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 […]
Sunset | Sunset Heritage Precinct | til 17th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I was full of excited anticipation when I wandered up to the ominous Sunset Heritage Precinct perched on the hill overlooking the Swan River on the far edge of decadent Dalkeith. There are stories of the buildings being haunted and so to rock […]
A Family Outing – 20 Years On | State Theatre Centre | til 12th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ A Family Outing—20 Years On, performed by daughter and mother, Ursula and Milagros Martinez is tender, joyful, and poignant. It grapples with the unstoppable aspects of time by revisiting a recording of the original show, A Family […]
For the Perth Festival Strut Dance are presenting a site specific dance work. Choreographed by Maxine Doyle, Sunset will be staged in the Sunset Men’s Hospital in Dalkeith. The heritage listed former hospital is one of Perth’s forgotten spaces, it’s laid empty for over two decades but now it will be filled with the new […]
