Interview: Matthew Lehmann (West Australian Ballet)
"Here, most people are quite welcoming to the fact I do ballet, it’s only guys in suits that seem to have a problem with me. Bikers I meet at the…
Fringe World Review: Sinsuality
‘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.
Fringe World Review: Tomas Ford’s Craptacular!
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…
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…
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…