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The joy of movement
Reviews

The joy of movement

10 February 2020

Nina Levy finds much to enjoy in WA Ballet’s ‘Light and Shadow’ in the Quarry Amphitheatre.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
A peek at potential
Reviews

A peek at potential

6 February 2020

Nina Levy takes note of local dance works and performers to watch for in ‘MicroMove’.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A range of princesses Patriarchy-smashing princesses
The Festival Sessions

Patriarchy-smashing princesses

5 February 2020

Forget Disney. The princesses in the musical Disenchanted! are fed up with the way they’ve been portrayed and are ready to kick some butt, says actor Georgia McGivern.

Reading time • 7 minutes
Photo: Annie Harvey The phenomenon of pornography
The Festival Sessions

The phenomenon of pornography

4 February 2020

Charlotte Otton and Andrew Sutherland are both known for making smart and subversive theatre. They’ve joined forces in 30 Day Free Trial, to explore pornography and performance.

Reading time • 8 minutes
Reading time • 7 minutes
www.jackparkerphotography.co.uk Charging the catwalk with feminism
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Charging the catwalk with feminism

31 January 2020

Two dance works, (un)written · (un)heard and FEMME, take very different approaches to telling women’s stories, Nina Levy finds.

Reading time • 5 minutesDance
Mel Tan in 'High Expectations' Mel Tan dancing in a room decorated with pink drapery Indie dance in the pink
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Indie dance in the pink

30 January 2020

Nina Levy relishes the chance to see emerging local artists in two dance works, High Expectations and Speech!.

Reading time • 5 minutesDance
A man and a woman. The man holds potatoes, the woman carries a clipboard Playing the prince of potatoes
The Festival Sessions

Playing the prince of potatoes

29 January 2020

Packed with Perth memes, Tony Galati the Musical tells the tale of WA’s own spud king.

Reading time • 7 minutes
Joseph Simons, balanced on one hand Teenage obsessions
The Festival Sessions

Teenage obsessions

28 January 2020

100 Years Of The History Of Dance As Told By One Man In 60 Minutes With An Energetic Group Finale is a show for anyone who remembers what it was like to be an obsessed teen.

Reading time • 5 minutes
Aria Scarlett Aria on high
The Festival Sessions

Aria on high

28 January 2020

Classical singer Aria Scarlett believes opera should be available to everyone. In her Fringe World show Wave Form, she takes to the streets on stilts to create new space for an old art form.

Reading time • 6 minutes

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio