What began as an intimate night of storytelling has become one of Perth’s most enduring live performance successes. As Barefaced Stories marks its 15th year, founder Andrea Gibbs reflects with writer Mark Naglazas.
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Reviews
Carol shines with humour and heart
28 November 2025
Carol is genuine, big-hearted and fun, just the tonic for what, for some, may have been a difficult year – writes Victoria Laurie.
Reviews
Disaster, delirium and nonstop laughs in The Play That Goes Wrong
18 November 2025
A perfectly calibrated chaos-fest, The Play That Goes Wrong delivers wall-to-wall gags, collapsing sets and riotous comic timing. In her review, Sarah-Jayne Eeles finds the latest Australian tour as sharp, silly and side-splitting as ever.
Reviews
Pee jokes and politics have Liberty audience wetting their pants
14 November 2025
Western Sky Projects bring so much attack to the 2001 Tony Award winner audiences are left exhausted and exhilarated. Mark Naglazas writes.
Reviews
A City Remembered: UP THERE (Boorloo)
11 November 2025
UP THERE (Boorloo) is a new site-specific work from UP THERE Collective presented together with The Blue Room Theatre.
Features
Eddie comes west to perfect a new Australian musical
6 November 2025
Eddie Perfect with director Dean Bryant and choreographer Kelley Abbey are a part of the huge team bringing to life a new Australian musical. Mark Naglazas writes.
Spotlight
Taking a multisensory deep dive with Perth’s Sensorium Theatre
23 September 2025
Sensorium Theatre is renowned for live interactive theatre catering for young people living with disabilities. Will Yeoman shines a light on its extraordinary work ahead of a revival of Odyssea at this year’s AWESOME Festival.
Reviews
Love, Lies and Longing: Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues
29 August 2025
Humphrey Bower brings great judgement and imagination in directing this timely revival of the play that inspired the Oz cinema classic Lantana, writes Mark Naglazas.
Reviews
Next Gen Wonderland: Student-led and reimagined
13 August 2025
A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with a difference – Will Yeoman finds the student-led production Alice in Wonderland curiouser and curiouser
Reviews
Drank Austen a Bawdy Affair
24 July 2025
Tequila, politics and pure chaos — Harvey Rae reviews Plied and Prejudice, a riotous Austen remix shaking up the Maj.
