I was dubious walking into Theatre Underground. Growing up with a director in the house, my tolerance for over-acting and annoying theatre personas is low. Loaded: A Double Bill of New Plays, however, lingered in my mind days after, and forced me to go through a process of figuring out, which I think all is a […]
With a program even heavier than last year’s behemoth, this summer’s Fringe World Festival has clearly got the memo from punters who still can’t get enough of the world’s newly crowned third-biggest Fringe. And really, can you blame us? Counting down ’til our city’s balmy summer evenings are chockers with culture in three, two, one… Best […]
Once the muse of Givenchy and the face of Chloé, Lou Doillon was a model and actress before she began writing music. Daughter of actress Jane Birkin (muse of the Birkin Bag), and director Jacques Doillon, Lou is an icon, revered for her French style before her poetics. I had been following Lou on Instagram […]
New North Perth addition Satchmo Cafe has absolutely nailed the the thing that’s arguably most difficult, but most important, to get right in a cafe. Any guesses what it is? It’s not the coffee. Don’t get me wrong; they’ve delivered there – the coffee’s consistently great; smooth and deeply flavourful without any bitterness – but […]
A word of warning: writer Jessica Messenger’s new play is going to hit pretty close to home for those of us with any kind of inclination to perfectionism (um, guilty). When you hear its subject matter, that makes sense: the play’s about a woman named Naomi, who on the surface appears to have it all […]
To describe the show Next to Normal as a musical about a family would be like describing Black Swan as a dance movie, or an Arrested Development episode as cheery family satire: technically correct, and useful if you’re looking for just a snapchat-caption summary, but for any other purpose hopelessly far from the dysfunction, drama […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s quickly becoming my favourite way to enter the Blue Room. When the usher announces the start of the show and you shuffle towards the door, straightening out your eco-friendly slap band and handing it over to gain admission, before crossing the back of the stage to find your seat – while realising the play’s […]
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, […]
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