Flappers dressed in pearls, diamonds and feathers swanned their way around His Majesty’s Theatre for the opening night of WA Ballet’s The Great Gatsby, which transported the audience to Long Island, New York in the roaring twenties.

Pike St comprises a lot of small tender stories set in one big story, all happening on stage at once through a kind of physical theatrical mediumship, almost magical except it isn’t: it’s the skill of Nilaja Sun, the darling of one woman performance.
This performance is entertaining and delightful from the first instance of walking through the door, long before the music starts. From the food and rendezvous setting to the music and melodrama Orpheus is far from a tragic evening.
Wind, much like life, can be unpredictable, uncontrollable and powerfully beautiful. Per Te has captured this perfectly with their use of wind as it's main prop.

Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee, collaborators in theatre for over 30 years, team up for another production – Big Heart.

This is a brave choice and a wonderful debut production for this new company. It is melodic, funny, and moving – and well worth a look.
Fast-paced and intense, The Zone is an hour of dance power, bursting at the seams with 11 whirling, twirling, writhing, twisting dancers.