FILTHY | Connections Nightclub | til Feb 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Well, OMG. What a way to spend a weeknight. I haven’t that much excitement on a school night since my 20s. The cast were on fire. I learned afterwards that this show is in its third year and I’m not surprised as it is […]
The sensationally salacious minds behind Fringe World’s Sinsuality series are back with another ungodly fusion of drag, circus, burlesque and cabaret as part of Fringe World’s encore season. Sinsuality 1 through 5 have all garnered rave reviews from the team at OUTinPerth, with their extravagant explorations of cardinal sin, excess, love and queerness. This year the team return for […]
The Kaye Hole | The Rechabite | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★* The Kaye Hole at The Rechabite is a perfect example of late-night cabaret with a twist. How strange and ironic to be wearing a mask and viewing such subversive late-night cabaret, in an extraordinary space that has become The Rechabite. The once home of the […]
Madonna: The Diva, The Icon, The Circus | State Theatre Centre of WA | til 21st Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ Tempting audiences with the sultry opening lines of Madonna’s Girl Gone Wild, the disembodied voice of Madonna breathes the introductory prayer from her 2012 dance smash to the audience at the State Theatre Centre Underground. “Oh my God,” […]
After delivering a much-needed tonic for the 2020 blues with Berlin Underground, Bernie Dieter and her crew are taking over Crown for one last hurrah this New Year’s Eve. The kabarett queen and her merry band are bringing one final spectacular to Perth to say farewell to the year that’s been, with four hours of […]
Sinsuality: Love | The Edith | Until 16 Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ A marriage of some of Perth’s best performance artists bring another sensational variety cabaret to Fringe World Festival with the return of Sinsuality. Local drag matriarch BarbieQ, Mr Boylesque Australia 2017 Karl Kayoss, Ruby Lai of Bobbi’s Pole Studio, Miss Burlesque WA 2016 Sugar […]
Kings of Boylesque | Connections Nightclub | Until 25 Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ As an avid theatre-goer but new to Boylesque, my shy heart was excited but a little nervous… My first raise was the stirring lights and climbing bass that beamed through our every front-row seat. My naïve eyes thought, how many ways can […]
Kings of Boylesque | Connections Nightclub | til 2nd Feb | ★ ★ ★ ½ There’s a certain oddness about rocking up to Connections during the daylight. As the crowd grew and we all took our seats, it was obvious quite a few of the people were unsure of what to expect from the evening — […]
Sinsuality: 4play | The Edith | til Jan 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Sinsuality: 4play tickles the senses and steams up the Edith Spiegeltent at Yagan Square. This variety circus cabaret turns up the heat with performers who explore the seven deadly sins through aerial acrobatics, trapeze, pole dancing, lip syncing and burlesque. Hosted by […]
Little Death Lates | The Edith / De Parel | til 9th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kapow! This is a Kabarett that’ll assault your senses while caressing you in a velvet glove of love. Naming a show after a French metaphor for the sexual orgasm more or less sets up climatic expectations, but don’t worry, […]
