Western Australia has enjoyed a succession of brilliantly produced musicals in recent months with productions of We Will Rock You, The Boy From Oz and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical drawing crowds to the Crown Theatre. On the closing night of Priscilla, the production companies behind the string of successful musicals announced they were making significant […]
Life’s a Drag | The Court Hotel | Season Ended | ★ ★ ★ In this hour long cabaret show Dean Misdale (the artist formerly known as Feminem) reflects on his life over the last year, sharing stories of job seeking, dating and streaming loungeroom performances, regaling the audience with the reality of his life away […]
Drag Queen Comedy Hour | Megamouth | Until 30th Jan | ★ ★ ★ Drag star Dean Misdale hosts an hour long comedy show which sees the well-known performer share the stage with Donna Kebab, Ginava and drag king Blake Cassette. The show is a mixed bag, with each artist bringing their own strengths and weaknesses […]
Dean Misdale is bringing a triple dose of drag to this year’s Fringe World Festival, with a bunch of diva friends in tow. The drag performer will be reprising the festival favourite DIVAS – The Drag Revue: Fierce & Fabulous, as well as presenting the Drag Queen Comedy Hour and her new solo show Life’s A Drag. We caught […]
We Will Rock You | Crown Theatre | Until 22nd November | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ This local production of We Will Rock You has been performed several times in the last few years and as WA’s hard border limited touring acts from visiting the state an opportunity has appeared for home grown talent to shine. Settling in […]
Queen fans rejoice! Beloved jukebox musical We Will Rock You is returning to Perth stages bigger and better than ever. Platinum Entertainment’s production celebrates the music of Queen, weaving their hits through a narrative that imagines an Orwellian future dystopia where music is forbidden. From the book by Ben Elton, the non-conformist bohemians surge ahead on […]
The Proud Awards 2020 took over Connections Nightclub on Saturday evening, with a celebration of WA’s LGBTIQ+ creatives and communities. Hosted by Dean Misdale and Cougar Morrison, the evening kicked off with a hearty and hilarious reading session where nobody was safe. Not even us! The fun continued with the evening’s awards, which expanded this […]
The most fabulous local LGBTIQ+ awards night is back for its fifth year, and despite some tough months the ceremony is set to be bigger and better than ever. The Proud Awards began in 2016 when Proud Entertainment’s Dean Misdale set out to celebrate WA’s local queer entertainment community, and the event has grown to […]
The Proud Awards return for their third annual celebration of Perth’s fabulous drag and creative entertainers, as the efforts of WA’s LGBTI+ community. Created in 2016, the event has honoured local queer entertainers, community groups and icons for their contributions of Perth’s vibrant LGBTI+ scene. The event will see 13 awards presented across a range […]
We Will Rock You | His Majesty’s Theatre | til April 7 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Ben Elton’s theatrical ode to the music of Queen has returned to Western Australia with a killer showcase of Perth talent at His Majesty’s Theatre. Set in a dystopian future where music and free thought are forbidden under the Globalsoft […]
