Review: Ghost the Musical
It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to adapt the smash-hit you wrote for the silver screen to the stage. However, American screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin’s reworking of his Academy…
Game Development and the ‘Crunch Time’
If people like St John and Molyneux understood that the only reason people take a minimum-wage job to toil away on videogames was because they love the medium, perhaps then…
What I Want to Wear to Graduation
"The regalia I want when I graduate next year need be clear-eyed about the history here, for history provides the bedrock from which one can live a good life." Robert…
Review: I See Red (Spare Parts Puppet Theatre & WAAPA)
Last week, the Western Australia arts community mourned the passing of State Living Treasure, master puppeteer and one-time Artistic Director of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Noriko Nishimoto. The Japanese theatre-maker…
Review: Brian Eno – The Ship (Warp Records)
Brian Eno has managed to craft a sophisticated, but still extremely enjoyable album. It’s probably not great music to work out to, though. Hugh Hutchison reviews.
REVIEW: JAMES BLAKE – THE COLOUR IN ANYTHING (POLYDOR)
The tone of Colour is much more warm and romantic than the introspective Overgrown, with plenty of songs referencing relationships and affection as opposed to Blake’s own experiences as a…
Review: Beyoncé – Lemonade (Columbia)
The album is a brutally honest look into Beyoncé’s womanhood, her blackness and the intersection between the two. It is quite arguably her magnum opus; a career defining work of…
Review: Beauty & the Beast (WA Ballet)
The performance gives the audience what they might expect from a well-known classic; the nostalgia of a childhood favourite and the thrill of a night out at the ballet. Melissa…
Review: Belated
The play’s triumph was its ability to create an incredible atmosphere which added another level to the already intriguing plot. Jacqueline Pasich reviews.
Review: Arj Barker – Get In My Head (Perth Comedy Festival)
Get In My Head covered everything from ponies to boners to selfie sticks and, in a fashion typical of Barker’s style, deconstructed each new topic more intricately than the last.…