Fringe World Review: Club Briefs
The boys were nubile and sensual, and even I felt conflicted as the 4 Adonis’ savaged the raffle winner with a lap dance (and more). In the words of poetess…
REVIEW: Resistance – Art Gallery of Western Australia
The fact that this exhibition strategically begun in January and continues through to February - thus including Australia (Massacre) Day - insinuates the need for some soul-searching. Our murky cultural…
Fringe World Review: Australia, It’s Time to Clean Your Room
It runs on a roundabout argument/counter-argument counterpoint, but it’s missing interlocking sections, call-backs, dramatic peaks. What should be a series of poignant sketches sometimes feels like a string of comments…
Fringe World Interview: Words with Tomás Ford
Under the fig tree shade of the PICA Bar courtyard, Pelican talks with alt-cabaret artist (“not what your mum thinks of cabaret”), single-slinger, long time Baron of Fringe, Adele-hater and…
Fringe World Review: La Soirèe
From the suspenseful and sultry aerial performer Yammel Rodriguez, who smokes a cigar in stockings and heels while flipping and seductively sliding down the aerial silk, to the upbeat and…
Fringe World Interview: Words with ‘Only the Human’
Pelican met with improv comedy group ‘Only the Human’ to discuss their latest production ‘Todd Asked Me Out’.
Review: Perth Poetry Club
WIth a very generous open mike, anyone annoying, amazing, boring, or bad can get up and read original, or unoriginal, material. All the while a braying crowd - hungry and…
Fringe World Review: Silhouette
Each beautiful performance is unique and immersive, but together they transport you from Perth to Paris, giving the truly sexy, ‘sensory burlesque experience’ that Fringe has never seen before. Personally,…
Fringe World Review: The Eulogy
Its Australian debut, 'The Eulogy' is a sombre affair, not because we mourn the death of Thomas, but because we mourn the loss of an hour that might only have…
Fringe World Review: Purgatorio
Superficially, this play is about a lover scorned; about murder, and suicide, and irrational behaviours. These are explored after the fact – or, more specifically, after life itself.