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Lost and Found holds court
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Lost and Found holds court

25 January 2026

Perth’s innovative Indie opera company plans an exciting return with the Australian premiere of Philip Glass’s take on Kafka’s The Trial.

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Darkest hours strengthen Gay’s voice
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Darkest hours strengthen Gay’s voice

19 February 2023

Virginia Gay found herself in forced isolation as she reworked a classic. The actor and writer tells Julie Hosking how ‘the apocalypse’ helped shape her Cyrano and reinforced the need for human connection.

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Perth Symphony Orchestra - Nothing Compares at HBF Stadium, Perth, Western Australia. 16th May 2021. (c) Daniel Carson | www.dcimages.org The camera pans across an orchestra to musicians looking out into a packed audience. Red light frames them all, creating a sense of magic. It is Perth Symphony Orchestra performing Prince. State of the arts sours sweet symphony
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State of the arts sours sweet symphony

20 October 2022

Bourby Webster inspired community leaders to take a leap into the world of classical music. As she prepares to leave her groundbreaking orchestra, the former Bond girl tells Victoria Laurie why Western Australia desperately needs an artistic vision.

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A couple stand waist-deep in the ocean as a glittering blue whale soars above them, the setting sun casting the sky in purple-pink haze. This is from the new Tourism Western Australia campaign Walking on a Dream. Let’s talk about the future: Making the tourism dream a reality
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Let’s talk about the future: Making the tourism dream a reality

17 October 2022

Tourism and the arts are both finding their feet post-pandemic. How can the relationship between the two be strengthened now and into the future? Julie Hosking reports in the final of a three-part series in partnership with the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.

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Scene in gallery with a feature image across the wall with the word RETHINK in black and white script Gems in our own backyard
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Gems in our own backyard

4 February 2022

This annual exhibition by ECU Galleries offers an unpretentious, environmentally savvy message, writes Jaimi Wright.

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Photo: Helah Milroy A young woman stares at the camera. She's wearing a bright red wig, that's slightly askew on her head, bright red lipstick and a bright red skirt with a gold crop top and a shrug of pieces of fabric cut in scale like shapes. Choose your aquatic adventure
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Choose your aquatic adventure

28 January 2022

Helah Milroy’s audience-driven, fish-pun laden, dark comedy wins over Barbara Hostalek, even if it could use a little more rehearsal time.

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