Even the pandemic can’t keep West Australian kids from enjoying a smorgasbord of the arts. Lydia Edwards offers a taste of where to find the fun in the school holidays.

Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
30 March 2022
Even the pandemic can’t keep West Australian kids from enjoying a smorgasbord of the arts. Lydia Edwards offers a taste of where to find the fun in the school holidays.
29 September 2021
Awesome Festival continues, with a beautifully constructed, personal perspective of life on the autism spectrum that leaves Lydia Edwards and junior reviewer Bethany Stopher with a rare feeling of connection to the protagonist.
7 July 2021
Shaun Tan’s classic picture book about the complexities of childhood makes a seamless – and wordless – transition to the stage. Lydia Edwards and junior reviewer Sascha Bott are charmed by this new Spare Parts Puppet Theatre production.
7 April 2021
Miss Lily’s Fabulous Feather Boa is a fun family show with apt themes of isolation and extinction. Lydia Edwards and junior reviewer Isabel Greentree share their insights.
14 October 2019
Review: Evelyn Kotai, “Breathing Pattern” Art Gallery of Western Australia Review by Lydia Edwards ⋅ “Breathing Pattern” is tucked away in a corner of the ground …
13 October 2019
AWESOME Review: Windmill Theatre, Beep · Octagon Theatre, UWA, 12 October · Review by Lydia Edwards · On the day we were due to see Beep, …
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9 October 2019
AWESOME Review: Bear With Me ⋅ State Theatre Centre, October 7 ⋅ Review by Lydia Edwards⋅ It’s not every day you see bears entering an auditorium on …
2 May 2019
Review: ‘Pulse Perspectives’ · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Review by Lydia Edwards · There is a tendency, when it comes to exhibitions of under-18s’ …
6 February 2019
Fringe World review: Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall · The West Australian Spiegeltent, 2 February · Review by Lydia Edwards · This rendition of her …
9 November 2018
Review: Black Swan Prize for Portraiture · Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) · Review by Lydia Edwards · Even amongst curators, art critics and historians, …