Alissia Marsh and Courtney Maldo will present their highly praised show A Bit Gay at the Sidesplitter Comedy Festival this weekend. The hugely popular comedy festival will for its eighth year at the iconic Memorial Hall in Hamilton Hill from October 6th and 7th and then continues the following weekend from 13th to 14th October. The 2023 […]
The 2023 Performing Arts WA Awards Ceremony, held on Monday 30 October in the Heath Ledger Theatre, will celebrate achievement in Western Australian professional live performance in 2022, covering both mainstage and independent performances. With new presentation funding, support from DLGSCI and Arts & Culture Trust means the awards will move from the foyer space […]
Follow a group of four teenagers wrestling with how to make a difference, what constitutes democratic process… and whether or not to blow up a pipeline. Do we change the system from within or blast it open to create something entirely different? Writer and activist Noemie Huttner-Koros (Mother of Compost, The Lion Never Sleeps) alongside […]
TWO | PICA | Until 23rd Sept | ★ ★ ★ ½ In the traditional Indian art of Kathak there is a strict relationship between the drummer and the dancer. The tabla player in the one in charge, setting the tone and determining the speed. While the dancer is the one who follows, interpreting their rhythms, […]
Australian singer songwriter Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO is amongst eight recipients of the inaugural 2023 Creative Australia Awards. The awards recognise the contribution of outstanding artists to their art forms and to the cultural life of the nation. The recipients are awarded for excellence in the fields of music, literature, community arts and cultural development, emerging […]
The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, will embark on a national tour in 2024. The musical will commence in Brisbane in January 2024 followed by seasons in Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Canberra, with tickets on sale in coming months. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where […]
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Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk] | State Theatre Centre of WA | til 23 Sept | ★ ★ ★ ★ Warning: This story contains details of police violence and deaths in custody, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife […]
Mary Poppins | Crown Theatre | til 22 Oct | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Everybody knows Mary Poppins. Whether your first point of reference is Julie Andrews’ iconic role in Disney’s classic 1964 film, the original books of PL Travers, The Simpsons one-time nanny Shary Bobbins, or BenDeLaCreme-as-Andrews-as-Poppins’ rendition of Call Me Mother on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3, the character […]
Cirque du Soleil – Crystal | RAC Arena | 15-24 September | ★ ★ ★ ★ Cirque du Soleil made a long-awaited return to Perth on Friday night with their magical production Crystal that combines their skills of acrobatics, tumbling, and other circus skills with ice skating. Crystal was created by Shana Carroll and Sebastien Soldevila and is the company’s […]
In a celebration of campness, Christmas and comedy, best pals Joel Creasey and Rhys Nicholson –and their chosen family – will reunite to host a suite of yuletide shows across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Wollongong from 30 November – 9 December. Presented by Comedy Republic, last year’s debut of Rhys & Joel’s […]
