Compelling performances and skilful puppetry work together in The Last Great Hunt’s memorable play about dementia, writes Seesaw’s junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz.
Tag Archives: Rachael Dease
Reviews
Dark liturgy of fear and fury is a fantastic finish to the year
30 November 2021
The Bleeding Tree is a murder without mystery, a horror story without tension, and it’s as remarkable as it is brilliant, says David Zampatti.
Reviews
Hotel hidey-holes make perfect performance spaces
27 August 2021
Whether cool, creepy or comical, ‘Situ8:Hotel’ is another terrific program of site-specific work from STRUT Dance and Tura New Music, writes Nina Levy.
Reviews
A dance work for our times
23 May 2021
Solo dance work JULIA is a work for our times, a powerful statement of feminist resistance and rage, with a glimmer of hope, writes Nina Levy.
Features
Music industry awards announced as Federal Government increases funding
25 March 2021
This week the WA Music Awards celebrate the resilience of the local music scene, as the industry welcomes new RISE funding from the Federal Government.
Reviews
Apocalyptic music strikes a chord
19 February 2021
Rachael Dease’s Hymns for End Times couldn’t be more timely for Perth audiences, writes Rosalind Appleby
Features
Orchestra leads Festival charge
25 January 2021
If you’ve been browsing the 2021 Perth Festival program you may have noticed an ensemble that keeps popping up in multiple guises. Ara Jansen investigates whether the West Australian Symphony Orchestra is the hardest working band this summer as they support local talent across four quite different events.
Features
Cream of the crop 2020
9 December 2020
It feels more important than ever to celebrate the arts in 2020. And so, in spite of the challenges faced by the arts community this year, we are thrilled to bring you Seesaw’s annual ‘Cream of the Crop’ round-up, in which we ask our writers to reflect on the year that was and the year to come.
Features
Dipping into our home-grown Festival
18 November 2020
To celebrate the 2021 Perth Festival programme launch, Seesaw’s Nina Levy shares her top picks from the line-up.
Features
Songs from the ashes
26 August 2020
In a year that has seen Australia ricochet from devastating bush-fires to pandemic lockdown, local musician Rachael Dease is capturing the mood of the moment in a new album titled, “Hymns for End Times”. Nina Levy caught up with Dease to learn more.
