The Blue Room Theatre Archives

Photo: supplied A snapshot from the show Salome δ. Pictured is a performer wearing a long brocade robe stands, arms outstretched. To his left a dancer is folded in half, mid motion. The stage is dark, lit with blue and a shaft of pink. Finding poetry in the chaos of illness

Reviews

Finding poetry in the chaos of illness

30 January 2022

Delving and dancing into chronic sickness, Salome δ is a wild and multi-layered ride but the landing is surprisingly gentle, finds Nina Levy.

A snapshot from the musical 107. Pictured is two actors dressed in school uniforms sit on a bench on a stage. They have bags on the floor beside them and one of the actors is playing the ukelele The real high school musical

Reviews

The real high school musical

28 January 2022

A fresh, coming-of-age musical makes space for diverse stories, and Claire Trolio is on board with it.

Photo: Helah Milroy A young woman stares at the camera. She's wearing a bright red wig, that's slightly askew on her head, bright red lipstick and a bright red skirt with a gold crop top and a shrug of pieces of fabric cut in scale like shapes. Choose your aquatic adventure

Reviews

Choose your aquatic adventure

28 January 2022

Helah Milroy’s audience-driven, fish-pun laden, dark comedy wins over Barbara Hostalek, even if it could use a little more rehearsal time.

Photo Daniel Grant Joe Lui squats in the front corner of the photo, with a guitar. He is wearing a cowboy hat and outfit in red and black. In the background is Phoebe Sullivan, who wears tight, sensual red and black garments and poses seductively. Digging into desire

Opinion

Digging into desire

20 January 2022

In their new burlesque-cabaret work, local theatre makers Joe Lui and Phoebe Sullivan dive into desire, to strip away some ugly truths. But what prompted them to lay these issues bare?

performer Donita Cruz from ‘She’s Terribly Greedy.’ Photo: Nicolee Fox A promotional image from a show part of the Summer Nights curation. A young woman sits, surrounded by other people crammed close in - the frame cuts out their faces What to SEE at The Blue Room this summer

What to SEE

What to SEE at The Blue Room this summer

20 January 2022

Spoilt for choice when it comes to planning your summer festival viewing? Take a punt on Summer Nights at The Blue Room Theatre.

The Festival Sessions

Punk rock musical rewrites old scripts

18 January 2022

If you’ve ever wondered what the coming-of-age musical Spring Awakening would be like if it were queer, Michele Gould’s 107 is the musical for you.

A promotional image from She's Terribly Greedy. Pictured is a woman with dark hair sitting at a table of food. From behind two sets of hand appear, one set pouring a drink the other reaching forward. Glutton for punishment

The Festival Sessions

Glutton for punishment

17 January 2022

Inspired by Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, She’s Terribly Greedy is a visually arresting foray into the mind of a young woman who can’t decide which path in life to follow.

Maniya Amin Dehghan, Harry Hamzat, Satchen Lucido and Happyness Yasini. Presented by Perth Festival and co-produced by Performing Lines WA and Encounter. Four young people of colour stand on stage. At the front one young woman points hopefully at something out of shot. The set is the deck of a boat. Cream of the crop 2021

Features

Cream of the crop 2021

15 December 2021

Which shows were Seesaw Mag’s favourites this year? We ask our writers to reflect on the year that was… and the year that will be.

Cezera Critti-Schnaars and Mani Mae Gomes Two women sitting on the edge of a bed, dressed in mid 19th century clothes. One clasps the others' hand and they are smiling at one another. Little in name, but not in nature

Reviews

Little in name, but not in nature

16 November 2021

A fresh look at Little Women from a queer perspective maintains the Louisa May Alcott classic’s strengths and takes it effortlessly from the particular to the universal, writes a mightily impressed David Zampatti.

Reviews

Queer wordsmith delivers wit and wisdom

29 October 2021

Blending autobiography, history lessons and a glitter wand-toting, drag queen fairy godmother, Stace Callaghan’s Queer as Flux is one you shouldn’t miss, says 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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