Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
18 September 2025
Alice Topp’s first full-length ballet Butterfly Effect is a courageous breakaway from conventional representations of gender and mental health, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
10 July 2025
STRUT Dance and PICA’s Restore program awes with inventively personal, accessible, and timely works, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
10 February 2023
Happy Meal is an honest and unapologetic story of friendship from the margins that deserves second helpings, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
23 January 2023
WHITESNAKE3000 is a brave and complex new dance theatre work to heal the fractures of mixed race experiences, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
23 January 2023
Chameleon bravely pulls back the curtains on mental illness with humour and heart, leaving Patrick Gunasekera moved and emboldened.
15 November 2022
A versatile and brilliant cast brings agency to refugee experiences, writes an enthralled Patrick Gunasekera.
21 October 2022
Though its narrative thread feels faint, Georgi Ivers’ show about chronic illness and change leaves Patrick Gunasekera feeling moved, satisfied and seen.
17 June 2022
Bright, multidisciplinary reflections on identity celebrate the neurodivergent gaze in art, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
4 March 2022
Despite tackling trauma, the soul of dance theatre work Daddy is playful, discovers Patrick Gunasekera.
28 February 2022
Alter Boy’s mesmerising, multi-layered performance underlines the power of music to validate experiences of marginalised communities, writes Patrick Gunasekera
