Arteries by Ancestry: How does hyper-masculinity affect queer relationships?
Performer and playwright James McMillan is set to make his directorial debut with The Blue Room Theatre this month, with his original work Arteries By Ancestry. McMillan is no stranger to the stage, performing in Iota & The Average Joe during Fringe World and So You Think You’re Charlie Smith as a performer. McMillan also […]
Writer Liz Newell explores grief, family and brown bread in Toast
Currently on stage at The Blue Room Theatre, Toast is a story that tackles the harsh realities and home truths we all face sooner or later in each of our own lives. Starring Anna Lindstedt, Samantha Maclean, Amy Mathews and Alison van Reeken, the play takes audiences into the lives of three very different daughters and how […]
Interrupting A Crisis tackles anxiety with music at The Blue Room
Local theatre maker Georgina Cramond is bringing her new musical storytelling show to The Blue Room Theatre later this month. Interrupting A Crisis tells the true story of a young woman who learned to song-write her way out of anxiety. Cramond explains she didn’t know what was happening to her when she started “hitting emotional […]
Ode To Man explores the death of masculinity at The Blue Room Theatre
Writer/Performer Emma Mary Hall returns with collaborating Director Prue Clark with a new multi-media work that investigates the death of masculinity. Ode To Man is a series of vignettes that blend storytelling, poetry, projection and music to “interrogate the future for Australian men in a world where women dream to have it all.” Hall’s character […]
What are you worth? Welcome to PRICE TAG’s nightmare dinner party
PRICE TAG | The Blue Room Theatre | Until Jan 28 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Have you ever sweat over which bottle of wine to bring to a dinner party? Lost sleep over a pre-soiree stain on the carpet? Local writer/director/actor Jeffrey Jay Fowler has been reading your diary and tapped into your nightmares with his Fringe World […]
Independent Theatre Celebrated at The Blue Room Awards
On December 16th, the best and brightest of the local independent theatre scene came together for the Blue Room Theatre Awards ceremony. The Blue Room Theatre Awards occur annually and highlight feats of theatrical excellence from the theatre’s productions from the past year. The 2014 ceremony saw stiff competition for the nine awards, with every […]
Trampolining? There’s No App For That
West Australian performer Shane Adamczak, best known in Perth theatrical circles for his alter ego Zack Adams, is returning for his first show here since 2011. Adamczak, currently based in Canada, wrote, produced and designed Trampoline, a love story about the awkwardness of courtship seen from the perspective of Matt, a dreamer who likes to […]
ArtShorts: Luminaire
Unless you’re a lighting geek there’s a fair chance you’ve not noticed much about theatre lighting. In Luminaire, that’s all about to change as light itself becomes a performer. Writer /director Chris Donnelly explained that Luminaire is an exercise in making beautiful theatre to delight the senses – with visual and aural elements complementing each […]
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