The Glass Menagerie | His Majesty’s Theatre | til 21 Aug | ★ ★ ★ ★ The Glass Menagerie is a semi-autobiographical work by playwright and poet Tennessee Williams set in late 1930s America. Memory play is a term coined by Williams to describe the style of this work as the story is narrated by one of […]
Tosca | His Majesty’s Theatre | til July 23 | ★ ★ ★ ½ Warning: This review contains mentions of suicide and sexual assault. First performed in 1900, Tosca, a three act opera was the fifth opera written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. During an era when the western world was undergoing great social, technological, and […]
Lior | His Majesty’s Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first concert I went to without my parents was in 2005. Opening for Missy Higgins was this brilliant acoustic artist I’d never heard of called Lior. Standing on stage with nothing but his guitar, the crowd didn’t take much notice of him at first, but […]
As ballet icon George Balanchine said, “Just as Giselle is ballet’s great tragedy, so Coppélia is its great comedy.” The colourful tale of two lovers and an eccentric doctor, along with an exquisite life-like doll comes to His Majesty’s Theatre on 16 September for 10 exquisite performances. “Coppélia is one of the most frequently performed […]
Bring It On: The Musical | His Majesty’s Theatre | til Aug 18 | ★ ★ ★ ★ A musical adaptation of one of the most iconic feature films about cheerleading. The show has an esteemed team of professionals that have banded together to create Bring It On The Musical. Jeff Whitty, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and […]
Circus Oz ‘Precarious’ | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until 27th July | ★ ★ ★ Performers dressed as polar bears frolic through the audience as the crowds enter the luxurious surroundings of His Majesty’s Theatre, immediately bringing fun and frivolity to the anticipation of the latest show from Australia’s leading circus troupe. As the curtain rises […]
La Bayadère: The Temple Dancer | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until 25th May | ★ ★ ★ ★ Filled with torment, jealousy, lost love, hedonistic drug taking, and seduction, this work delivers a heart pumping performance. In 1992 Nureyev presented his own full length production of La Bayadère at the Paris Opera Ballet, it would be his final offering […]
Peter Pan Goes Wrong | His Majesty’s Theatre | til 17th March | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The madness begins before the curtain even rises at Peter Pan Goes Wrong, as the stagehands frantically bustle about His Majesty’s Theatre making absurd requests of the audience from amidst the crowd. A giggling audience sets the perfect tone for the […]
Tripping over the heels of The Play That Goes Wrong, the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society return to Perth with their own very special version of a family favourite. Peter Pan Goes Wrong takes audiences back to Neverland, with a cast of actors who just can’t seem to get it right. If you didn’t catch The Play That […]
The Nutcracker | His Majesty’s Theatre | til Dec 9 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ For as long as I can remember, there are a few inevitable occurrences that come along with the lead-up to Christmas. The weather will be oppressively hot, folks will complain about the how early the city has decided put up their […]
