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The cast of Hell is Other People. Photo: BSP A scene from Hell is Other People: Four cast members dancing like zombies on stage. The man in front is singing into a mic in Hell is Other People. The cast of Hell is Other People. Photo: BSP Meanwhile, somewhere in hell

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Meanwhile, somewhere in hell

12 May 2023

We’ve all been stuck in waiting room hell, but would you want to watch a play about it? After seeing Hell is Other People, Nina Levy says yes.

Character in Not Far from the Tree makes flat bread next to a smoking fry pan. Character at kitchen bench making bread as a frying pan steams on her left. Character in Not Far from the Tree makes flat bread next to a smoking fry pan. Photo Mustafa Al Mahdi. Migrant tale is warm, rich and inviting

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Migrant tale is warm, rich and inviting

1 May 2023

Not Far from the Tree is a meditation on third culture kid identity, explored through stories of family and warm hospitality. Claire Trolio enjoys breaking bread during this semi-autobiographical tale.

A dancer in Catch 22 climbs stairs as two others dance below her in this production at The Blue Room. A woman in black climbs steps on a dark stage with two other dancers below her. Three dancers on stage in Catch 22 using stairs as their props. The stage is barely lit. Climbing the stairs of human struggle

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Climbing the stairs of human struggle

13 April 2023

The challenges of human existence are made manifest in dance piece Catch 22. Rita Clarke lauds the choreographer’s inventive use of movement in a magnetic performance.

An elegant blonde woman wearing a white top and orange jacket emblazoned with coloured flowers leans against a bench set against a green-tiled wall. It is Black Swan State Theatre Company artistic director Kate Champion. Meet WA theatre’s new Champion

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Meet WA theatre’s new Champion

14 November 2022

Black Swan artistic director Kate Champion sees her first season as a bridging year, one in which to listen and learn rather than impose her vision. But not everyone is happy about the dearth of local talent in the 2023 season, writes Mark Naglazas.

107 Photo: Nicolee Fox two people sit on a bench, in school uniform, one holds a guitar and the other a mic, both have mouths wide open as though they are singing at full volume What to SEE: November gig guide

What to SEE

What to SEE: November gig guide

26 October 2022

Feel like a good laugh, a punk-rock school bus musical, or hunting for giants? All this plus more in this month’s guide to the very best of the West Australian arts scene.

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Green shoots and silver linings

1 April 2020

David Zampatti offers this week’s virtual arts guide, with some tantalising local and international offers.

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In a twilight zone

13 February 2020

David Zampatti says STAR POWER is entertaining, but not stellar enough to send him into orbit.

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On the right wavelength

13 February 2020

Patrick Gunasekera is relieved to find The Aspie Hour is a smart, funny cabaret that doesn’t talk down to people with disability.

Will Dickie's 'Team of the Decades', an outdoor responsive theatre set, engages the audience to explore human strength and weakness. Heads Up Festival, Victoria Dock park, Hull. The very model of a man

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The very model of a man

12 February 2020

Pep talks from alpha males and drills with the coach are all part of the show in Team of the Decades, as Robert Housley finds out.

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The good and the ungodly

30 January 2020

It’s a musical battle of mythological deities, as David Zampatti finds in The Gods The Gods The Gods and an ear-bashing Ragnarokkr.

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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