Cabaret star Michael Griffiths has eagerly been awaiting the launch of the Perth international Cabaret Festival, as the event’s inaugural Artistic Director he’s brought together some of Australia’s most acclaimed and respected performers for a season of outstanding entertainment. One of the downsides of the COVID-19 situation might be that many international entertainers can’t currently […]
Perth International Cabaret Festival (PICF) is coming to wow audiences for the very first time in 2021. The exciting new addition to WA’s arts calendar announced the news today. “Cabaret honours the great tradition of storytelling, and more particularly, storytelling set to music,” the festival’s brief reads. “As an artform it is admired and performed […]
Adrian Munro, the CEO of mental health organisation Richmond Wellbeing is calling for the inclusion of diverse sexuality, sex and gender in the 2021 Census. “We are calling on the Government to change the next census to better reflect our community and include sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status,” Munro said. “This is not […]
Pride WA have announced their committee of management following their annual AGM. Unlike previous years which have seen a high turnover of volunteers from one year to the next, there are few changes in the group’s line-up. Andrew Barker remains as President, Michelle Rodgers is the Senior Vice President, Graham Lovelock is Vice President, Marcus Remta is the […]
‘All Things Queer’ RTRFM’s weekly program focussed on LGBTIQ+ issues is on air today at 11:00am. On today’s show the team have lined up a great series of interviews. Vice President of Pride WA Graham Lovelock is going to be providing some information on what’s planned for this years PrideFEST in November. Paul Van Lieshout […]
To celebrate 25 years of PrideWA, we asked members of our community to share their favourite memories of Pride here in Western Australia which we will share throughout the three week celebrations. Tonight marks the launch of PrideWA’s Silver City celebrations – kicking off with Happy Pride at the Perth Cultural Centre and the TransTastic […]
PrideFEST 2014 has come to a close. What a fun-filled 10 days it was, ending in the largest Pride PARADE for a decade. Pride WA would like to thank everyone in the community who attended the many PrideFEST 2014 events and the 2014 Pride PARADE. We reflected, we renewed, we rejoiced! Thanks to our fantastic […]
Pride WA are planning to make some changes, and the first of these steps includes implementing the recommendations of a recent strategic review to see how the organisation can put its best foot forward while still maintaining its rich history. We chatted to Pride WA Committee Member Graham Lovelock and Co-President Michelle Rigg about what […]
Pride WA’s management committee is hard securing the organisation’s future as well as focusing on long term sustainability. Following a period of financial instability and falling attendance numbers, the organisation is tackling the dual goals of meeting community expectations of events and planning for the future. This year Pridefest will kick off on Saturday 2nd […]
Pride WA has announced their committee positions for the year ahead and given further information on the strategic review of the organisation and its key events including a suggestion that the popular Fairday may be split into two separate events. New Co-Presidents Daniel Smith and Michelle Rigg appeared on the RTRFM program ‘All Things Queer’ […]
