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Carol shines with humour and heart

28 November 2025

Carol is genuine, big-hearted and fun, just the tonic for what, for some, may have been a difficult year – writes Victoria Laurie.

Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
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Heath Ledger hiatus for fly system

18 November 2025

Theatre workers welcome a long-awaited replacement of the State Theatre Centre’s malfunctioning fly system, but major companies face more than a year of reduced capacity. Victoria Laurie reports.

Reading time • 4 minutesTheatre
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Teamwork a Champion hallmark: Black Swan unveils their 2026 program

7 October 2025

Kate Champion’s 2026 program for Black Swan State Theatre Company showcases big names, big stories and the power of partnerships, writes Stephen Bevis

Reading time • 8 minutesTheatre
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Love, Lies and Longing: Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues

29 August 2025

Humphrey Bower brings great judgement and imagination in directing this timely revival of the play that inspired the Oz cinema classic Lantana, writes Mark Naglazas.

Reading time • 10 minutesTheatre
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Lantana inspiration gets a Black Swan update

22 August 2025

Speaking in Tongues is one of Andrew Bovell’s less-celebrated works but it holds the key to his entire oeuvre writes Mark Naglazas.

Reading time • 10 minutesTheatre
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Good News from the Gospel

29 July 2025

Jonathan Biggins doesn’t impersonate Paul Keating so much as inhabit him. In The Gospel According to Paul, Biggins delivers a masterclass in satire, performance and political insight, writes Victoria Laurie.

Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
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Straight talk reveals resilience behind anguish

16 September 2023

Despite its focus on the inhumanity of incarceration, Jurrungu Ngan-ga has the audience laughing and on its feet with admiration, writes Rita Clarke.

Reading time • 5 minutesContemporary dance
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Champion makes distinguished WA debut

2 June 2023

With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion’s direction of Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre

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

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