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Photo: Jessica Wyld Mary Stuart is a battle royal for the ages
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Mary Stuart is a battle royal for the ages

16 February 2022

Mary Stuart, the great play Shakespeare could never write, has a flawlessly conceived and delivered staging at the Heath Ledger Theatre, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
Lauren Beeton and Samuel Addison in 'This Is Where We Live'. Photo: John Congear A promotional image from the performance This Is Where We Live. Pictured is a close-up of a young man grabbing the arms of a young woman, who grimaces back at him. An Australian take on the Underworld
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An Australian take on the Underworld

10 February 2022

Echoing the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, Feet First Collective’s latest offering is a well-told story of young love in a bad place, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
A promotional image from a new play by Laura Liu. Pictured is three people, two of them standing and one in a wheelchair, lean forward and point with their index fingers Local play makes a splash
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Local play makes a splash

10 February 2022

The Complete Show of Water Skiing has a neat plot twist, a happy ending and a marvellous piece of casting. What more could you want, asks David Zampatti.

Reading time • 4 minutesTheatre
Outrageous play needs no explanation
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Outrageous play needs no explanation

9 February 2022

Joe Paradise Lui and Phoebe Sullivan are stars of WA’s indie theatre. In The Ugly they thrash, bump and grind in search of the naked truth about sex, power, race and gender, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 4 minutesTheatre
On set of the theatre show Lé Nør [the rain] Photo: Daniel James Grant Pictured a woman in red hair reaches towards a film camera, in the background two other people are visible in the dim light and there is a backdrop of a montage of faces Doco lifts the curtain on pioneering theatre company
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Doco lifts the curtain on pioneering theatre company

9 February 2022

Victoria Laurie says a remarkable new documentary by local director Ella Wright tracing the emergence of WA theatre company The Last Great Hunt is a timely testament to artistic resilience.

Reading time • 9 minutesFilm
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A promotional from the show Dyad. Pictured a silhouette of a female figure against a blue background. She appears to be holding a ball of light in her hand Adventures in the shadowlands
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Adventures in the shadowlands

5 February 2022

Sometimes cute and other times creepy, Dyad takes audiences back to the eerie uncertainties of childhood, writes Claire Coleman.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Photo: supplied A snapshot from the show Salome δ. Pictured is a performer wearing a long brocade robe stands, arms outstretched. To his left a dancer is folded in half, mid motion. The stage is dark, lit with blue and a shaft of pink. Finding poetry in the chaos of illness
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Finding poetry in the chaos of illness

30 January 2022

Delving and dancing into chronic sickness, Salome δ is a wild and multi-layered ride but the landing is surprisingly gentle, finds Nina Levy.

Reading time • 4 minutesMulti-arts
A snapshot from the musical 107. Pictured is two actors dressed in school uniforms sit on a bench on a stage. They have bags on the floor beside them and one of the actors is playing the ukelele The real high school musical
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The real high school musical

28 January 2022

A fresh, coming-of-age musical makes space for diverse stories, and Claire Trolio is on board with it.

Reading time • 5 minutesMusical Theatre

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Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio