Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
8 December 2025
In Microfictions, Hylozoic/Desires invite audiences into a contemplative drift through deep time, mapping shifting continents, memory and cosmic scale. Reviewer Jaimi Wright finds the work a rare blend of intimacy and immensity, offering a space to think far beyond the self.
8 December 2025
April Phillips plunges audiences into Under Waters, the immersive inaugural commission of PICA’s boorda yeyi program. Will Yeoman traces the work’s evolution and the successive waves of meaning it reveals.
27 November 2025
WAAPA farewells its Mount Lawley campus with Echolocation. Rita Clarke follows the pathways that honour decades of creativity, community and artistic training.
25 November 2025
Cover Image: Mayume Noguromi as Cinderella with the Nymphs and Fauns in West Australian Ballet’s Cinderella. Photo: Matt Jelonek. Note: Article pictures feature cast members that may …
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20 November 2025
Melbourne artists Charlie Lawler and Wona Bae find home for life on Earth in a toxic environment for humankind, writes Mark Naglazas.
7 November 2025
Fusing wrestling, dance and theatre, The Scramble unpacks masculinity and male closeness with raw physicality and tenderness. Sarah Chaffey writes.
14 August 2025
Victoria Laurie captures the spellbinding performance of Mungangga Garlagula, a moving blend of story, music and Country.
31 July 2025
As arts education faces cutbacks across the globe, WAAPA continues to thrive by expanding, innovating, and preparing the next generation of performers – writes Will Yeoman.
29 July 2025
Jonathan Biggins doesn’t impersonate Paul Keating so much as inhabit him. In The Gospel According to Paul, Biggins delivers a masterclass in satire, performance and political insight, writes Victoria Laurie.
23 July 2025
COVID and digital disruption have shut down movie houses around the world, but Luna Palace has survived and is thriving, giving Perth a much-needed alternative to superhero movies, writes Mark Naglazas.