The team behind Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories casts another spell with HOUSE, a heartwarming tale of humour, hope and courage that enchants Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz.
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Reviews
Sail a mile in their boats
18 February 2021
David Zampatti finds Children of the Sea a moving but chilling reminder of the human cost of Australia’s shameful handling of sea-borne refugees.
Reviews
Is that really how it was?
17 February 2021
Memories spark memories, and the truth is rarely a straight line, David Zampatti realises after a performance of I’ll Tell You in Person.
Reviews
Myth magically retold
13 February 2021
There are many ways to retell Homer’s story of the Trojan War, and as David Zampatti discovers, you can make a more than decent fist of it with four comic actors and a bunch of puppets.
Reviews
Sparks fly over unfinished business
12 February 2021
Watch out for Kalyakoorl Collective, says Michelle White, as she feels the heat in FIRE, its debut work.
Reviews
Dispatches from the treadmill
11 February 2021
It’s a bit green, but Claire Trolio says Jungle in Here is a well-devised commentary on the tedium of office life.
Q&A
Transplanting ‘The Cherry Orchard’
4 February 2021
This month renowned local actor Humphrey Bower will be performing in Black Swan State Theatre’s fresh new take on The Cherry Orchard, which sees Chekhov’s comedy classic transplanted in time and place, to the South-West of WA in the 1980s. Nina Levy caught up with Bower to find out more.
Reviews
Angst on the Tube
2 February 2021
Madelaine Page brings great energy to her solo Fringe show, and time should help it develop, David Zampatti says.
Reviews
Hot-headed mix of profanity and poetry
28 January 2021
Kim Kirkman praises the well-drawn characters and the clever and evocative writing in What of It.
The Festival Sessions
Unearthing hidden stories
27 January 2021
Performed in the East Perth Cemeteries, WA Youth Theatre Company’s REST takes its audience on an exploration of the hidden stories of our collective past.
