Super Women: Women in Film
I started writing this piece the day that I went to see Captain Marvel with my Aunt. I’m proud to say this, that it wasn’t with friends or a partner,…
You Know We Belong Together: Review
In this play back by popular demand after a sell-out season in 2018, the real lives of seven Western Australians featured in an all Downs cast are tenderly shared in…
Words with Rose Kingdom-Barron (Safer Venues WA)
CW: sexual assault and harassment In August 2017, Safer Venues WA surveyed the music community in Western Australia. Of 550 respondents, 371 reported that they had experienced some form of…
Disney Animation Eras: The Outdated Racism and Female Characterisation of the 1930’s-50’s
This month, the live-action remake of Dumbo will be gracing our screens, along with two more remakes to come later this year. Disney is continuously pulling us back in with…
Perth Marches for a Cleaner Future
On the 15th of March 2019, the globe was struck by the protestation of school students, parents and environmental and climate change activists who took to the streets of major…
The Wonderful World of Dissocia: Review
The Wonderful World of Dissocia is a pitch-black absurdist comedy about the experiences of a young woman living with the challenges of a chronic mental illness. It’s absolutely packed with…
Destroyer (Review)
Destroyer is Karyn Kusama’s powerful gender-subversion that follows Police Detective Erin Bell as she investigates the murder of an all too-familiar victim from her past, while simultaneously fulfilling her own…
Metacinema: Go Get Lost in the Funhouse
On paper, metafiction is a simple concept, being fiction that draws attention to its artificiality and construction as a piece of fiction. At this stage the author would like to…
The Guilty: Review
The Guilty, or Den skyldige in its original Danish language, is Gustav Moller’s thrilling single-location directorial debut. Told through a series of phone-calls you hope you never have to answer,…
The Cherry Orchard: Review
The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, is a challenge, and to stage it is brave; directors from Konstantin Stanislavsky to Peter Brook have grappled with it. So, the Western Australian…