Rabbit Hole | The Old Mill Theatre | Until 4th Mar | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Adapted from David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize winning play for Best Drama in 2006, Rabbit Hole explores the matrix of grief and loss from the perspective of two husbands, grieving over the accidental road death of their four-year-old son, Danny. Back in […]
He Huang: Crazy Broken Chinese A few days ago, I caught the comedy showcase Galentine’s Day at Fringe World. It was an evening of all female comedians who covered a vast range of topics in a succession of short sets. Some with challenging, others were boring, most were funny, but the stand-out hit of the night was […]
There was a surprise celebrity in the Connections audience for the closing night of Barbie’sQ’s hit Fringe World show Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie – US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy! Kennedy, the daughter of iconic US President John F Kennedy, took in the show that OUTinPerth gave a 5-star review to following its opening night. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
