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The Hypotheticals. Photo: Paz Tassone Two performers pose on stage as though they are miming stopping walls from closing in. Platonic parenting for the win?
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Platonic parenting for the win?

11 July 2023

Are we asking ourselves the right questions before we step on the parental rollercoaster? In The Hypotheticals playwrights Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben dive into one of life’s biggest decisions. Nina Levy finds out more.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
A figure clad in black hoists a huge groper puppet above his head, the fish looking out towards the netting in front of them. This is Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's production of Blueback. Keep the kids happy this holidays
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Keep the kids happy this holidays

26 June 2023

Feeling the cold? There’s plenty to warm young hearts (and the young at heart) this July school holidays. Enter a winter wonderland of creative pursuits. 

Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
A scene from Laura Boynes' Equations of a Falling Body, in which a dancer kneels on length of solver material, whilst falling to one side. Everyday life placed under a kaleidoscope
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Everyday life placed under a kaleidoscope

28 February 2023

Laura Boynes’ on-the-spot choreography makes for dance theatre that’s at once comic and enthralling, discovers emerging critic Dominique Logan.

Reading time • 6 minutesDance
Edgy Equations adds up to festival must-see
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Edgy Equations adds up to festival must-see

23 February 2023

Laura Boynes’ Equations of a Falling Body is an explosive mix of dance and physical theatre that will live long in the memory, writes Rita Clarke.

Reading time • 6 minutesContemporary dance
Krautrock chaos a blast of laughs
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Krautrock chaos a blast of laughs

1 February 2023

Berlin punk-pop siblings Otto & Astrid return with their unique brand of musical madness and while the show is played for laughs, these guys can play, writes Ara Jansen

Reading time • 4 minutesCabaret
Tim Watts in 'It's Dark outside'. Photo: Rochard Jefferson A man is silhouetted by a spotlight. He holds a fishing net into which he is placing a luminous cloud Darkness depicted with a light touch
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Darkness depicted with a light touch

18 March 2022

A decade after its premiere, The Last Great Hunt’s acclaimed exploration of dementia is still captivating audiences, writes Claire Trolio.

Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
A group of children walk across a stage with an adult actor. Beautiful journey of love and longing
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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.

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
Reading time • 6 minutesDance
Voyages to the realm beyond
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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.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival

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