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.
Author Archives: Lydia Edwards
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Intimate view from the spectrum
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.
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Summer fun has a dark side
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.
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Puppetry fun feathered with environmental message
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.
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Permission to breathe
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 …
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Heart-warming tale delivers wisdom and warnings
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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Old-school entertainment
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 …
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Taking the pulse of young artists
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’ …
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Throwing shapes with Monski
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 …
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Intimate glimpses into humanity
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, …
