
The American Dream is unraveling at the State Theatre Centre in Perth with Black Swan’s latest production, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.

His self effacing humour is hilarious, peppered with a myriad of clever references to his own shortcomings as he leads the audience through the comic minefield that is his life.

Dean is master of the “shaggy dog” ramble and can change tack time and again before neatly wrapping up his original storyline, sometimes a full 10 minutes later.

Stephen Sondheim’s pulsing refrain symbolises the pulse of life that courses through Company, his musical homage to all the beating hearts in the heart of New York City.


Just as with so many other Shakespeare reinventions, the beauty of the piece was lost underneath so much contrivance.

Black Swan State Theatre Company has whipped up a delicious confection for Perth with its current season of the perennial Oscar Wilde favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest.