making music on the fly

As his name suggests, Harlem's Dandy Wellington cuts a dapper figure on stage as bandleader in "Club Swizzle". But his role in this highly-anticipated cabaret/circus fusion ...
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January 17, 2018

WIN tickets to Laser Kiwi (Fringe World)

We have two double passes to give away to see Laser Kiwi at Fringe World! After touring across Canada and New Zealand, Laser Kiwi is ...
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January 17, 2018

Pushing provocative buttons

CULL is a new show from Melbourne-based company, The Very Good Looking Initiative (TVGLI). Described as a darkly comedic look at the world of social ...
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January 13, 2018

How to choose your Fringe World shows

Seesaw’s Nina Levy offers her tips for avoiding a Festival freak out navigating the Fringe World program. Ah Fringe World. When, for a blissful month, ...
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January 12, 2018

A future that looks like the past?

Described as a one-woman, one-Roomba show, Future’s Eve will also feature a paddling pool, breakfast made live on stage and lasers, according to its maker and ...
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January 12, 2018

A necklace of words

What’s it like to be an arts critic? Seesaw editor and performing arts critic Nina Levy answers your questions about the highs and lows of ...
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January 12, 2018

Welcome to the House of Joys

Dreaming up new worlds for people to experience is what KAN Collective's Noemie Huttner-Koros loves about performance-making, so she's excited about inviting audiences into KAN’s interactive ...
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January 11, 2018

Best of beads

Tiny and colourful, fiddly and fun, iron-together beads have been keeping children occupied for over 50 years. But can they be made into "art"? Absolutely ...
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January 8, 2018

A love letter to music: Jessie Gordon

Local songstress Jessie Gordon has been performing at Fringe World since its inception in 2012, and has picked up an impressive eight Fringe World awards ...
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December 21, 2017

mais pourquoi Thursday 21 December

It was a relief when Stina found a fellow odd, lost thing. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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December 20, 2017

The interpretation of [downstream] dreams

An essay about Tom Blake’s “Downstream Dreams”, exhibited at Moana Project Space, 17-19 November 2017 · By Belinda Hermawan · Within ten minutes of arriving at the ...
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December 20, 2017

Cream of the crop

What were Seesaw writers' favourite shows this year? What were the highlights and lowlights for the arts in WA? And which artists will our contributors ...
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December 18, 2017

Pared down & Picasso-esque

Review: The Twits - Spare Parts Puppet Theatre ◆ Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 6 December ◆ Review by Varnya Bromilow ◆ Recreating a beloved children’s ...
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December 11, 2017

Christmas spirit?

Review: Christmas with The Idea of North & WASO • Friday, 8 December, Perth Concert Hall • Review by Tiffany Ha • On a sticky ...
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December 6, 2017

Ada – Chapter Three

Ada is the working title of a novel-in-progress by Varnya Bromilow. This is chapter three. For the first two chapters click here. Chapter Three LEONIE ...
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December 5, 2017

A Short History of Toast

At 11.32am a piece of toast falls out of the mist and down the length of Meg's window. It lands on the lawn. Meg makes ...
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November 30, 2017

Oh those Russians

Review: WASO Masters Series - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2 and Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 • Perth Concert Hall, 25 November • Review by Tiffany Ha • ...
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November 29, 2017

Artivism: reaching beyond trauma

Eugenio Viola talks to Phoebe Mulcahy about "I don't want to be there when it happens", his first exhibition as senior curator at Perth Institute ...
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November 26, 2017

Fierce diva shines

Review: Masterclass - Perth Theatre Trust ◆ Subiaco Arts Centre, 22 November ◆ Review by Varnya Bromilow ◆ I have a sparing knowledge of Maria ...
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November 20, 2017

Brutality as theatre

Review: Let The Right One In - Black Swan Theatre ◆ Heath Ledger Theatre, 15 November ◆ Review by Xan Ashbury ◆ “There is only ...
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November 18, 2017

Cruelty over love

Review: Valentine by Kynan Hughes ◆ The Blue Room Theatre, 16 November ◆ Review by Suzanne Ingelbrecht ◆ When does the retelling of old stories ...
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November 17, 2017

Quirky robot action!

