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Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Playing landscapes on guitar
The Festival Sessions

Playing landscapes on guitar

24 January 2020

Fremantle-based musician Lucky Oceans loves pushing the pedal steel guitar in new directions and he does just that in “Ballads, Banksias and Beauty”.

Reading time • 7 minutesMusic
Hi-tech and Insta-ready
Reviews

Hi-tech and Insta-ready

24 January 2020

Swept up in the sensory overload of Sirqus Alfon’s I Am Somebody, Craig McKeough finds it a life-affirming experience.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Photo: Carol Rosseg Two people holding chairs as though they are going to throw them. Charm in simplicity
The Festival Sessions

Charm in simplicity

22 January 2020

The setting is Rome, the date May 3, 1938, the day that Hitler visited Mussolini. But the drama of A Special Day focuses on a chance encounter between two ordinary people.

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
St John Cowcher singing into a microphone The end of the world, rock style
The Festival Sessions

The end of the world, rock style

22 January 2020

What better way to tell a story about the end of the world than a rock’n’roll cabaret show with plenty of Ziggy Stardust and a nod to Nick Cave?

Reading time • 5 minutes
Myth, music and magic
Reviews

Myth, music and magic

22 January 2020

In STYX, Nina Levy finds herself taken on a richly textured journey into memory, myth and loss.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Three young adults blowing kisses to the camera Musical theatre with heart
The Festival Sessions

Musical theatre with heart

21 January 2020

Musical theatre doesn’t have to be purely escapist says Joshua James Webb, director of new contemporary musical Kiss, which will make its world premiere at Fringe World 2020.

Reading time • 6 minutes
Pub show has feel-good factor
Reviews

Pub show has feel-good factor

21 January 2020

Rosalind Appleby says Choir of Man is a winner with its mix of friendly welcome, pop ballads and sizzling showbiz.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Girl in a carrot suit, in a supermarket aisle Fresh food and feminism
The Festival Sessions

Fresh food and feminism

21 January 2020

Set on the shelves of a supermarket, BITE ME, by emerging local playwright Sian Murphy, takes a playful approach to sparking a conversation about the male gaze.

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
Back-seat dramas
Reviews

Back-seat dramas

21 January 2020

A power-packed cast really delivers for award-winning playwright Izzy McDonald in French Over, says David Zampatti.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Photo: David Cox Young girl wearing boxing gloves, punching with joy. Brave and heartfelt
Reviews

Brave and heartfelt

21 January 2020

Surveying the ways in which young people are navigating the world today, WAYTCo’s ‘Body Rights’ is guaranteed to sell out, writes Jenny Scott.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival

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