Youth Week WA is underway and Patrick Gunasekera chats with four young artists about their arts practices and how they are moving their creative projects onto virtual platforms.
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Opinion
Pushed to the brink
5 April 2020
In difficult times we turn to the arts for comfort… but as the COVID-19 crisis intensifies, the Australian arts sector is being eroded, writes Nina Levy.
Features
Green shoots and silver linings
1 April 2020
David Zampatti offers this week’s virtual arts guide, with some tantalising local and international offers.
Features
The show goes on in isolation
20 March 2020
Even in isolation there are ways to enjoy the arts. Rosalind Appleby and David Zampatti have compiled a list to get you through the weekend.
Q&A
No clouds in Rose’s head
5 March 2020
This is the second time that actor Brenna Harding has taken on the role of Rose Pickles in the stage adaptation of Tim Winton’s epic novel Cloudstreet. A co-production by Black Swan State Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre, directed by Matthew Lutton, the production debuted in Melbourne in 2019, and is currently playing Perth Festival. And Brenna is relishing the chance to revisit her role in the play, she tells Nina Levy.
Reviews
A joyous collision
27 February 2020
Teac Damsa is back for another Perth Festival, and its new show, MÁM, takes Nina Levy on a wild and crazy ride.
Reviews
Back from the brink
27 February 2020
It’s emotionally brutal theatre, but Claire Trolio feels privileged to experience the lows and highs of I’m a Phoenix, Bitch.
Reviews
A tangled tale told well
23 February 2020
It takes hours to unfold, but Jan Hallam says ‘the big baggy story’ of Cloudstreet is well worth revisiting.
Reviews
Life, loss and creativity
21 February 2020
Rosalind Appleby finds the contemplative music and stories of Tao of Glass take her – and the rest of the audience – somewhere deep.
Reviews
Unfasten your seatbelts
14 February 2020
Perth Festival play Black Ties is a ripper, David Zampatti says, especially the second act (which he can’t tell you about).