Review: My Robot by Barking Gecko Theatre ◆ Studio Underground, 10 November ◆ Reviewed by Ellen-Hope Thomson ◆ Entering the theatre on opening night I am ...
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November 14, 2017

Memory as dance

Review: im spiegel by LINK dance ◆ The Edith, Perth, 9 November ◆ Review by Varnya Bromilow ◆ It was one of those warm, windless Perth ...
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November 9, 2017

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things

Review: The Beauty Index by Annette Carmichael ◆ Brave New Works #24, Denmark, WA, 3 November ◆ Review by Amy Wiseman ◆ Set in a hauntingly cavernous ...
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November 9, 2017

Perth Festival picks

Seesaw co-editor Nina Levy shares her tips for the 2018 Perth Festival. One of my favourite things about living in Western Australia is the quality ...
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November 8, 2017

The road to Valentine: Kynan Hughes

Ahead of the premiere of his first full length work, Valentine, choreographer and dancer Kynan Hughes talks to Nina Levy about his life in dance ...
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November 3, 2017

Win a double pass to the Brandenburg Quartet in Perth!

Seesaw has a double pass to give away to the Brandenburg Quartet, who will be playing Government House Ballroom Wednesday 8 November. The Brandenburg Quartet, ...
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November 2, 2017

Close encounters of the remote kind

Review: Visitants: Close encounters with remote Western Australia ◆ FORM Gallery, Perth ◆ Review by Belinda Hermawan ◆ For those of us living in Perth, ...
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October 31, 2017

Falling for Washington… again

Review: Megan Washington with West Australian Symphony Orchestra ◆ Perth Concert Hall, 27 October ◆ Review: Talisha Goh ◆ It was refreshing to see a ...
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October 29, 2017

A whirlwind tour of ideas

Review: Strut Dance: “Short Cuts”, Program A and B Studio 3, King St Arts Centre, 27 September (B) & 28 September (A) Review by Nina ...
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October 27, 2017

Tragedy is a triumph

Opera: West Australian Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor ◆ His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Western Australia, 26 October ◆ Review: Leon Levy ◆ It is a curious historical ...
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October 27, 2017

Sleeping beasts and spectacular contraptions

Review: Speak Percussion presents Fluorophone ◆ Tura New Music Totally Huge New Music Festival, 25 October ◆ Review by Tiffany Ha ◆ Arriving at the ...
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October 26, 2017

Birds of a feather

Review: Aeon, Lz Dunn and collaborators◆ Presented by PICA and Tura New Music as part of the 13th Totally Huge New Music Festival ◆ Perry ...
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October 25, 2017

Side by side

What happens when you exhibit amateur and professional art works side by side... and anonymously? You'll be able to find out at "The State Collection", ...
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October 24, 2017

The repose of the bathroom

I cannot be this person anymore. I have always known deep down in my biology , by God’s hand I would be carried here. My ...
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October 23, 2017

mais pourquoi 23 October

Petronella's conversations always resonated with some unspoken truth. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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October 22, 2017

Stranger than fiction

Review: I Am My Own Wife, Black Swan State Theatre Company ◆ Studio Underground, 18 October ◆ Review by Varnya Bromilow ◆ How do you ...
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October 22, 2017

Local musical is world-class

Review: Once We Lived Here, Western Sky Theatre ◆ The Blue Room Theatre, 19 October ◆ Review by Xan Ashbury ◆ When I was five, ...
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October 20, 2017

Bali serves up whip-smart treat

Review: Bali, The Last Great Hunt ◆ Subiaco Arts Centre, 19 October ◆ Review by Nina Levy ◆ Living in WA it feels as if ...
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October 19, 2017

Beauty and the bathroom

Review: Within Touching Distance, Mardi Crocker ◆ Spectrum Project Space ◆ Review by Jenny Scott ◆ The fine details of everyday items are beautifully rendered ...
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October 19, 2017

Ada – Chapter Two

Ada is the working title of a novel-in-progress by Varnya Bromilow. This is chapter two. For the first chapter click here DENNIS He ...
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October 16, 2017

Unpacking our libraries: a reflection on creating

Behind every artist is a rich collection, a "library", compiled of works by other creators, writes Claire Coleman. Walter Benjamin’s 1931 essay “Unpacking My Library: ...
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October 16, 2017

Un-Ravel-ing the musical threads

Review: 'French Connections' – WASO with cellist Li-Wei Qin and conductor Douglas Boyd ◆ Perth Concert Hall, 14 October ◆ Review by Tiffany Ha ◆ There ...
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October 12, 2017

