WA’s most famous… famous person is set to make a racket at this month’s Perth Comedy Festival. Rejuvenated after becoming even more famous at Fringe World, Famous Sharron is serving up some hot balls of love with her latest show, Love Match. We were penciled in to Sharron’s fit-to-burst schedule for a quick chat about […]
Fringe World has ended for another year but the final night of the celebrations saw threats of homophobic violence. Patrons leaving the festival artists-only venue the Budgie Smuggler on the final night of the festival were confronted by a man threatening homophobic violence. Some patrons leaving the venue located in the Perth Cultural Centre reported […]
Clara Cupcakes: The Worst | The Deluxe | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ½ Clara Cupcakes’ The Worst draws from the pain of a failed relationship, and guides the audience through the inevitable bad decisions that many of us are doomed to make. This charming comedy show looks through the lens of Clara the […]
One Punch Wonder | The Actors’ Hub | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ What makes a man? Is it his strength? His compassion? His ability to provide? His fists? In a time where the definition of manhood is being challenged and redefined at every level in our society, One Punch Wonder asks what […]
Flaws and All | Black Flamingo | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ½ Usually I don’t know very much about a Fringe performance ahead of time but I had read some things about this performance and it seemed exciting. I found the title of the one-woman aerial circus performance interesting and wondered if the […]
Vogue: The Madonna Circus | The Pleasure Garden | Until 24th February | ★ ★ ★ ★ Drag star BarbieQ and local circus company Kinetica have forged a great partnership combining their talents. Their show Sinsuality was a stand out at previous editions of Fringe World and now they’re presenting and brand new show – Vogue: The Madonna […]
Raul By The Pool | Ramp @ The Ice Cream Factory | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ “Shit, is this funny or not?” was my mate’s stellar, and pretty apt response, when I asked him what he’d thought about the show. Two other guys at a urinal trough chimed in with a few opinions of […]
Madame Nightshade’s Poison Garden | The Blue Room | til Feb 24th | ★ ★ ★ Wow. If ever there was a show that epitomised the spirit of Fringe, this was it. Madame Nightshade takes you on a journey of schizophrenic proportions. What that journey is exactly cannot be faithfully captured within the word limit for […]
Sudden Skies | The Blue Room | til Feb 24th | ★ ★ Sometimes my friends and I play a game where we point out random objects on the street, a trolley for example, and deconstruct it, coming up with elaborate and patently false ideas of what it could mean. Maybe it’s the English teacher in […]
Damian Callinan in Swing Man | Casa Mondo | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have a confession. Despite being a renowned character and multiple award-nominated stand-up comedian, I didn’t know who Damian Callinan was before I saw his show. I should get out more — perhaps to one of the Swing Dance classes […]
