Unexpected construction work proved inspirational for choreographers Emma Fishwick and Serena Chalker, whose new work What Came Before will premiere in STRUT Dance’s Restore program at PICA.
Tanya MacNaughton
With outstanding vocals and a raw energy bursting from the cast, this is a show with a throbbing pulse.
Melinda Webster
Mere weeks after farewelling a musical honouring the story of rock’n’roll queen Tina Turner, the life of the king of rock’n’roll has entered the Crown Theatre Perth building in Elvis: A Musical Revolution.
The ever-present message of “no day but today” that sits at the heart of Jonathan Larson’s multiple Tony award-winning rock musical Rent has an emotional resonance that hits singer-songwriter Thndo hard.
A dark and stormy night at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts for Decibel New Music Ensemble’s take on the David Lynch Twin Peaks movie, Fire Walk With Me.
David Cusworth
It would be nigh impossible to think of Saturday Night Fever without its Bee Gees soundtrack being the star of the show, which is exactly what has Drew Anthony excited for his production of the stage musical.
Finding a correlation between Irish dancing as a youngster and his current music theatre role as the King of rock’n’roll in Elvis: A Musical Revolution is not as hard a task for Rob Mallett as you might think.
Freeze Frame Opera’s kid-friendly version of Mozart’s Magic Flute has nothing on the original in terms of weird plot lines, presenting the music to a new generation in a production full of colour and movement
Baritone Lachlann Lawton believes there is only one way to learn to be an opera singer and that is by performing in front of an audience, which he’ll be doing in WA Opera’s Dido And Aeneas.
It was hilarity on stage and off as the Narrogin Repertory Club offered up its 2024 debut The Butler Did It!, a character-driven funny whodunnit that had audiences laughing and guessing to the end.
Daniel Rooney
Scarborough comedian Colin Ebsworth’s one man show Maybe He’s Born With It, Maybe It’s ADHD is very much a spiritual sequel to his 2022 autobiographical production Me, My Cult and I.
Two of Ian Wilkes’ great loves collided in 2022 — theatre and footy — when he performed in Andrea Gibbs’ award winning family drama Barracking for the Umpire, returning for an encore season and regional tour.
Bright and bold Baroque strings set the scene for HIP Company’s vivid recreation of John Eccles’ 18th century opera Semele on Sunday.
Drama, passion, a tragic love triangle. The hallmarks of a grand ballet that make for a night of sumptuous storytelling. La Bayadere, The Temple Dancer, is an epic tale of forbidden love ...
Get ready for a show that is “guaranteed to blow your mind” as Albany Light Opera and Theatre Company bring We Will Rock You to Albany’s stage.
Josiah McMeekin
Celebrated choreographer Greg Horsman returns to WA Ballet to revive his reimagining of La Bayadere (The Temple Dancer) at His Majesty’s Theatre.
Mackenzie Dunn pulls on the pink jacket to play a red-headed Rizzo in the new production of Grease
Belle Taylor
A prominent Perth theatre has been accused of ‘dangerously casual and arbitrary racism’ after it issued a public ‘statement of solidarity’ towards Palestine.
Jake Dietsch
Shakara Walley’s play with music, Songbird, is set to soar into Subiaco Arts Centre with a Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company team of emerging Aboriginal talent.
If you’ve been to a Cirque Du Soleil show and think you’ve seen it all, I inform you Luzia will change that mindset. This show is the best so far and deserves 5 out of 5 stars.
Kellie Balaam
Pete Helliar has entered into his era of not giving a flip and is loving every minute of this latest philosophy.
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre has brought Mem Fox book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge to life, as Bec Bradley makes her mainstage directorial debut with the special intergenerational friendship story.
Sun gently fades over a gibbous moon in an equinox sky as pastel shades light the stark walls of the Quarry Amphitheatre for Puccini — master of sublime arias and visceral “verismo” opera.
Trying not to double-book your all-femme multi-award-winning WA circus troupe is a juggling act in itself, but one YUCK Circus director and acrobat Georgia Deguara is more than happy to perform.