REVIEW: Cats Pelican24 April 2016 Tom Durkin reviews 'Cats the Musical', hot off Lloyd Weber's London West End revival. You jellicle? Delta Goodrem had to look like a pert angelic judge of mediocrity on 'The Voice' so couldn't be a cat for Perth audiences, but that's okay. We don't need her. Uncategorised0 Comments78 views
Review: The Riders (West Australian Opera) Pelican21 April 2016 Nicholas Monisse reviews WA Opera's stage adaptation of Tim Winton's 'The Riders', and finds it magnificent. Uncategorised0 Comments90 views
Review: Revealed Pelican21 April 2016 "As I read the background for each artist, I learnt of their lives, and the communities and country they were connected to. Some had discovered their art early in life, many at a later stage, but all were proud to honour their ancestry with their works." Janey Hakanson reviews. Uncategorised0 Comments37 views
Betty Blurst: Cracking Campaign #ChickenTweet Pelican20 April 2016 Local WA fast food outlet Chicken Treat last October launched the enormously successful #chickentweet campaign, which put layer hen Betty to the task of tapping out a five-letter English-language word from a Mac keyboard by the end of November. Kate Prendergast follows up the story, and finds herself stone-walled by the company at the end of a long pursuit for comment. Voice0 Comments13 views
Review: The Little Prince Pelican19 April 2016 Upon arriving at the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, I stood wide-eyed in the foyer, throwing nervous glances at the large, lifeless figurines staring down from above me. I took my seat at the back of the room and tried to shake my childhood fear of inanimate humanoids. Catherina Pagani reviews. Uncategorised0 Comments38 views
It’s About ‘Story’ Pelican17 April 2016 Blizzard is slightly reducing the sexual-objectification of its female characters, even if their official reasons for doing so are weak. The benefit being that the euphemism of characterisation is easier for some to digest. Same end, different method, easier execution. Words by Kacper Szodza. Voice0 Comments54 views
Review: Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories Pelican17 April 2016 Following the company's superb adaptations of 'The Rabbits' and 'The Red Tree', Barking Gecko brings another children's story to the stage with 'Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories'. Gabriella Loo sheds a tear and reviews. Uncategorised0 Comments345 views
Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock (Black Swan State Theatre Company) Pelican17 April 2016 Fresh off a Melbourne stage, the production opened at the Malthouse Theatre in March before venturing here. At 90 minutes (no interval), the ambiguous ending to this thriller will have you tearing at your hair, but one thing’s clear: it’s not safe at the Rock. Review by Samuel J. Cox. Uncategorised0 Comments108 views
Pelican Talks with PROSH Pelican10 April 2016 Pelican caught up with the PROSH team before the 85th launch of the satirical mag this Wednesday at 4:20am, talking history, change, memes and Ibis. We can't say we understand that last one though. Voice0 Comments99 views
Review: Pindorama Pelican10 April 2016 "The show is one of the strangest dance pieces I have ever seen, but one I haven’t stopped talking about since. It’s intriguing, uncomfortable and certainly different from traditional notions of dance." Melissa Scott reviews PIAF performance Pindorama, directed and choreographed by Brazilian dancer Lia Rodrigues. Uncategorised0 Comments103 views