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Author Archives: David Zampatti

@stephenheathphotography Tilt: three people in a dinghy sit at a table and make a toast Glimpsing the talent of the future
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Glimpsing the talent of the future

8 September 2022

The rising stars of WAAPA’s do-it-yourself performance makers take a TILT at what excites and ails them at the Blue Room, watched by David Zampatti

Reading time • 10 minutesTheatre
Grace Chow. Photo: Daniel J Grant It's dark. A woman sits inside a small box, holding the receiver of an analogue land-line telephone. In the background lines of neon-coloured light slice the darkness. Telephone transmits a beguiling blend of ideas
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Telephone transmits a beguiling blend of ideas

1 September 2022

With a touch of performance rock, The Last Great Hunt takes audiences to the galaxy and beyond via the iconic rotary-dial telephone and it’s a dizzying and dazzling ride, says David Zampatti.

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
A woman in a floral dress slow dances with a man in brown trousers, white shirt and tie against a backdrop of a family living room. Atmospheric green light is reflected on the ceiling Cinematic staging raises strong Glass
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Cinematic staging raises strong Glass

5 August 2022

The Glass Menagerie is a 20th Century classic, and Black Swan’s revival more than does it justice, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
Reading time • 8 minutesTheatre
Cabaret festival. A singer wearing a fur hat is on stage with a pianist, guitarist and drummer. We can see the dress circle seats of the theatre in the background lit in a greenish light. Tributes to musical idols light up stage
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Tributes to musical idols light up stage

23 June 2022

A cabaret veteran and opera performer bring very different interpretations of the greats of classical, jazz and pop in the second week of the Perth International Cabaret Festival, writes David Zampatti

Reading time • 6 minutesCabaret
A man with short dark hair and dark collared shirt holds a guitar while standing. The photo is darkly lit with just a dim red light illuminating the side of his face and body as he sings (eyes screwed up) into a microphone Life is a cabaret festival
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Life is a cabaret festival

20 June 2022

From an exquisite performance by Lior to mashed up anthems of gender equality, the opening weekend of the Perth International Cabaret Festival provides plenty of reasons to come hear the music play, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 6 minutesCabaret
Reading time • 6 minutesMusical Theatre
Caress/Ache. A group of people are dressed in doctors surgical scrubs and masks. One person has their hands in an empty baby's humidicrib The beauty and pain of touch
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The beauty and pain of touch

10 June 2022

Caress/Ache is far from perfect but, as David Zampatti discovers, the quality of the production and performances go a long way to compensating for its shortcomings.

Reading time • 4 minutesTheatre
Once. A group of musicans are grouped around a bar looking as if they are playing a lively number. Instruments include guitar, fiddle, mandolin and accordian Once in a lifetime
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Once in a lifetime

2 June 2022

The playful, sentimental Once is a production for our times, the perfect cure for all that ails us, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio