Fringe World Review: Sinsuality Pelican22 February 2016 ‘Sinsuality’ is a dark and dramatic riot of circus, ariels, burlesque, and pole dancing that illustrates the seven deadly sins and will leave you breathless. Uncategorised1 Comment132 views
Fringe World Review: Tomas Ford’s Craptacular! Pelican22 February 2016 This is a juggernaut of a performance. Set against the ramshackle backdrop of packing boxes and askew projector screen, it is relentlessly energising. You get the sense that nothing could impede it. Uncategorised0 Comments40 views
Fringe World Review: Sleeping Beauty Pelican21 February 2016 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 their plagued dreams, characterising them as the modern day “Sleeping Beauties”. Review by Gabby Loo. Uncategorised0 Comments14 views
Fringe World Interview: The Cutting Room Floor Pelican21 February 2016 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 season. Uncategorised1 Comment38 views
Fringe World Interview: Words with ‘Theatre Bang Bang’ Pelican21 February 2016 “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 walking through the apartment. It didn’t matter how long he’d been there, he’d still get you every time.” This is what inspired their own cut-outs for the set. Uncategorised0 Comments30 views
Fringe World Review: 600 Seconds Pelican21 February 2016 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 others. Uncategorised0 Comments107 views
PWF Review: Poetica Pelican21 February 2016 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 others studded with deep pain. Bryce Newton reviews. Literature and Creative Writing0 Comments19 views
PWF Review: The Romanovs Pelican20 February 2016 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 to the Romanovs. Literature and Creative Writing0 Comments12 views
Interview: Catherine Lacey (Perth Writers Festival) Pelican19 February 2016 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 is hard not... Literature and Creative Writing0 Comments99 views
Fringe World Review: Talk Dirty to Me Pelican16 February 2016 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 context. Review by Caz Stafford. Uncategorised2 Comments29 views