Every cat has its day

Review: The Life and Times of Scarface Claw ◆ Awesome Festival, State Library of WA ◆ Review by Phoebe Mulcahy ◆ The great popularity of ...
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October 11, 2017

A step back in time

Review: The Secret Project: Dispatch ◆ Wireless Hill, 7 October ◆ Reviewed by Nina Levy ◆ It’s dusk on an unseasonably chilly Saturday night in Perth, ...
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October 6, 2017

The story behind the storyteller: Sally Richardson

Sally Richardson's work defies simple definition. Bringing together circus, theatre, puppetry and clowning, her latest production, Fearless, is no exception. She talks to Nina Levy ...
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October 5, 2017

Up, up and away!

Review: Polar Bears Go Up ◆ Awesome Festival, Heath Ledger Theatre, 5 October ◆ Reviewed by Nina Levy ◆ Polar Bears Go Up opened to ...
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October 5, 2017

Exciting, acrobatic and muddy!

Review: Kaleidescope and Mud Island ◆ Awesome Festival, 4 October ◆ Review by Veronica Bromilow ◆ Reviews by Veronica Bromilow, aged ten. The show was ...
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October 4, 2017

Rethinking the landscape

Review: Looking Glass, Gregory Pryor ◆ Art Gallery of WA ◆ Review by Phoebe Mulcahy ◆ Hear "landscape" with reference to the visual arts, and it’s difficult ...
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October 4, 2017

922/1000

Review: The Spaceman Cometh ◆ Awesome Festival, 30 September ◆ Review by Sir Cassidy Runyon and Varnya Bromilow ◆ Review #1 by Sir Cassidy Runyon, ...
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October 2, 2017

Best when it’s one-on-one

Review: Proximity Festival, Programs A and B ◆ Cathedral Square precinct, 27 September ◆ Review by Nina Levy ◆ One of my all-time least favourite ...
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September 27, 2017

mais pourquoi: Wednesday 27 September

Piecrust wasn't sure how to tell Alexandra that he actually really wanted to be a geophysicist. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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September 25, 2017

Evocative, freaky wonderment

Rules of Summer, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre ◆ Dolphin Theatre, 22 September ◆ Review by Varnya Bromilow ◆ Truth be told, I was not in ...
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September 23, 2017

Powerful & visceral

Hypatia, Open Lid Ensemble · The Blue Room Theatre, 20 September · Review by Xan Ashbury · Hypatia is inspired and inspiring storytelling. Presented by newly-established Perth-based ...
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September 20, 2017

Reality cheque

Review: Taylor Reudavey’s "I Know How Hard It Can Get" Moana Project Space, 9 September Review by Belinda Hermawan Taylor Reudavey’s multimedia exhibition "I Know ...
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September 20, 2017

A brave new step

What makes a father-of-two with no formal dance training sign up to dance in a major regional arts festival? Nina Levy spoke to Carl Heslop, ...
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September 19, 2017

A feast for the eyes, ears and brain

Review: Laika: A Staged Radio Play, Second Chance Theatre • The Blue Room Theatre, 13 September • Review by Xan Ashbury • Even if, like ...
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September 16, 2017

The flash before the crash

Review: The Great Gatsby: West Australian Ballet - His Majesty's Theatre, 14 September - Review by Varnya Bromilow - Bringing to life a favourite from ...
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September 14, 2017

Photography by M. Miller-Furesh

'ROA Platypus - Midland Railway Workshops, Western Australia 2011'. Photo: M. Miller-Furesh ...
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September 14, 2017

mais pourquoi: Thursday 14 September

After two days of receiving the silent treatment from Louis, Sandra finaly snapped. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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September 14, 2017

A sneak peek at PIAF 2018

Scorching days, balmy nights… it won’t be long til it’s summer in Perth... the season for the beach and the season for festivals. Perth International ...
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September 13, 2017

Telling West Australian stories

Wendy Martin, artistic director of Perth International Arts Festival, talks to Nina Levy about the artists and audiences she has discovered in WA. Wendy Martin ...
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September 11, 2017

Designed to delight

Review: ‘Wagner’s World”, Asher Fisch presenting and conducting West Australian Symphony Orchestra - Perth Concert Hall, 9 September - Review by Leon Levy - If ...
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September 9, 2017

Something good, something really good

Review: The Zone: Co3 - State Theatre Centre, 7 September - Review by Varnya Bromilow - When you see something good, something really good, it ...
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September 9, 2017

