Graduating WAAPA students handle Brecht’s masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, with fabulous gusto and conviction, David Zampatti writes, and he gives them a resounding “wow!”
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Ibsen explores freedom to choose
26 March 2021
Ellida, a new adaptation of Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea, is an ideal vehicle for WAAPA’s third-year acting students, David Zampatti says, and they tackle it with verve and skill.
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Blast from the past speaks to the present
2 March 2021
The combination of comic and poignant moments in Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s The Sum of Us wins Barbara Hostalek’s heart.
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Dizzying skills on show
2 March 2021
He can’t tell you what happens because that would be giving the game away, but David Zampatti says The Last Great Hunt’s tech-driven multimedia show, Whistleblower, is unique and enthralling theatre.
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Out of place, out of time
28 February 2021
Black Swan’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s tragicomedy of Czarist Russia, sits uncomfortably in 1980s Manjimup, David Zampatti finds.
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Shaping the future from the past
25 February 2021
Performed by moonlight on the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan, WA Youth Theatre Company’s BESIDE is an unforgettable immersive theatre experience about the past and the future, Claire Trolio writes.
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Retelling stories to rekindle the fire
23 February 2021
Journeying through time and space, Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, takes audiences on a walking tour that reclaims Noongar history, writes Kobi Morrison.
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Dear Mum …
22 February 2021
Claire Coleman is moved by the retelling of the honest and extraordinarily emotional stories of real mothers and offspring in Mama Stitch.
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Powerhouse performances in compelling new play
22 February 2021
Whale Fall, the touching story of a young transgender kid trying to find their own path in life, is a wonderful and intelligent play, writes Jan Hallam.
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Tales from the riverbank
21 February 2021
Michelle White, a river kid raised in Mandoon (Guildford), says Witness Stand has much to tell us about the Noongar culture of the Derbarl Yerrigan, and she finally discovers why the Devil’s Elbow was out of bounds.
