Bush Chook is a tense, sharply observed new play that reveals how coercion and entitlement quietly shape young lives. Reviewed by Patrick Gunasekera.

Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground

17 February 2026
Bush Chook is a tense, sharply observed new play that reveals how coercion and entitlement quietly shape young lives. Reviewed by Patrick Gunasekera.

6 February 2026
Bringing together dance and research into masculinity, Making of a Man is a lesson for our times, writes Nina Levy.

14 October 2025
Made in Boorloo is a double bill of one-act plays written and performed by Western Australian Youth Theatre Company members between the ages of 13 and 26.

20 August 2025
Ten performances over two nights, delivered in 10-minute bursts. Julie Hosking takes a short cut through the theatre with 600 Seconds.

12 May 2023
We’ve all been stuck in waiting room hell, but would you want to watch a play about it? After seeing Hell is Other People, Nina Levy says yes.

1 May 2023
Not Far from the Tree is a meditation on third culture kid identity, explored through stories of family and warm hospitality. Claire Trolio enjoys breaking bread during this semi-autobiographical tale.

13 April 2023
The challenges of human existence are made manifest in dance piece Catch 22. Rita Clarke lauds the choreographer’s inventive use of movement in a magnetic performance.

14 November 2022
Black Swan artistic director Kate Champion sees her first season as a bridging year, one in which to listen and learn rather than impose her vision. But not everyone is happy about the dearth of local talent in the 2023 season, writes Mark Naglazas.

26 October 2022
Feel like a good laugh, a punk-rock school bus musical, or hunting for giants? All this plus more in this month’s guide to the very best of the West Australian arts scene.

1 April 2020
David Zampatti offers this week’s virtual arts guide, with some tantalising local and international offers.