Fremantle Theatre Company (FTC) and Bankwest have partnered to return a summer icon to WA audiences, with Bankwest Shakespeare in the Park to be staged in Perth and regional WA for the first time in almost a decade. Shakespeare in the Park was a staple of the Perth arts calendar, drawing audiences each summer to […]
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29 Dec 2021 /
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Hecate | Subiaco Arts Centre | Until 16 Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ Yirra Yaakin deliver a theatrical project that has been years in the making, decades, centuries and eons. It’s a journey the company has been on close to a decade. An ambitious plan to present a play by Shakespeare completely in Noongar language. The […]
Tags: Bell Shakespeare Company, Della Rae Morrison, Hecate, Kyle J Morrison, Kylie Bracknell, language, Macbeth, Noongar, Perth Festival, shakespeare, subiaco arts centre, Yirra Yaaakin
12 Feb 2020 |
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Julius Caesar | State Theatre Centre | til Aug 11th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ I am ashamed to admit that I had never, in my 31 years as a theatrical actor and director, and 38 years in the film and television industry as an actor and director, seen a Shakespeare play performed live. Tonight […]
Tags: Bell SHakespeare, brenton foale, julius caesar, kenneth ransom, shakespeare
9 Aug 2018 |
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Romance, magic and mayhem come to the fore in a classic Shakespeare comedy where “the course of true love never did run smooth”. Directed by Amanda Crewes at The Actors’ Hub, A Midsummer Night’s Dream – believed to have been written in the mid-1590s – is masterful piece that deals with the universal theme of […]
Tags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, shakespeare, the actors hub
23 Nov 2017 |
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To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth the BBC has commissioned a new slab of adaptations of the author’s most famous works. Among them is a very queer take on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Russell T Davies, the man behind the original ‘Queer as Folk’ series, has delivered a gay version of one of […]
Tags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, bard, BBC, hamlet, John Hannah, Katie Hopkins, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake, Russel T Davies, shakespeare, Shameless, Silks, Sliding Doors, television, The Mummy, The Village, William Shakespeare
9 May 2016 |
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Are you a lover of the works of Shakespeare? April 22nd 2016 is the eve of St George’s Day and the 400th anniversary of the death of England’s greatest playwright and poet. Mark the occasion at ‘Will, England and St George: A Shakespeare Revel’ , a celebration of the writer’s work. Head down to St George’s […]
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15 Mar 2016 |
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The Tiger Lillies Perform Hamlet | Regal Theatre | Until Feb 21 |★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Any new work based on Shakespeare groans beneath the sheer volume of previous interpretations. To justify its addition to such a crowded field, any such project has to find a new way of presenting the lyricism and insight of the endlessly […]
Tags: hamlet, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, shakespeare, the tiger lillies
18 Feb 2016 |
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Recent WAAPA Graduates with Director Roger Hodgman Credit: Daniel Grant “I am a massive Shakespeare lover!” declares actress Grace Smibert (seated in blue jacket). “Every time you work on a Shakespeare play you rediscover how amazing he is. He’s so good – that’s why Shakespeare is loved by everyone.” The WAAPA graduate is thrilled to […]
Tags: as you like it, black swan theatre company, shakespeare, Theatre
15 May 2014 |
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