Ben Elton’s ‘Gasp!’, currently playing at the State Theatre Centre, was first performed in the UK in 1990 under the title ‘Gasping’. However, given the play’s striking relevance to Western Australia, it’s difficult to imagine it had ever been performed anywhere else. Our hero is Phil, a hapless businessman eager to prove his worth in […]
Ever woken up in the morning thinking “what the hell happened last night?”, after spending an evening drinking copious amounts of alcohol? Maybe then you rolled over and saw a lump of a human being taking up the empty space in your bed? Black Swan Theatre’s ‘Midsummer (A Play with Songs)’ follows the story of […]
Black Swan Theatre brings Tom Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece of English playwriting, Arcadia, to Perth this month. Set in Sidley Park, Derbyshire, the play explores sexual attraction, maths, science and landscape design through the interactions of modern and 19th century characters. Chaos and order, classicism and romanticism battle it out as the Lady Thomasina Coverly receives […]
