Australia, We Need a Revolution
‘Revolution’, a word that is the source of comedy for some and discomfort for others, but also a word that we as ‘The People’ should be considering more closely (regardless…
The 90s Renaissance: Disney’s Golden Age
With Disney’s recent purchase of 20th Century Fox for the eye-watering amount of $71.3 billion, it’s hard not to believe that one day our souls will belong to them too.…
Review: Perth French Theatre’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Molière weaves a comedy as effective as any of his contemporaries of the time. Just across the Channel, writers like John Dryden, Ben Jonson and William Wycherley were doing very…
“THIS MUSICAL IS ABOUT HER” – A review of UDS’ “The Hills Heist”
“This musical is about Her”, says “The Hills Heist’s” writer Xavier Hazard in his interview with Pelican. He isn’t lying. In more ways than one this play focuses on women,…
Words with Xavier Hazard and Alex Crouch; THE HILL’S HEIST
It’s that time of Semester again. The crew at UDS is putting on their Semester 1 comedy musical, “ The Hill’s Heist”. Lachlan Serventy sat down just outside the Dolphin…
Rigour and Intricacy: a review of Hatched National Graduate Show 2019
At the heart of all creative work is that tender, painstaking and ultimately necessary thing: process. Every artist has a distinct relationship with it, guided by legacy, dream, or presence…
Carrolup Revisited: A Journey Through the South West of Western Australia
On exhibition until June 29 at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery UWA is Carrolup Revisited: A Journey through the South West of Western Australia – a must-see exhibition for everyone. This…
Words with Charles Firth (The Chaser) and James Schloeffel (The Shovel)
Roshi Kaila and Russell Watt sat down with Charles Firth (The Chaser) and James Schloeffel (The Shovel) to talk about their latest show The War on the Fucking Election, politicians…
The Chaser’s War On The Fucking Election: Live!
Last Saturday the satirists behind what’s unfortunately not really satire anymore, AKA The Chaser and The Shovel, performed their show at the Astor Theatre. The night consisted of a combination…
Remembering the Destroyed Past: Everything Flows Review
Content Warning: Genocide, Holodomor, Famine, Stalinism Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman is a 1964 historiographical fiction about the wake left behind after Stalinism. The novel follows Ivan Grigoryevich, released from…