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Review | ‘Nocturna’ explores our capacity for love and self-destruction

Review | ‘Nocturna’ explores our capacity for love and self-destruction

Nocturna | Subiaco Arts Centre | til Aug 28 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  The Kabuki Drop delivers another enjoyably provocative and uniquely engaging theatre work, with this production of Nocturna; performed at the Subiaco Arts Centre for a brief moment in time. Written by Ian Sinclair and directed by principal creative Melissa Cantwell from the company, […]

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Ian Sinclair delivers another intriguing tale with ‘Nocturna’

Ian Sinclair is one of the most creative and innovative storytellers in the theatrical realm. Over the year’s he delivered many surprising and intriguing works including The Adam and Even, The Bearskinner, Little Mermaid, Ecosexual Sauna and Whale Fall. Now he’s got a new play Nocturna which draws in inspiration from house-mates and the many lives of […]

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Review | ‘Whale Fall’ explores understanding our place in a changing world

Review | ‘Whale Fall’ explores understanding our place in a changing world

Whale Fall | PICA | til Feb 27 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  Whale Fall is a play looking at transitions, specifically at the transition of a young child into their gender-affirming being and body. Whale Fall, written by Ian Sinclair and directed by Melissa Cantwell for The Kabuki Drop: explores, family, disruption, connection to the land […]

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‘Whale Fall’ examines changes of body, heart and the world around us

‘Whale Fall’ examines changes of body, heart and the world around us

Perth Festival has arrived for 2021, and this year’s celebration is focusing on our time, and our place here in Western Australia. One of this year’s entries is Whale Fall – a slow-burning family drama from the team at The Kabuki Drop about second chances and unconditional love, charting transition across generations, family, the environment […]

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Perth duo de-Disney ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for Fringe World

Perth duo de-Disney ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for Fringe World

Perth performing artists Ian Sinclair and Renee Newman are reimagining the tale of Sleeping Beauty for an all-new show at Fringe World. The show sets out to explore sleep, how it is disrupted, how it disrupts and asking whether, in life, we are collectively asleep at the wheel. Graeme Watson caught up with the two writer/performers […]

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The Little Mermaid Returns

The Little Mermaid Returns

Playwright Ian Sinclair’s acclaimed 2013 production ‘The Little Mermaid’ is getting a second run as part of the Independent Theatre Festival. The devised work which takes it’s inspiration from the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale explores the same themes as the original story but is a thoroughly modern take on the tale. Sinclair tells OUTinPerth the […]

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The Darker Side of The Little Mermaid

The Darker Side of The Little Mermaid

‘The Little Mermaid’ is currently playing at The Blue Room Theatre. Director Ian Sinclair spoke to OUTinPerth about the new production, rediscovering the original story and the process of creating devised theatre. What attracted you to the story of the Little Mermaid? Originally I came across the original text again when I was looking on […]

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