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Mack & Mabel. A woman in a white dress and long black gloves is lifted into the air by a group of men in white shirts and braces. She has her arms raised in triumph Colour and movement carry WAAPA’s ‘Big Musical’

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Colour and movement carry WAAPA’s ‘Big Musical’

12 June 2022

WAAPA’s music theatre headliner this year is the little-known Mack & Mabel, and David Zampatti says that while it’s easy to find its flaws, it’s also easy to overlook them.

Kids

Magical winter wonderland

24 November 2020

Junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz describes the immersive experience of being swept up into Clara’s world in the Nutcracker.

The dancers of West Australian Ballet in The Nutcracker (2020). Photo by Bradbury Photography copy The stage is filled with dancers clad in pink tutus, standing in a pose. They all face towards the Sugar Plum Fairy and Sugar Prince who are centre stage, dressed in sparkling gold costumes. Behind them is Drosselmeyer and Clara. Still sparkling in season three

Reviews

Still sparkling in season three

22 November 2020

West Australian Ballet’s Nutcracker is on its third outing but it managed to win over an unwilling attendee, admits Nina Levy.

Event

Musical Theatre: Strictly Ballroom The Musical

21 May 2019

15 – 22 June @ The Regal Theatre, Subiaco · Presented by WAAPA · Strictly Ballroom The Musical will quick step, cha cha and samba its …

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Colour and movement carry WAAPA’s ‘Big Musical’

Magical winter wonderland

Still sparkling in season three

Musical Theatre: Strictly Ballroom The Musical

Seesaw respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and their elders, past, present and emerging.
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