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An image from Ta-Ku and friends Songs to Experience, pictured a group of people admire an exhibit with intricate light works. Immersed in sound and vision
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Immersed in sound and vision

21 February 2022

In Songs To Experience, local beatmaker Ta-ku draws in artist friends to create a full body encounter in light, sound and wonder, writes Claire Coleman.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
Joel Bray crouches on one knee, with arms spread wide Bray busts moves and breaks barriers
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Bray busts moves and breaks barriers

21 February 2022

I Liked It, BUT… promises to reveal the mysteries of contemporary dance to audience members. It does, but Nina Levy feels lost at times.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
A Noongar man wearing a kangaroo skin cloak and headband in Aboiginal colours plays a didgeroo which is decorated in colourful dot painting Varied take on classic local tale
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Varied take on classic local tale

20 February 2022

Perth Symphony Orchestra’s innovative program and talented soloists recount Rockingham’s role in an iconic story of escape on the high seas, writes Claire Coleman.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
Stella Donelly plays guitar on stage Honesty in the air in stellar show
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Honesty in the air in stellar show

19 February 2022

Perth-bred Stella Donnelly is adored for her subversive and political subject matter, but Claire Coleman finds even more reasons to like her.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
Songstress adds new strings to her bow
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Songstress adds new strings to her bow

19 February 2022

An intimate concert with Katie Noonan confirms the breadth of her reach as one of Australia’s leading performers, and takes long-time fan Rosalind Appleby back to an earlier encounter.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
An image from Oliver Twist's show JALI, pictured a man stands looking out into the audience one arm outstretched a blue light engulfing him. A single voice captures shared journey
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A single voice captures shared journey

18 February 2022

JALI is a triumph of storytelling which, for Patrick Gunasekera, encapsulates the ebbs and flows of the migrant’s struggle to be heard and understood.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
A small child looks up in wonder at the light show throwing colours and patterns on the people and room around them Light takes on a life of its own
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Light takes on a life of its own

17 February 2022

This genre-bending Perth Festival show casts light itself as the star, creating an experience that leaves Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewers Chloe and Jackson Davis completely elated.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
A series of line drawings suggestive of sign language actions against a pink pixellated background Found in translation
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Found in translation

17 February 2022

In all their diverse forms, languages are ultimately about the human need for connection, as Belinda Hermawan finds at this Perth Festival exhibition.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
Photo: Jessica Wyld Mary Stuart is a battle royal for the ages
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Mary Stuart is a battle royal for the ages

16 February 2022

Mary Stuart, the great play Shakespeare could never write, has a flawlessly conceived and delivered staging at the Heath Ledger Theatre, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
Immersive sound at one with the sunset
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Immersive sound at one with the sunset

15 February 2022

Set at the boundary of land and sea, CLAUDIO’s moody electronic set is a collaboration with natural elements, writes Claire Coleman.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival

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