Reuben Kaye | The Rechabite | til Feb 14 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What good is sitting alone in your room? Just go see Reuben Kaye. You may have caught this magnetic performer at Club Swizzle or had the pleasure of snapping up a ticket to one of his limited solo shows in past years, but […]
Jamie Mykaela: Daddy | State Theatre Centre of WA | til Jan 30 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Warning: This review contains mentions of predatory sexual behaviour. Brilliant show. Intelligent and well researched. Jamie Mykaela has crafted a very clever and entertaining show, pointing out the blindingly obvious references in music and pop culture to adult […]
Brassy Broads 2.0 | The Ellington | ★ ★ ★ ★ Like any true creative, I barely bothered to read the event blurb of Brassy Broads 2.0. One look at the title image and I assumed I was watching a Drazz show. Who wouldn’t want to see exceptional drag queens embodying female empowerment in a jazztravaganza? But […]
BurLEZque: Pillow Talk | De Parel | til Feb 3 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Local LGBTQIA+ talent has been shining brighter than ever on the stages of Fringe World Festival 2021, and the team at BurLEZque have gone full supernova with their dazzling showcase Pillow Talk. A burlesque troupe on a mission to create art by queer […]
Camp 3 | Connections Nightclub | Until Sat 23rd Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ Local drag performers Perri Oxide, Donna Kebab and Sassie Cassie rip through a wide variety numbers in the hour-long roller-coaster ride of fun. The trio begin their show with a joint lip-sync of Lady Gaga’s Marry the Night before taking turns to […]
Fringe show The Cloak and Dagger has had to quickly make some changes after one of their leading performers had to bow out of the production due to injury. The two part show starts off with ‘Dagger’ a world-premiere cabaret celebrating the 80s. Then a second short show takes audiences on a journey into the seedy underbelly […]
Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. American playwright Eve Ensler shook the world in 1996 with a collection of stories about vaginas. The Vagina Monologues quickly became a prolific work after its release, bringing together women and gender diverse people to share their stories about sexuality, gender, genitals and body image over the […]
Comedian Rudy Lee Taurua has made it into WA with his award-winning act this Fringe World Festival. Snapping up trophies for Best Newcomer and People’s Choice at the Adelaide Comedy Awards 2019, and selling-out his run at Adelaide Fringe the same year, Taurua is ready to bring his brand of comedy to west coast audiences. […]
Tale of Tales | State Theatre Centre of WA | til Jan 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Family stories, family secrets, historical facts, and century-old Italian traditions of storytelling and fairy tales, are woven together into a contemporary narrative within Tale of Tales. Cinematic use of shadow puppetry and projections brings together vignettes of fairy […]
Madonna: The Diva, The Icon, The Circus | State Theatre Centre of WA | til 21st Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ Tempting audiences with the sultry opening lines of Madonna’s Girl Gone Wild, the disembodied voice of Madonna breathes the introductory prayer from her 2012 dance smash to the audience at the State Theatre Centre Underground. “Oh my God,” […]
