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Take a trip down memory lane
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Take a trip down memory lane

16 August 2023

You’ll find plenty to spark memories of your own in Placemarks, an exhibition that sees artists explore far flung places from childhood, former homes and old haunts in the suburbs.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
@stephenheathphotography A wedding scene from Much Ado About Nothing Students make much of Shakespearean favourite
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Students make much of Shakespearean favourite

31 March 2023

In WAAPA’s Much Ado About Nothing they all live happily ever after, and David Zampatti says there are plenty of reasons for its audience to be happy too.

Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
Scene in gallery with a feature image across the wall with the word RETHINK in black and white script Gems in our own backyard
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Gems in our own backyard

4 February 2022

This annual exhibition by ECU Galleries offers an unpretentious, environmentally savvy message, writes Jaimi Wright.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Thin beams of light shine down on a stage filled with an orchestra, choir, jazz band and singer Birthday extravaganza
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Birthday extravaganza

2 August 2021

Edith Cowan University turns 30 this year, and Rosalind Appleby says the WA Academy of Performing Arts celebrated in style with a performing arts party that looked both backwards and forwards.

Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
Tyrown Waigara HERO SHOT A Nice Place to Hate Yourself (2021) (61 cm W x 51 cm H x 4 cm D) copy 2 An acrylic painting in vibrant yellows, pinks and reds. The work is abstract but images are recognisable, such as a house, a pair of eyes, a ladder. Some objects are on their side, playing with our perspective. Take a walk on the dark side
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Take a walk on the dark side

1 June 2021

Bringing their dark sides into the light, artists provide viewers with a tantalising glimpse inside their creative minds in ‘The Dark Side’ exhibition, writes Craig McKeough.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Photo: Danielle Fusco A close-up of Transperth bus seats. On one rests a painted packet of chewing gum. Food for thought in the everyday
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Food for thought in the everyday

16 April 2021

Two local artists give viewers plenty to chew on in their explorations of ordinary objects and materials, discovers Jaimi Wright.

Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
It’s Brecht done very well
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It’s Brecht done very well

28 March 2021

Graduating WAAPA students handle Brecht’s masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, with fabulous gusto and conviction, David Zampatti writes, and he gives them a resounding “wow!”

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
Momentous clash
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Momentous clash

27 March 2021

It’s Bach and ballet versus jazz and fan dancers in WAAPA’s ‘Restart’, and Rita Clarke enjoys the fun of the clash in styles.

Reading time • 4 minutesDance
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Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio