Fringe World Review: Sleeping Beauty
These two protagonists are “guests” of a sleep clinic, wearing uniformed striped pajamas and consuming questionable drugs. They reflect a sense of innocence and vulnerability in their failures to overcome…
Fringe World Interview: The Cutting Room Floor
On a scorching morning, Caroline Stafford chatted with Scott Corbett and Casey Elder from The Cutting Room Floor, a young Perth theatre company with a fresh twist, about their 2016…
Fringe World Interview: Words with ‘Theatre Bang Bang’
“In our apartment in New York, I had a life-size, ‘Dr Who.’ cardboard cut-out of Captain Jack Harkness,” Pascoe said, smiling, “and he would scare the sh*t out of everyone…
Fringe World Review: 600 Seconds
Like a baby with a pet anaconda, it was an odd mix and the pedestrian was partnered with the comic and entertaining, some definitely sticking more in the mind than…
PWF Review: Poetica
Hosted by Kate Noske, Peter Rose, Lucy Dougan and Dennis Haskell shared their poetry with the audience, proffering beautifully crafted words that were at times alight with humour and at…
PWF Review: The Romanovs
Montefiore began with a frame of reference that would be recognisable to most – 'Game of Thrones'. Yet the families of Westeros are quite benign and pale in comparison next…
Interview: Catherine Lacey (Perth Writers Festival)
I wanted to talk to Catherine Lacey as I had read her book ‘Nobody is Ever Missing‘ last year and thought it very good and affecting. I feel that it…
Fringe World Review: Talk Dirty to Me
While the subject matter runs the risk of being very technophobic and cliché, it instead has a beautifully constructed plot and gives great insight into human vulnerability in a modern…
Fringe World Review: Ruby Red Fatales
Upon entering the dimly lit Ellington Jazz Club, I was met by cool air and an even cooler vibe. The six-piece band were playing a sultry jazz instrumental that set…
Fringe World Review: Toby Halligan is The Bad Gay
Considering Halligan is an established comedic writer I was surprised with how sloppy the show was. It wasn’t just the provincial cultural transgressions that left me unmoved; the whole show…