Review: The Nutcracker (WA Ballet)
The culmination of two years of work and costing two million dollars, WAB’s The Nutcracker is an immense labour of love. Samuel J. Cox reviews.
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
"Eddie Redmayne’s awkward scientist is adorable and necessary as an English envoy in an American version of such an English story. Alongside Cumberbatch, he's the most English person in Hollywood,…
Local Subiaco man finding 2016 an excellent year to discover new favourite artists through social media eulogies
Through clicking on links shared by friends and major news outlets like Times Magazine and news.com.au, Lamont’s understanding and respect for the work of those whom the Grim Reaper had…
Gossip Goh: Reid Run(a)way
Gossip Goh heads to campus find out what students are wearing this exam season. Are birkinstocks still a thing? Does comfort always trump style? Is it actually bad luck to…
A fancast rises
Pelican's unchallenged and supreme Star Wars nerd Prema Arasu calls the cast for the as-yet untitled 2018 Han Solo anthology.
Words with actress and survivor Xan Fraser
"There I was, thinking I was being brave and doing the right thing and answering the judge clearly, thinking that it would make me safe. But it totally worked against…
No shroom for joy
"There was a seismic shift in perception: my mind cracked and rearranged itself into new and alien combinations. " Al Mowbray recounts his dark inroad into music festival shrooms and…
Review: Project Xan (jedda Productions)
The play tells Xan’s story and in doing so, attempts to answer why this story needs to be told in the first place. Review by Katie McAllister.
A response to the latest US election news
Fuck. Word by the Pelican Editorial team. Who will all now get very drunk
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.