Review: The Pearl Fishers (WA Opera)
Robert Kemp’s colourful, textured, exotic, visually rich set and costume design was at the helm of this production. Samuel J. Cox reviews.
Review: The Beat Generation (WAAPA)
Teaming actors with a handful of WAAPA’s jazz musicians, The Beat Generation required an audience open to a new way of viewing theatre and experiencing the Beats in all their…
Review: Memory Bones (WAAPA)
The concept piece explores the notion that the physical structures of the theatre might somehow remember the artists, technicians, critics and audiences that it has borne witness to in 112…
Review: Rent (WAAPA)
This busy, exhausting production about life at the end of the millennium was a winning, powerful choice by WAAPA’s musical theatre team. Samuel j. Cox reviews.
Review: Tartuffe (Black Swan State Theatre Company)
You’d struggle to find another play that so eloquently rhymes ‘give me the shits’ with ‘greatest hits’. Nic Monisse reviews.
Review: New Owner (The Last Great Hunt X AWESOME Arts Festival)
A wordless production, this deeply moving tale of loss and new hope is loaded with magical moments. Review by Samuel J. Cox.
Review: Ghost Stories (Perth Theatre Trust)
The brilliant stage production team craft a set that is eerily alive, and the mechanics went off smoothly without a hitch. Samuel J. Cox reviews.
Review: Radio and Juliet (WA Ballet)
The unanticipated pairing of indie rock and ballet was a pleasant surprise. Radiohead’s music was the highlight of the show, with their atmospheric tone setting the scene for a riveting…
Review: The Sound of Music (Crown Theatre)
As I reflected with an elderly lady following the performance on the emotions that the night had drawn out of us, I attributed my tears not only the aforementioned unsettling…
Review: Romeo and Juliet (WA Ballet)
This performance magically managed to combine the professional skill of a classically trained ballet dancer with joyful contemporary. Caitlin Carr reviews.