Barbara Hostalek, Author at Seesawmag

Photo Dana Weeks A First Nations woman faces a First Nations man, holding the edge of his suit jacket and smiling at him suggestively. He looks like he's just as keen. Cruel deadly play has plenty of koort

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Cruel deadly play has plenty of koort

22 November 2021

Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s new rom-com will have you swiping right, reckons Barbara Hostalek.

Photo: Stephen Heath Photography Three mouse puppets stand in a window frame, watched from behind by a cat puppet. Puppets ignite the heart of self-operator

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Puppets ignite the heart of self-operator

12 November 2021

Barbara Hostalek is won over by the vulnerability and wit of a motley crew of puppets and their young operators.

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More than nunchuks and kicks

2 March 2021

Barbara Hostalek describes the momentous occasion of witnessing the world premiere of Fist of Fury, entirely dubbed into Noongar language.

A young man reclines on the edge of a stage that is set to look like a house in the 1990s. He is smoking a cigarette and wearing a Christmas themed shirt and a santa hat. He looks slightly peeved. Blast from the past speaks to the present

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Blast from the past speaks to the present

2 March 2021

The combination of comic and poignant moments in Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s The Sum of Us wins Barbara Hostalek’s heart.

Jan Gunjaka Griffiths, History Beneath the Beauty, 2020, natural pigments on canvas, 70 x 80 cm A painting of a bush setting is framed by ghostly grey leaves against a black backdrop above and muted multicoloured leaves on a great backdrop below. Hit the road with Yoowalkoorl

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You can take a road trip to some of Western Australia’s most remote locations, without leaving Noongar boodjar, at Midland Junction Arts Centre and AACHWA’s “Yoowalkoorl – Come On, Come Here” exhibition. Barbara Hostalek explains.

Always was, always will be…

Seesaw respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and their elders, past, present and emerging. Continue

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Cruel deadly play has plenty of koort

Puppets ignite the heart of self-operator

More than nunchuks and kicks

Blast from the past speaks to the present

Hit the road with Yoowalkoorl

Seesaw respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and their elders, past, present and emerging.
Continue