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Summer showtime: Opening acts for one and all

12 January 2023

Hurray, it’s festival time again! As the summer fun kicks off with Fringe World on 20 January, Seesaw’s editors have done a little digging to help narrow down those seemingly limitless choices.

Aliya Kanani. Photo: Aliya Kanani A woman in a green and black stripy dress holds a mauve paper aeroplane in one hand. In front of her is an orange paper aeroplane that she has just thrown. Tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up

The Festival Sessions

Tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up

9 January 2023

The question “Where are you from?” can make you roll your eyes if you’ve heard it too many times. But Aliya Kanani has turned this vexed enquiry into a one-woman comedy show.

Always was, always will be…

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. Continue

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Summer showtime: Opening acts for one and all

Tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
Continue