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Review | ‘Pear But Braver’ a juicy hour of laugh-out-loud sketch comedy

Review | ‘Pear But Braver’ a juicy hour of laugh-out-loud sketch comedy

Pear But Braver | The Parlour | til Feb 18 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In 2023, twin performers Patrick and Hugo McPherson brought their debut comedy collaboration Pear to Fringe World Festival. The two-handed sketch comedy received rave reviews from many – including our contributing writer Kate Salinger-Hatter – but there was one particular review […]

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Nick Robertson’s ‘Leave to Enter’ lives up to its hype as ‘genius’

Nick Robertson’s ‘Leave to Enter’ lives up to its hype as ‘genius’

Leave to Enter – Nick Robertson | The Fremantle Comedy Factory | Until 21st January | ★ ★ ★ ★  Fringe is back! Usually, my reviews are my own words but I’m starting this one with some words from other reviewers, because Nick only has one more performance at Fringe 2024 on Sunday 21st January and this […]

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Pivot into new musical ‘Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence’

Pivot into new musical ‘Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence’

Step onto the court of this contemporary turmoil that entangles the timeless allure of Shakespearean drama with an electrifying multidisciplinary experience of music, dance and theatre, presented by a powerhouse team of WA women. Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence will debut with eight performances in the 2024 Fringe World Festival’s FANTASIA at Perth Town Hall […]

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Review | Robyn Perkins fuses science and comedy in ‘Million Dollar Maybe’

Review | Robyn Perkins fuses science and comedy in ‘Million Dollar Maybe’

Million Dollar Maybe | Perth Cultural Centre | til Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½  In July of 2020, an article was published in major scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). The paper was titled Robust evidence for bisexual orientation among men. The purpose of the article was to dispel skepticism surrounding men […]

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Review | ‘Piaf and Brel’ brings together an impossible concert

Review | ‘Piaf and Brel’ brings together an impossible concert

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert | Cheeky Sparrow | til Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  One of the truly great ideas that have surfaced from Fringe World 2023 is the variety of venues on offer from the Edith Speigeltent to nightclubs to small intimate wine bars, where both international and local acts showcase their talents. Last […]

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Myra DuBois chastises us over the quality of our questions

Myra DuBois chastises us over the quality of our questions

Myra DuBois got her big break on Britain’s Got Talent before popping up in the film Everybody’s Taking About Jamie and appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe and in the West End. This month she brings her show Be Well to Fringe World. For people who have not met you before, how would you introduce yourself? Who is Myra DuBois. I would introduce myself […]

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Comedian Robyn Perkins brings her show ‘Million Dollar Maybe’ to Fringe

Comedian Robyn Perkins brings her show ‘Million Dollar Maybe’ to Fringe

Comedian Robyn Perkins is in Perth bringing her show Million Dollar Maybe to Fringe World. “It’s two stories that I weave together.” Perkins tells OUTinPerth just days ahead of her opening night. “One if my love story, and realising that I’m bisexual, and spoilers – falling in love with my girlfriend. “The flipside of that is that I […]

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Review | Twin comedians deliver big laughs with ‘Pear’

Review | Twin comedians deliver big laughs with ‘Pear’

Pear | Perth Cultural Centre | til Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   As I write this review we’ve Don’t Tell The Bride UK version on the TV, in the background. We’ve arrived home from tonight’s Fringe World Festival offering – Pear.  I’ve made dinner for the fam and now I’m able to reflect on the […]

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Review | Neurodiversity Unmasked: an admirable but unfulfilling show

Review | Neurodiversity Unmasked: an admirable but unfulfilling show

Neurodiversity Unmasked | Connections Nightclub | Until 11th Feb | ★ ★ ½  The great thing about Fringe World is that it has a huge diversity of theatrical experiences on offer ranging from circus to burlesque, drag and acrobats, theatre, music and everything else you can think of in between, and often all in the same […]

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Review | BarbieQ shines in ‘Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie’

Review | BarbieQ shines in ‘Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie’

Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie | Connections Nightclub | 11 Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BarbieQ, who is potentially the world’s biggest Dolly Parton fan, is back with a new Fringe World show that pays homage to her hero. It is just sensational. Having garnered acclaim for 2021’s A Dolly Parton Spectacular and 2022’s Here I Come Again, Perth’s leading drag […]

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