Yourseven | PICA | Until 17th February | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Yourseven is one of those shows where the less you know about it before you go in, the better the experience will be. So I’m not going to tell you anything about what happens between entering and leaving the auditorium, but I will tell you […]
We’re always interested in anything that theatrical practitioner James Berlyn is doing. Last year he was declared the coolest thing beginning with the letter J in OUTinPerth’s A-Z of Cool Perth. Now Berlyn has made a call out for people to help him with his latest work. ‘Split Second’ will see Berlyn team up with […]
One of our favourite performers James Berlyn is seeking support for his new project via a Pozible campaign. The brand new immersive theatre project from James Berlyn, ‘yourseven’ promises to take you on a guided journey through seven distinct moments or ‘snapshots’ of your life. Jumping off from the famous ‘seven ages of man’ speech […]
Perth Theatre Company have released their launch for the 2015 season. The program begins in March with ‘From the Rubble’, a new work based on the stories of Walkley Award winning journalist Sophie McNeill, which will be playing at PICA from the 16th to the 28th at PICA. From April 30th to May 10th in […]
James Berlyn, Perth local and one of Australia’s most intriguing performers will be bringing his exceptional talents to the Regal Theatre for the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, The Mikado. “I feel like it’s a chance to avenge high school music theatre demons.” He says of his role as Koko, the Lord High Executioner. “He’s pretty […]
James Berlyn’s intriguing participatory theatre work ‘Crash Course’ returns this week with a second outing at the Independent Theatre Festival at the Subiaco Arts Centre. ‘Crash Course’ is a participatory theatre experience that takes the form of an emersive language class. Each session twenty four members of the audience will attempt to re-learn a language […]
Award-winning artist James Berlyn is presenting ‘Crash Course’, at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts this month. The show is described as a participatory theatre experience that takes the form of an emersive language class. Each session twenty four members of the audience will attempt to re-learn a language they have lost after an undisclosed […]
Extreme Revenge, Extreme Lust. Extreme Catharsis… James Berlyn, you might be forgiven for thinking, must have a few more hours stashed in his days than other mortals. Not only is has he created work for Conservatorium, curated and devised work for Fringe World’s Proximity Festival he is also appearing in the epic opera Elektra, which […]
Aside from his work in Elektra, James Berlyn has been keeping himself busy; creating a piece for The Conservatorium, currently showing at Paper Mountain; as well as co-curating and performing in the Proximity one-on-one performance festival. Proximity, which is part of the Fringe World, features three programmes of four works created especially for an audience […]
