Blood, sweat and tears for a royal wedding gown – Perth Festival’s main theatre offering is a riveting tale of high fashion stakes, says Victoria Laurie.
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Reviews
Lessons in Masculinity: Making of a Man
6 February 2026
Bringing together dance and research into masculinity, Making of a Man is a lesson for our times, writes Nina Levy.
Features
APAM 2026 places Perth at the heart of Australia’s performing arts conversation
5 February 2026
As hundreds of international delegates converge on Boorloo/Perth this month for the Australian Performing Arts Market, WA artists finally get to showcase their work on home ground, reshaping the narrative about where vital contemporary performance is made in this country. Will Yeoman writes.
Reviews
Taming of the Bard
1 February 2026
Bogan Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew brings a sharp feminist twist, local WA satire and big comic energy to the Bard’s most divisive comedy at Fringe World. Harvey Rae writes.
Reviews
A Ritual of Becoming: Black Girl in Five Acts
29 January 2026
Black Girl in Five Acts is a poetic, ritualistic Fringe World performance exploring Black girlhood, identity and self‑definition with tenderness, clarity and power. Charity reflects on this powerful performance.
Spotlight
The Noodji That Roared: Yirra Yaakin’s Ambitious 2026 Season
18 December 2025
From intimate father-daughter storytelling to confronting examinations of identity and power, Yirra Yaakin’s 2026 season asserts its national importance. Jonathan Marshall writes.
Reviews
Carol shines with humour and heart
28 November 2025
Carol is genuine, big-hearted and fun, just the tonic for what, for some, may have been a difficult year – writes Victoria Laurie.
Reviews
Echolocation – WAAPA’s farewell resonates with heart and history
27 November 2025
WAAPA farewells its Mount Lawley campus with Echolocation. Rita Clarke follows the pathways that honour decades of creativity, community and artistic training.
Reviews
Disaster, delirium and nonstop laughs in The Play That Goes Wrong
18 November 2025
A perfectly calibrated chaos-fest, The Play That Goes Wrong delivers wall-to-wall gags, collapsing sets and riotous comic timing. In her review, Sarah-Jayne Eeles finds the latest Australian tour as sharp, silly and side-splitting as ever.
Article
Heath Ledger hiatus for fly system
18 November 2025
Theatre workers welcome a long-awaited replacement of the State Theatre Centre’s malfunctioning fly system, but major companies face more than a year of reduced capacity. Victoria Laurie reports.