Remaking the old into new

Review: Jen Cloher - Mojo's Bar, 3 September - Review by Kevin Runions - Jen Cloher's songs speak of real life, and real love, and ...
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September 8, 2017

Science made poetic and personable

Review: 'Energies: Haines & Hinterding' · Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 1 September · Review by Jenny Scott · The intangible energies surrounding us - radio waves, ...
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September 8, 2017

A collection of songs at the Cathedral

Review: Concerts at One: Classical voice students from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - St George’s Cathedral, 6 September - Review: Leon Levy ...
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September 8, 2017

Sparking dialogue

Review: "Silence", Kyle Hughes-Odgers - Turner Galleries, opening night 1 September - Review by Belinda Hermawan - In contrast with its title, the first minutes ...
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September 8, 2017

A musical masterclass

Review: "Inspiring Wagner", West Australian Symphony Orchestra, presented and conducted by Asher Fisch - Perth Concert Hall, 6 September - Review by Leon Levy - ...
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September 5, 2017

An uplifting lunch break

Review: Concerts at One: Prendiville Catholic College - St George’s Cathedral, 30 August 2017 - Review by Leon Levy - This fine series seems to ...
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September 5, 2017

Vantage point

Review: The Perth Centre for Photography’s Iris Award 2017 - Review by: Belinda Hermawan - This year’s finalists for the Iris Award have captured humanity ...
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August 30, 2017

In the spotlight: Francesco Lo Surdo, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Unlike the usual suspects – piano, violin – you don’t often hear of children taking on the French horn, but musician Francesco 'Frankie' Lo Surdo ...
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August 29, 2017

Photography by M.Miller-Furesh

August 29, 2017

mais pourquoi: Tuesday 29 August

Johannes embarked on a new research project. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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August 27, 2017

Human versus fate: Mozart & Mahler

Review: Asher Fisch conducts Mozart and Mahler, West Australian Symphony Orchestra - Perth Concert Hall, 25 August - Review by Talisha Goh - The inevitability ...
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August 26, 2017

Wit of the acerbic kind: Switzerland

Review: Black Swan Theatre Company- State Theatre Centre, 24 September - Review by Varnya Bromilow- As a play, Switzerland is very much like the woman it ...
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August 25, 2017

Scratching Under the Surface: Richard Bell

Review: Scratch an Aussie, Richard Bell - Art Gallery of Western Australia, 22 August - Review by Belinda Hermawan - In his video piece Scratch an ...
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August 25, 2017

Strange & stunning: Arteries by Ancestry

Review: Arteries by Ancestry, FUGUE - The Blue Room Theatre, 22 August - Reviewed by Jenny Scott - Arteries by Ancestry is an intense and visceral ...
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August 22, 2017

Rapping and weaving: Hannah Brontë

Claire Trolio catches up with Hannah Brontë, one of nine artists performing in the 2017 Proximity Festival. I’ve managed to get a bit of time ...
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August 18, 2017

Transmission Interrupted – Alex Hobba: A Conversation

Review: "A Conversation", Alex Hobba - Moana Project Space - Review by Phoebe Mulcahy - As much as we may be aware how biased and ...
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August 17, 2017

A tense and captivating ride

Review: An Almost Perfect Thing, Gabrielle Metcalf - The Blue Room Theatre, 15 August - Reviewed by Claire Trolio - Three characters search for connection: an ...
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August 16, 2017

Placing old age centre stage

Acclaimed Australian actor Jenny Davis OAM talks to Nina Levy about why her role in Black Swan State Theatre Company's Switzerland holds special significance. For ...
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August 11, 2017

Real hope

Review: Sista Girl - Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia - Subiaco Theatre Centre - August 10 - Review by ...
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August 11, 2017

Confronting privilege & prejudice: Bell Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’

Review: The Merchant of Venice - Bell Shakespeare - State Theatre Centre of WA - 9 August - Reviewed by Xan Ashbury Fear leads to ...
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August 9, 2017

THE FLOOD

when the flood came, in generous waves and pouring rain so cacophonous the pounding on the ground sent vibrations into every side street and cottage ...
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August 9, 2017

