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Meyne Wyatt in rehearsal for 'City of Gold'. Photo: Daniel J Grant. Meyne Wyatt squats in one corner of a rehearsal studio, looking pensive. Other performers can be seen in the background The path to a golden play

The Festival Sessions

The path to a golden play

2 March 2022

After sold-out seasons in Brisbane and Sydney and a blistering four minutes on the ABC’s Q&A, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold will be making its long-awaited WA debut in March.

Reviews

Beautiful journey of love and longing

24 February 2022

Seesaw’s junior reviewer Bethany Stopher shares her thoughts on The Smallest Stage, the unconventional account of a father’s love for his children.

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

Reviews

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.

An image from the performance of And The Earth Will Swallow. Pictured are 6 dancers, the stage behind them is dark. Creative synergy makes for powerful and moving dance

Reviews

Creative synergy makes for powerful and moving dance

16 February 2022

Emerging dance critic Zendra Giraudo finds Rachel Arianne Ogle’s new work about life, loss and grief profoundly moving.

Reviews

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.

Reviews

Voyages to the realm beyond

14 February 2022

An innovative Perth Festival performance work examines the beauty and power of rituals surrounding death, and Rita Clarke is mesmerised.

Libby Hammer A woman in a Bavarian costume dances on stage with men behind her wearing lederhosen and playing brass instruments Mein Gott it’s back to the eighties

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Mein Gott it’s back to the eighties

29 January 2022

The 80s have arrived at Fringe World. Bourby Webster discovers some of the more quirky ways the decade of cheesy ballads, naughty pop and synth music can be kept alive, with two very brassy tribute shows.

Pictured are cast members of The Underground. They are posed sexily at the front of the stage. The women are mostly wearing midriff revealing tops and short skirts, while the men are more casually dressed in black shirts and pants. Quick-switching show delivers dopamine hits

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Quick-switching show delivers dopamine hits

28 January 2022

Fans of TikTok will probably enjoy dance extravaganza The Underground, says Kim Balfour… but she wants more.

Three actors in a scene from the play 'Alex and Evie and the Forever Falling Rain'. Pictured is one young man in yellow rain coat and red hat, a young woman in colourful pattern dress with a aluminium colander for a hat, and a person in a cat costume. Each is looking around with a worried expression on their face Friendship that weathers every storm

Reviews

Friendship that weathers every storm

28 January 2022

An imaginative theatre show about the power of friendship has something for everyone, write Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewer Hannah Peterson.

Six female dancers stand in a line with their arms outstretched. They are all dressed in red and the room is bathed in blue light In pursuit of pleasure

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In pursuit of pleasure

28 January 2022

In exploring pleasure in its various forms, Giorgia Schijf and her dancers bring that very commodity to the audience, discovers Nina Levy.

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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