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  • A figure dangles from a huge multi-coloured balloon, nothing but blackness all around. This is CircusWest's ECLIPSE Make August a month to remember
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    Make August a month to remember

    27 July 2023

    Is winter over yet? If you can’t beat the weather, just ignore it and stay indoors. Our August gig guide is full of good reasons to do just that. 

    Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
  • A large group of musicians and singers dressed in formal wear stand on a stage, looking out toward the audience. They are taking a bow after a performance. They are the St George's Cathedral Consort and Orchestra of St George, acknowledging the audience after a performance of Samson. Consort and friends raise mighty Samson
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    Consort and friends raise mighty Samson

    9 December 2022

    While the soloists shine brightly in Samson, Penny Shaw is captivated by the magnificent St George’s Cathedral Consort and orchestra.

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  • Irwin Street Collective concert at Callaway Auditorium. A young man in a grey jacket sits at a piano. He has a look of concentration as he plays the instrument. We can see various other musicians behind him Great masters and young stars align
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    Great masters and young stars align

    23 May 2022

    The Irwin Street Collective focuses on breathing new life into old music but their latest concert also provided a showcase for a future star, writes Stewart Smith.

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  • Maniya Amin Dehghan, Harry Hamzat, Satchen Lucido and Happyness Yasini. Presented by Perth Festival and co-produced by Performing Lines WA and Encounter. Four young people of colour stand on stage. At the front one young woman points hopefully at something out of shot. The set is the deck of a boat. Cream of the crop 2021
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    Cream of the crop 2021

    15 December 2021

    Which shows were Seesaw Mag’s favourites this year? We ask our writers to reflect on the year that was… and the year that will be.

    Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
  • A man is seated at a harpsichord with a cellist and violinist and three singers Baroque brilliance in Fremantle
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    Baroque brilliance in Fremantle

    15 November 2021

    Freeze Frame Opera brings together Australia’s leading exponents of Baroque music for what Sandra Bowdler says is an exquisite opera concert.

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  • A young conductor with dark hair is conducting a group of string players Musical fireworks
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    Musical fireworks

    8 November 2021

    Remarkable performances by soprano Sara Macliver and conductor Dane Lam light up this concert by the WA Symphony Orchestra, reports Sandra Bowdler.

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  • a small orchestra performs while actors are spotlit on surrounding balconies Lockdown delivers an operatic good time
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    Lockdown delivers an operatic good time

    20 August 2021

    An innovative inter-faculty opera from the University of Western Australia finds the intersection between Baroque arias and a pandemic, says Rosalind Appleby

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