Perth Reviews

Details: Megan Green; 25 November 2017

Based on the wildly successful 2009 film Avatar, TORUK transports us to the mythical Pandora, a land inhabited by the blue-hued Na’vi people.

Perth
Circus

Details: Claire Condry; 24 November 2017

Cathartic is Sydneysider Catherine Alcorn’s newest show, and that in itself is something of a miracle as she informs us that it is a mere 13 short weeks since she delivered her first child.

Details: Claire Condry; 18 November 2017

What a Peter Pan is Vince Jones. Despite his Santa-like, snowy beard he steadfastly refuses to grow up. Imagine a man in his sixties referring to his “girlfriend”.

Perth
Jazz

Details: Hayley Mayne; 17 November 2017

Let the Right One In | Black Swan State Theatre Company

What if your life was so bleak that you found light where only others found darkness? What if the passage into adulthood and your first experience of love was driven not by joy and romance, but by a desperate need for acceptance and protection?

Details: Claire Condry; 20 October 2017

Once We Lived Here | Western Sky Theatre

How refreshing to see a new Australian musical and also to be able to acknowledge its success on so many levels. This is a really strong production and its presentation was terrific.

Details: Claire Condry; 09 October 2017

The audience gasped as Chiciquita and Fernando mounted the stage. He resplendent in white flares and a silvery sequined top, she in a “barely there” red hot sequinned number, both platinum bewigged.

Perth

Details: Sarah Green; 15 September 2017

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.