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…
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…
PIAF Review: Five by Night – Ballet at the Quarry (WAB)
I appreciated the aesthetic of their glistening, rippling abs and iron thighs as I lounged back and quaffed wine, completely enthralled by their sure footed athleticism in pointe shoes. My…
Fringe World Review: The Trepidation of the Tower Traipsing Troglodytes
Creators Katie-Rose Spence and Hannah Pascoe have devised a wordless show about human connection, using memes and YouTube clips, pictures of Jeff Goldblum, cardboard cut-outs, and most importantly, their own…
Fringe World Review: Stuart Bowden – Wilting in Reverse
Like Bowden's previous creations, 'Wilting in Reverse' throbs with lonely-hearted dream textures, aches over love and loss, and is obsessed with the silly yet sublime fragility of the earth and…
Fringe World Review: Gillian Cosgriff – To The Moon and Back
Gillian Cosgriff is working through her angst and pessimism about space exploration and marriage in a set that mixes stand-up with songs.