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Apocalyptic music strikes a chord
Reviews

Apocalyptic music strikes a chord

19 February 2021

Rachael Dease’s Hymns for End Times couldn’t be more timely for Perth audiences, writes Rosalind Appleby

Reading time • 4 minutesPerth Festival
A woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera Talking opera with Penny Shaw
Podcasts

Talking opera with Penny Shaw

17 February 2021

After 20 years of singing with the West Australian Opera, Penny Shaw is finally allowed to talk! The soprano is the MC for the City of Perth Opera in the Park this year and in this entertaining podcast she chats to Rosalind Appleby about life as an opera diva hosting gala events.

Reading time • 3 minutesMusic
a man and woman sit on coloured paving, smiling away from the camera Festival a sound idea
Features

Festival a sound idea

16 February 2021

Audible Edge is back! The festival of sound has released its line up for April, and it includes names that will probably surprise you. Curators Josten Myburgh and Annika Moses explain why sound is not just the province of musicians.

Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
A deep dive into the Derbarl Yerrigan
Reviews

A deep dive into the Derbarl Yerrigan

15 February 2021

Rosalind Appleby finds herself convincingly submerged in the flow of art, sound and video of Alluvial Gold, a brilliant introduction to Perth Festival.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
A man with a black shirt looks out to the horizon Music’s wide horizon
Q&A

Music’s wide horizon

12 February 2021

Michael Pignéguy’s musical influences range from symphonic to soul, but in his new album with The Awakenings Ensemble he is looking east.

Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
A sparkling good show
Reviews

A sparkling good show

25 January 2021

Ethan Jones nails it as Peter Allen in the all singing, all dancing show, The Boy from Oz, says Rosalind Appleby.

Reading time • 6 minutesMusical Theatre
a man spins plates on sticks and another man runs by with plates spilling everywhere All the tricks in the book
Reviews

All the tricks in the book

19 January 2021

It’s high-energy family fun, even if it doesn’t quite come up to superlatives, Rosalind Appleby says of Best Show Ever.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan
Reviews

Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan

17 January 2021

Brendan Hanson’s reworking of Puccini in The Cloak and Dagger could be a runaway Fringe hit, according to Rosalind Appleby.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A choir is lit by pink and blue lights in an old looking hall. The backs of the audiences heads are visible. It's a big choir of about 60 people. Surround sound
The Festival Sessions

Surround sound

14 January 2021

Indie pop choir Menagerie returns to Fringe World in 2021 with a new show that promises to immerse audience members in a physical and sonic journey.

Reading time • 8 minutesFringe World Festival
A man stands in a kitchen holding a bag labelled Beanz. There is a loaf of bread upended beside him A giant re-interpretation
Reviews

A giant re-interpretation

7 January 2021

What do you get when you put a stand up comedian, vegetables, and a gentle giant in the kitchen? Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewer Asha Grandage explore Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s fun new rework of a familiar tale.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio