
When Aracaladanza’s Clouds finishes its run at the Perth International Arts Festival, there will be hundreds of children who want to practice shadow puppets, play with balloon heads, and chase clouds that turn into sheep.

Slightly clichéd in its Sliding Doors postmodern structure and its theme of multiple universes and alternate realities, the two-hander throws together an unlikely pair.

The evening was in turns impressive, slightly embarrassing, jaw dropping, dull, and uplifting – In short a mixed bag of performers and entertainment.

It is a tough ask to re-invent a classic work, especially one renown for its societal and moral questioning of a bygone era.

Barry McGovern is a delight in his one man interpretation of Samuel Beckett’s Watt, in Perth as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.

Dreams in White is an exploration of secrecy, of fantasy, of performance. When you have a secret – when you are lying, when you are performing – what is real?

Over the last 10 years, classically trained McGregor has moved from one of Opera Australia’s principal Sopranos, to an extremely versatile Jazz, Comedy, and Burlesque, (really – everything) singer and performer.