At a time when the gender pay gap for artists in Australia remains shamefully high, a coffee table book is finding more than words to support the cause.
Author Archives: Nina Levy
Reviews
Graduating dancers keep sense of joy
16 November 2021
A White Act degustation, a collection of oscillations and a comical retro-styled finale make for an enjoyable evening of dance, says Nina Levy.
Features
Take a surf through Perth Festival
15 November 2021
Perth Festival’s 2022 line-up promises to submerge you in an ocean of arts. Nina Levy dives into the performing arts program with Festival Director Iain Grandage to fish out some of the highlights.
Reviews
Poetic dance provides promised blessing
12 November 2021
Though more like a dream than a story, A Blessed Curse has a conclusion that Nina Levy finds powerful and moving.
Reviews
A request fest for our times
9 November 2021
Dreamy nostalgia meets supercool dance moves in Amrita Hepi’s song-dedication-driven dance show, and Nina Levy says it’s worth tuning in.
Reviews
Dystopia in a Northbridge warehouse
4 November 2021
At once urban and animalistic, Mitch Harvey cuts a powerful figure in his new solo work, says Nina Levy. But can he fill the vastness of his performance venue?
What to SEE
What to SEE: The Tempest
3 November 2021
Black Swan State Theatre Company is inviting audience members into the dream-like world of Shakespeare’s Tempest, promising an experience from which you won’t want to wake. Nina Levy spoke to director Matt Edgerton to find out more.
Reviews
Queer wordsmith delivers wit and wisdom
29 October 2021
Blending autobiography, history lessons and a glitter wand-toting, drag queen fairy godmother, Stace Callaghan’s Queer as Flux is one you shouldn’t miss, says Nina Levy.
What to SEE
What to SEE: CinemaStage
27 October 2021
West Australian company Theatre 180 has been charming audiences with a new approach to storytelling that marries live performance to the silver screen.
Features
Paying life-sized homage to flying machines
21 October 2021
We may not be able to leave the country yet but local artist Amy Perejuan-Capone is finding other ways to take flight. Ahead of the opening of her latest exhibition, ‘Sky Cave’, she told Nina Levy about the projects that are seeing her fly into family history.
