Review: The Pearl Fishers (WA Opera)
Robert Kemp’s colourful, textured, exotic, visually rich set and costume design was at the helm of this production. Samuel J. Cox reviews.
Review: The Beat Generation (WAAPA)
Teaming actors with a handful of WAAPA’s jazz musicians, The Beat Generation required an audience open to a new way of viewing theatre and experiencing the Beats in all their…
Review: Memory Bones (WAAPA)
The concept piece explores the notion that the physical structures of the theatre might somehow remember the artists, technicians, critics and audiences that it has borne witness to in 112…
Review: Rent (WAAPA)
This busy, exhausting production about life at the end of the millennium was a winning, powerful choice by WAAPA’s musical theatre team. Samuel j. Cox reviews.
Review: Pete’s Dragon
While Pete’s Dragon may seem too slow for kids and adults to enjoy in the same way as this year’s The Jungle Book, the overall experience outweighed the flaws. Review…
Review: The Girl on the Train
Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson & Haley Bennett The Girl on the Train, a mystery thriller directed by Tate Taylor, is the latest New York Times bestseller…
“Best birthday present ever” (a Guild censored image)
An image by Gabby Loo, censored from the print pages of Volume 87 Edition 8 as the result of the Guild confusing “a powerful representation of female sexual autonomy” with…
Review: Tartuffe (Black Swan State Theatre Company)
You’d struggle to find another play that so eloquently rhymes ‘give me the shits’ with ‘greatest hits’. Nic Monisse reviews.