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Perth puppetryAnimals abound in school-holiday puppet production

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s latest production might be called Carnival of the Animals but this version tells a very human side of the story, set close to home.

Tanya MacNaughton

Queer thrillerPremiumOne night in Moscow takes a dark turn

Melbourne actors and real-life couple Wil King and Patrick Livesey are heading to Fringe World with their award-winning original queer political thriller, Dirt.

Tanya MacNaughton

Rodeo hits townPremiumPanawathi Girl heads to Perth Festival

When flipping through the pages of an old newspaper, David Milroy stumbled across an advertisement that would stay with him for years to come.

Pierra Willix

Summer lovin’PremiumSummer Nights program set to buzz

The Blue Room Theatre’s fast and furious Summer Nights festival season of 12 new works is back on the calendar for 2022.

Tanya MacNaughton

Over the rainbowPremiumRachael Beck off to see the Wizard

Rachael Beck will remind audiences there’s no place like home as she joins the HAMA Productions cast of The Wizard of Oz at Crown Theatre Perth.

Tanya MacNaughton

End Of Year ShowCommentsPremiumIn pictures: Bridgetown puts on last show of the year

It is lights, camera and action at the Bridgetown theatre this weekend as the pantomime The Wonderful Wizard of Oz looks to light up the stage.

Ben Loughran

Park itPremiumSummer fixture Shakespeare in the Park returns as tour

Fremantle Theatre Company artistic director Renato Fabretti created quite the splash a year ago with the company’s first show, The Other Place, starring Kate Walsh and his next move is just as inspired.

Tanya MacNaughton

Theatre giantBroadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies, aged 91

Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, at the age of 91.

Reuters

Sea-changePremiumThe Tempest proves a storm worth experiencing

Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA is celebrating its 30th birthday with Shakespeare’s The Tempest and this is one party you do not want to miss.

Tanya MacNaughton

Birthday BardPremiumBlack Swan invited audience into 30th celebration

Black Swan took party planning to a creative level to celebrate its 30th anniversary when it asked the Perth theatre-going community to vote for their favourite Shakespeare play.

Tanya MacNaughton

Dating dramasPremiumThe trials and tribulations of finding love

When proud Wajarri-Noongar woman Narelle Thorne decided to brush up on her creative writing skills, she never imagined that two years later she would be Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s newest playwright.

Tanya MacNaughton

Golden AgeMusic from the American melting pot

Jewish artists fleeing nazi persecution for the golden age of American musicals inspire From Vienna to Hollywood and Broadway at Mosman Park’s Camelot Theatre.

David Cusworth

Theatre reviewPremiumCharlie’s pure imagination

Roald Dahl’s classic children’s tale needs no introduction, but the musical version is much newer.

Jessie Stoelwinder

Opera liveSpring Chickens home to roost

Freeze Frame Opera’s Spring Chickens recital features rising stars at Camelot Theatre

David Cusworth

Candy manPremiumDahl musical treats audiences to an emotional punch

Just when you think you have garnered everything you can from the literary brilliance of Roald Dahl’s work, along comes a pandemic and takes it up a level of relevance.

Tanya MacNaughton

Opera live#MeToo Marriage of Figaro at The Maj

WA Opera’s Marriage of Figaro by Mozart at The Maj morphs into #MeToo

David Cusworth

Swan songPremiumSisters star in new season of theatre

Outgoing artistic director Clare Watson has launched her final season of works for Black Swan, unveiling a 2022 program of seven productions across five theatres curated around the theme of kin.

Tanya MacNaughton

Salt not sweetPremiumWAAPA grad returns to Perth for sweet role

Many children’s dreams of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory simply extend to the possibility of eating a stomach-stretching amount of delectable treats if they win an elusive Golden Ticket.

Pierra Willix

TheatreBolshoi Theatre performer killed mid opera

A performer has died during a scene change in the middle of an opera at the prestigious Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

AAP

World premiereMagpie v Crow in Noongar opera

WA Opera premieres Noongar saga Koolbardi wer Wardong, by Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse, at His Majesty’s Theatre

David Cusworth

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Review: Animal Farm

Black Swan delivers searing re-imagining of George Orwell’s dystopian classic

Jessie Stoelwinder

Dog bitePremiumPlay barks up the right tree

What happens when you give the consciousness of a human to a dog? Find out in this new work exploring freedom and power dynamics by Chris Isaacs and The Last Great Hunt.

Tanya MacNaughton

TheatreScreen stars turn stage sisters, bad maids

Award-winning actors Marta Dusseldorp and Essie Davis play sibling servants in a scorching psychodrama by infamous French writer Jean Genet.

Tony Magnusson

Power-hungry pigsPremiumMaking animal farm great in barnyard of fake news

Written by Van Badham, the Australian playwright has given George Orwell’s Animal Farm a contemporary spin, remaining true to the plot but injecting the 75-minute work with modern politics and technology.

Tanya MacNaughton