Joel Creasy is back home for the Perth International Comedy Festival introducing audiences to his new over the top, fast paced, camp show ‘The Drama Captain’. Joel has come a long way since he last got ‘Naked’ with us in the 2012. He’s released a DVD, toured his shows and been dumped by his boyfriend [...]
Black Swan State Theatre Company presents Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play ‘Death of a Salesman’ this month. Ben O’Toole, who garnered acclaim in last years’ ‘Guy Gets Girl’ takes on the role of Willy Loman’s son Happy, under the direction of Adam Mitchell. How are rehearsals going? Rehearsals are going great, we’re getting into solid [...]
Perth International Comedy Festival, Sunday 12th May 2013 Bob Downe (aka Mark Trevorrow) wasted no time in firing up his appreciative crowd with the ‘Mother’ of all shows on Mother’s Day last night at the Astor Theatre. The air was almost palpable as the countdown began for the 7.30pm start. Some latecomers rushed to their [...]
I first met Gina Yashere when she played the voice of a ballsy, teenage bully named Keisha on ‘Bromwell High’. This time I met her as a ballsy, middle-aged woman; same abrasive, London accent,taking the same delight in cussing, only this time wearing skinny jeans instead of a school uniform. Yashere’s effusive stage presence instantly [...]
There is a timeless quality to Willy Loman, the central character in ‘Death of a Salesman’. Arthur Miller tapped into a gold mine of 20th century reality when he penned this tale of a family man who realises that ‘The American Dream’ may have been just exactly that, a dream. Hardworking salesman Willy is finding [...]
Perth raised actress Lisa McCune is returning to Perth in Opera Australia’s production of ‘South Pacific’, surprisingly it’ll be the first time she’ll have appeared on a WA stage since she graduated from the WA Academy of Performing Arts over 20 years ago. Joining her in the cast is singer and actress Christine Anu who [...]
The theatrical production of ‘A Clockwork Orange’ arrives in Perth this month. OUTinPerth caught up with Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones. I read in your Director notes that you ‘dug out your old copy’ of A Clockwork Orange – before reading it what did you remember of the book from your teenage years? I remember the book [...]
The 2013 Season of the West Australian Ballet is set to be one of romance and passion, with productions including ‘La Sylphide’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Onegin’, and ‘Peter Pan’. I spoke to Young Artist Samuel Maxted, and Full Artist André Santos about the upcoming production of ‘La Sylphide’, which opens on May 17th. La Sylphide [...]
Be warned, if you go and see the musical ‘Jersey Boys’ you will be singing their songs all through the next day. Not that’s a bad thing, but you might be surprised by how many of the bands hits you already know all the words to. Charting the rise of Frankie Valli and his fellow [...]
Perth Theatre Company’s production of Caryl Churchill’s ‘A Number’ is a challenging storytelling experience that is certainly thought provoking. Two men meet, one older and one younger, we learn they are a father and son, they start discussing something, but it takes a little while to work out what the conversation is about. Gradually we [...]
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