Evan Rickman’s So It Comes to Dust is a thoughtful, atmospheric meditation on violence, loyalty and the moral cost of war, writes Darcy Lewis.
Tag Archives: The Blue Room Theatre
Reviews
600 Seconds finds fresh charge in three distinctive musical worlds
23 July 2026
The Blue Room Theatre’s 600 Seconds – MUSIC program offers an engaging snapshot of Perth artists testing bold, intimate and entertaining new ideas.
Features
THE MISSING MIDDLE: THE PLIGHT OF INDEPENDENT THEATRE IN WA
17 July 2026
WA’s independent theatre scene is buoyant, but artists still face a difficult middle ground shaped by funding pressures, audience development and access to affordable venues. Ian Lilburne investigates what it will take for independent theatre-makers to build sustainable creative careers in WA.
Reviews
SATIRICAL THRILL RIDE ASKS WHAT WE MISS WHILE WE ARE DISTRACTED
2 July 2026
The Almost Collective’s sharp comedy where spies, spectacle and distraction collide inside a theme park hurtling towards chaos, satire and revelation. Alicia Patrick reviews Ride or Die.
Reviews
Matthew Morris’s Until Falling Things Work, delivers a moving performance on memory, grief and joy
15 May 2026
Matthew Morris delivers a moving performance where memory, grief, humour and movement mingle in a richly textured, deeply human theatrical experience.
Reviews
Creating connection is the cure
12 May 2026
More than dance and more than biography, A Cure for Loneliness is a reminder that none of us has to ride life’s roller coaster alone.
Reviews
A Feast For Understanding
4 May 2026
Immersive play ملعقة (mil-aa-qa) serves a delicious tale of nurturing inclusion through food, writes Patrick Gunasekera.
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.
Reviews
Uncynical Love Stories Are Hard to Find
4 July 2025
Maya-Rose Chauhan reviews Love Stories, a sincere and reassuring insight into climate change that proves the compatibility of science and love.
Reviews
Next-gen theatre makers impress
21 September 2023
From the fresh and funny to the weird and wonderful, WAAPA’s Performance Making students bring fresh, incisive work at full tilt, writes Claire Trolio.