Gillian English has plenty to say about beauty standards in her entertaining new show. Like our relationship with our bodies, however, 1000 Ships is a work in progress, writes Claire Trolio.
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Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
6 February 2023
Gillian English has plenty to say about beauty standards in her entertaining new show. Like our relationship with our bodies, however, 1000 Ships is a work in progress, writes Claire Trolio.
13 February 2021
There are many ways to retell Homer’s story of the Trojan War, and as David Zampatti discovers, you can make a more than decent fist of it with four comic actors and a bunch of puppets.
26 January 2021
You might want to brace yourself for Patrick Marlborough’s radical gloves-off stand-up in On Fringe, but it’s well worth the effort, advises Xan Ashbury.
20 January 2020
Ron Banks discovers there is not much to laugh about in the grim stories of how women have overcome patriarchy in Western culture.