Implanted clouds: Builded Remnants

Review: Builded Remnants - Berndnaut Smilde - The Goods Shed - Reviewed by Phoebe Mulcahy It is a testament to the shifting and often indefinable ...
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August 8, 2017

mais pourquoi: Wednesday 9 August

Iris coordinated focus groups for the Federal Onomatopoeia Council ...
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August 7, 2017

1984: the message amidst the medium

Review: 1984, Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse & Almeida Theatre - His Majesty’s Theatre, 4 August - Reviewed by Varnya Bromilow I remember the first (and only) time I ...
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August 2, 2017

Dancing at any age

Perth's newest dance ensemble is rewriting the rules about who gets to perform, discovers Nina Levy. How old do you expect you’ll be when you ...
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August 2, 2017

Twists, turns and music: Jenny Simpson (Part II)

In "Twists, turns and music: part I", AWESOME Arts CEO Jenny Simpson told Nina Levy about her past; a childhood cut short by loss, the ...
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August 2, 2017

Twist, turns and music: Jenny Simpson (Part I)

This year Jenny Simpson is celebrating a decade at the helm of AWESOME Arts, an organisation dedicated to making incredible arts experiences for WA’s children ...
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July 24, 2017

Disarming and disruptive

It’s all about disarming assumption, unravelling expectation and provoking curiosity at the fourth Disrupted Festival of Ideas. Seesaw's Amy Wiseman caught up with Festival curator ...
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July 24, 2017

mais pourquoi: Monday 24 July

Earl quickly gained a reputation as a marketing consultant who told you what you didn't want to hear. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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July 23, 2017

A delicate and poignant gem: Coma Land

Review: Coma Land - Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA - Studio Underground, State Theatre of Western Australia - 22 July - ...
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July 23, 2017

Something in nothing: Immaterial

by Gemma Ben-Ary and Mandy Harwood - Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley - Reviewed by Belinda Hermawan - In "Immaterial", Gemma Ben-Ary ...
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July 19, 2017

Innocence and experience

Roslyn Oades is at the forefront of headphone-verbatim theatre – an innovative form that fuses real life and drama. Xan Ashbury spoke to Oades on ...
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July 17, 2017

mais pourquoi – monday 17 july

During the saddest moments of her life, Regine could always count on Alyosha to arrive on the scene so she would not have to be ...
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July 17, 2017

Theatrical gold

Review: The Merry Widow - West Australian Opera - His Majesty's Theatre - 15 July - Reviewed by Leon Levy Where is the musical creation ...
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July 17, 2017

Montages: More than just a supercut

Review: Montages: The Full Cut 1999–2015 - Artist Tracey Moffatt and collaborator Gary Hillberg - Wanneroo Gallery - Reviewed by Belinda Hermawan Over a period ...
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July 15, 2017

Choreographed by light

Review: Saltbush Compagnia TPO & Insite Arts Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA 12 July 2017 Reviewed by Nina Levy It's just before 10am ...
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July 13, 2017

Ada

by Varnya Bromilow – The doctor was looking at her in a way that she had avoided for 84 years. 84 years she had avoided ...
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July 12, 2017

A strange and beautiful ride

Review: The Arrival - Spare Parts Puppet Theatre - The Dolphin Theatre, University of Western Australia - 5 July - Reviewed by Nina Levy - ...
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July 12, 2017

A powerful punch: Good Little Soldier

Review: Good Little Soldier Ochre Contemporary Dance Company and The Farm Subiaco Theatre Centre 9 July Reviewed by Nina Levy Good Little Soldier packs a ...
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July 10, 2017

mais pourquoi – monday 10 july

Kristen was looking for a new co-conspirator. Read more from mais pourquois at et-maispourquoi.blogspot.com.au ...
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July 9, 2017

How to watch contemporary dance

If you’re not familiar with it, watching a contemporary dance work may seem like a daunting prospect. Seesaw editor and contemporary dance critic Nina Levy ...
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July 9, 2017

A most rewarding puzzle

Review: Rubik, Elizabeth Tan - Published by Brio Books - Reviewed by Belinda Hermawan - Despite being an unorthodox story-telling method, the term "novel-in-stories" still ...
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July 1, 2017

Dark, disturbing depiction of dysfunction

Review: The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company - Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA - 28 June 2017 - Reviewed by Nina Levy ...
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June 22, 2017

Young musicians impress

Review: Concerts at One: John XXIII College - St George’s Cathedral - 21 June 2017 - Review: Leon Levy Lunchtime recitals in venues whose prime ...
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