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Western Australian singer Abbe May has delivered a brand new tune. Love Decline is described as a sultry jam about shallow, decadent seduction. “Love Decline is about a self-centered kind of love, a decadence and a sadness which tracks the rise and fall of passionate love,” said May. “I wrote Love Decline after hearing an older […]
Tags: Abbe May, Chevron Musical Gardens, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, RTRFM, WAYJO, Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra
7 Nov 2017 /
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The Perth Festival have announced some of the shows that will be part of their 2018 program. Festival Artistic Director Wendy Martin revealed her first early picks which feature some of the finest circus, theatre, dance and music from around the globe. Four shows were announced today. The include the Australian premiere of French circus […]
Tags: Folias Antiguas & Criollas: From the Ancient World to the New World, Hespèrion XX, Inua Ellams, Jordi Savall, Michael Clark Company, PIAF, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, Wendy Martin
14 Sep 2017 |
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Aristophanes, Kucka & L-FRESH The LION | Chevron Festival Gardens | ★ ★ ★ Friday night at the Chevron Festival Gardens saw an eclectic triple header with Sydney rapper L-FRESH The LION and local experimental-electronic favourite Kucka opening for Taiwanese internet star, Aristophanes. L-FRESH The LION was the highlight of the night. Despite playing to […]
Tags: aristophanes, KUCKA, L-Fresh The Lion, music, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, Poetry, rap, Taiwan
27 Feb 2017 |
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Betroffenheit | PIAF State Theatre Centre | Until Feb 26 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Reading about the genesis of Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s Betroffenheit could make you wary of attending a work that features some very heavy themes, but it’s a visually immersive work that combines elaborate sound design, brilliant lighting, meticulous choreography and […]
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24 Feb 2017 |
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Warpaint | Chevron Festival Gardens | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ The ladies of Los Angeles quartet Warpaint thrilled on Sunday night at Chevron Festival Gardens in front of a healthy PIAF crowd, and they made it look easy. Opening with the combo of Intro/Keep It Healthy, the first two tracks from their self-titled second LP, it […]
Tags: Chevron Festival Gardens, music, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, warpaint
21 Feb 2017 |
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Explosions in the Sky | Chevron Festival Gardens | ★ ★ ★ ★ Perth fans of Explosions in the Sky were treated to an evening of emotionally-charged and orchestral post-rock with the Texan outfit returning for the first time in a decade to play at the Chevron Festival Gardens as part of this year’s Perth […]
Tags: Chevron Festival Gardens, explosions in the sky, music, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF
19 Feb 2017 |
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Kishi Bashi | Chevron Festival Gardens | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With an electronic violin and banjo next to a set of drums and keyboard, Kishi Bashi was by far one of the ultimate live music experiences of my life and precisely my expectation for what all art should be working towards achieving: Giving. Perth International […]
Tags: Chevron Festival Gardens, kishi bashi, Perth Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF
19 Feb 2017 |
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A O Lang Pho | Regal Theatre | Until Feb 25 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It would be easy to throw out the usual suspects in reviewing the enchanting seventy minutes that I spent entirely captivated by contemporary Vietnamese circus, spectacular, spellbinding, a tour de force. Easy, but also lazy, while they do deserve every […]
Tags: a o lang pho, Circus, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, Regal Theatre
19 Feb 2017 |
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The Perth International Arts Festival returns bigger and better, with a world-class line up of artists from around the globe. PIAF kicks off this evening by transforming Kings Park into a luminescent installation of indigenous imagery and a truly Australian soundscape with Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak. Hundreds of thousands of festival-goers are expected to share […]
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10 Feb 2017 |
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Ben Rawlence spent four years in Dadaab Refugee Camp which has been in Northern Kenya for 25 years. At the University of WA’s Octagon Theatre on Thursday 25 February, he will talk about his book City of Thorns and open the 2017 Perth Writers Festival. The PIAF Writers Festival brings over 100 celebrated writers from […]
Tags: ben rawlence, Chinelo Okparanta, city of thorns, dadaab, dark mirror, katherine dorrington, marwa al-sabouni, northern kenya, out of the ruins, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth Writer's Festival, PIAF, under the udala tree, University of Western Australia, UWA
16 Jan 2017 |
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