Mavis Staples has a career that spans eight decades. In the 1950’s she began performing alongside her father Roebuck ‘Pops’ Staples, and siblings Cleotha, Pervis and Yvonne, as the Staple Singers. They began performing gospel music in churches in Chicago. Pops Staples had a close friendship with Dr Martin Luther King and the group became […]
Yeasayer will no longer be appearing as part of the upcoming Perth Festival lineup, after the band announced their split today. The US trio said Yeasayer had reached its end and it was a decision they hadn’t made lightly. “But the three of us agree that it is the right one at the right time,” […]
Perth Festival announces Craig David Presents TS5 will be added to their music line-up with a show on February 21 and Brazilian tech-house king, Gui Boratto will play on February 20. In 2002 the festival contemporary music program will be at a new venue the Chevron Lighthouse, a pop-up precinct outside the Perth Concert Hall. […]
Orbital | Chevron Gardens | Saturday 2nd March | ★ ★ ★ ★ Fans of British electronic band Orbital have waited a long time to experience the duo performing live. Brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll started putting ut records at the end of the acid house’s second summer of love in the late 80’s and have returned […]
Giselle | His Majesty’s Theatre | til 2nd Mar | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ The classical romantic ballet has been given a radical make-over by South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo. Set in a South African village, the barefoot dancers perform an intensely energetic combination of classical, contemporary and traditional Tswana movements. The dancers also […]
The Internet have cancelled their Perth show. The band were scheduled to headline the Chevron Gardens on Friday night but they have not been able to make it to Perth. The last minute cancelation was because the band were delayed leaving Japan today and it was impossible for them to get to Perth is sufficient […]
Worktable | Gallery Central | til 3rd Mar | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Brussels-based artist Kate McIntosh has collaborated with North Metropolitan TAFE to bring an exciting and introspective interactive art installation to Perth Festival – and it’s a smashing good time. The piece takes audiences alone through a number of rooms, guided by simple instructions taped […]
Free Admission | State Theatre Centre | til 18th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ½ This years artist in residence for the Perth Festival, Ursula Martinez, has left her mark on several notable shows, including Fringe World Festival’s Bitch on Heat . Her shows are renowned for their provocative, autobiographical content – and her propensity for nudity. […]
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Lé Nør | PICA | til 24th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Local collective The Last Great Hunt achieve something brilliant and bewildering with their psuedo-Scandinavian cinema experiment at Perth Festival. Le Nor [The Rain] is an ambitious multimedia project co-created and performed by Tim Watts, Adriane Daff, Arielle Gray and Chris Isaacs, with performers Gita Bezard, Jeffrey […]
Swan Lake | Heath Ledger Theatre | til 17th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ Dublin-born Michael Keegan-Dolan does away with point-shoes, tutus and Tchaikovsky’s music for his dark retelling of Swan Lake, pointing out that the traditional ballet was based on a fairy tale that is much older than Tchaikovsky. Keegan-Dolan has brought the sinister to the […]
