Girl Shut Your Mouth

I was dubious walking into Theatre Underground. Growing up with a director ...

Fringe World 2016: Top Picks

With a program even heavier than last year’s behemoth, this summer’s Fringe World ...

REVIEW: Lou Doillon

Once the muse of Givenchy and the face of Chloé, Lou Doillon ...

Satchmo Cafe

New North Perth addition Satchmo Cafe has absolutely nailed the the thing ...

INTERVIEW: Jessica Messenger from Multiverse Theory in D

A word of warning: writer Jessica Messenger’s new play is going to ...

Next to Normal

To describe the show Next to Normal as a musical about a ...

Boat Collective Floating Session

Words by Susannah Christensen – Photos by Torrens Revell Do you ever find yourself cursing your friends under your breath for, like, not owning yachts you can party on every weekend? I know I sure as hell do. Enter: Boat Collective. My right-hand and I attended BC’s first Floating Session of the summer (ahhh, it feels good to say […]

Perth’s Most Romantic Dates

  In celebration of Romance Awareness Month, eHarmony asked us for our favourite romantic date ideas. Whether you want to impress that first date, celebrate an anniversary, or rekindle an old flame, you need some dates that turn up the volume. From fine dining to freefalling, here are Perth’s most romantic dates…. For the high […]

Between Solar Systems

The Blue Room Theatre’s latest offering is everything you’d expect from highbrow contemorary indie theatre: it’s a thoughtful, interrogative piece about isolation and loss; it’s a piece presented by some of the most promising names in the independent theatre scene; and, of course, it’s the kind of thing that makes you think long after it’s […]

All That Glitters

Four lanky people in gold morph suits, teased hair speckled with glitter, heads bowed, shuffling silently in line as they enter the space. They’re shot with invisible bullets – they retch and moan, their bodies spasm and contract, they bow their heads and snap straight again. Their arms cradle imaginary babies, that they rock silently […]

INTERVIEW: Gita Bezard from All That Glitters

Gita Bezard doesn’t consider herself an activist. She laughs as she says she tries to be, but next to her brother – who was arrested after breaking into this year’s Australian Open men’s final, to hang a banner drawing attention to the plight of refugees in detention on Manus Island – she describes herself as […]

INTERVIEW: Shakara Walley from Songbird

We’ve got Shakara Walley’s mum to thank for the new play, Songbird, that’s opening at the Blue Room this week. Your see, Shakara, the play’s writer and producer, was inspired to write it after acting in John Harding’s acclaimed play Up the Road as part of her Aboriginal Theatre course at WAAPA – she says the story, […]

INTERVIEW: Finn O’Branagain and Scott Sandwich from The Epic

There are few things I love more than sharing stories with a friend over a beer. There’s the camaraderie, and the intimacy of the one-on-one, and that undeniable thrill of pulling together your best words, to make your story an absolute cracker – one that’ll have your friend going home saying, “you won’t believe what […]

Giselle

I’ll admit that those fantasies I indulge myself in about my glamorous artistic adult life are lacking reference to an aspect of sophistication I actually see as quite important: an appreciation of ballet. How elegant, how worldly, how knowledgeable one must be to not only enjoy the ballet, but to understand and appreciate the finesse […]

Perth International Jazz Festival: Richard Bona Band

A man in the crowd in front of me was telling his friend some facts about jazz bassist Richard Bona, who we were about to see perform. Not being familiar with Bona’s music myself, I thought it prudent to listen in. “He never listens to the tape before he goes onstage,” the man said. “He […]

INTERVIEW: Jos Franciscus from Cord Perth

Jos Franciscus and I set this interview up over email. That’s not unusual for me – it’s how I set up most of my interviews – and I suspect, after hearing about her busy week of media meetings and interviews, it was pretty standard for Jos, too. But here’s the unusual thing about all those […]