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BWW Review: JULIS CAESAR at Subiaco Arts Centre
The play JULIUS CAESAR may be one of the more noted Shakespeare plays, full of memorable lines and often run on stage and screen. The third year WAAPA students-in their last production before graduating- were not content with a mere rerun, however, and gave the setting and themes of this classic a c...
BWW Review: EMILIE: LA MARQUISE DU CHÂTELET DEFENDS HER LIFE TONIGHT at Subiaco Arts Centre
Anatomical Heart productions rather fittingly closed their debut performance just as National Science Week was kicking off. Their performance of EMILIE: LA MARQUISE DU CHATELET DEFENDS HER LIFE TONIGHT was a treat as much for theatre enthusiasts as it was for science enthusiasts....
BWW Review: SAVAGE GRACE at State Theatre Centre Of WA
It is 21 years since Steamworks Productions made their debut performance with SAVAGE GRACE. To celebrate their birthday, they returned to their inaugural production, bringing along the original creatives and cast to make it happen. The result is a triumph that speaks as much to where Steamworks is a...
BWW Review: MINNEAPOLIS at Subiaco Arts Centre
MINNEAPOLIS, a play by Will O'Mahony packed Subiaco Arts Centre for each of its performances. It is dramatic and confronting at different points and in different measures. The sum of those often-contrasting parts is a brutal and unrelenting look at toxic masculinity and gender dynamics that brought ...
BWW Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Regal Theatre
The Addams Family has an enduring legacy originating as a single frame cartoons to now having spawned several TV series and movies. The musical follows in a similar vein and Zealous Productions brought together a most impressive team of performers and creatives to ensure that THE ADDAMS FAMILY hits ...
BWW Review: BARE: A POP OPERA at Subiaco Arts Centre
In music, there is difficult second album syndrome (the ‘sophomore slump’). Arise have proven that, in musical theatre, there is definitely no difficult second show syndrome, bringing an emotionally charged and thematically complex show to stage and ensuring that amongst so many things, it is en...
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Crown Theatre
The eagerly anticipated Opera Australia production of WEST SIDE STORY opened at Crown Theatre this week and nothing was lost from postponements and audience restrictions. The talented cast brought the audience on a rollercoaster of emotion with their brilliant acting and singing, whilst the famously...
BWW Review: PERTH INTERNATIONAL CABARET FESTIVAL GALA at His Majesty's Theatre
Organisers of the first Perth International Cabaret Festival saw opportunity in the cancellation of shows and brought together all the big names from the festival to end it “with a bang.” It is fair to say that a huge bill of stars did that, and the curtain was drawn on the inaugural festival wi...
BWW Review: ONE WOMAN, ONE PIANO, ONE VOICE at Downstairs At The Maj
The inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival may have been winding down, but there was still time for Louise Anton to dazzle Downstairs at the Maj with her show ONE WOMAN, ONE PIANO, ONE VOICE. It was nothing but Louise and her piano, wowing the crowd with her show that seemed perfectly suited...
BWW Review: GLORIA at Roundhouse Theatre
WAAPA's 3rd year acting students tackled the dramady GLORIA, a play that was a finalist in the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Whilst the larger themes in GLORIA are less thought about in Australia, the talented team deliver an absorbing, thought provoking, and entertaining performance that focusses ...
BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU at His Majesty's Theatre
The disappointment of WAAPA’s 2020 mid-year musical being cancelled was but a distant memory as they roared back with an energetic rendition of CRAZY FOR YOU. This is WAAPA’s first production to be staged at His Majesty’s Theatre, and the cast and crew showcased the full suite of their talents...
BWW Review: CHESS THE MUSICAL at Perth Concert Hall
StoreyBoard entertainment went big with their production of CHESS THE MUSICAL. It’s a big cast giving big performances in a big setting, and backed by an orchestra and choir, the whole performance comes together to be an impressive production. The stage itself is small, but every bit jumps out in ...
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS at Regal Theatre
Arise Production’s debut production of KINKY BOOTS has been a long time in the making. By opening night the performance was near 18 months in the making, and KINKY BOOTS delivered the sparkle, shine, and good feelings the audience wanted (and, I feel, the cast and crew needed) to welcome Arise ont...
BWW Review: JULIA at Studio Underground
“Not now, not ever.” The iconic speech by Julia Gillard that has become embedded in the Australian psyche is nearing its ten-year anniversary. Sally Richardson and Natalie Allen combined to create JULIA, a brilliant solo piece of contemporary dance that brilliantly conveys what Gillard experien...
BWW Review: PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT at Crown Theatre
Platinum Entertainment produced another big show with a colourful performance of PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT. The show hits high with strong performances backed up by eye-catching staging, costumes, and choreography. This musical has not made its way to Perth before this, however this production ...
BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Crown Theatre
This production of LEGALLY BLONDE is proudly Western Australian, and features a cast and crew overwhelmingly based in or originating from WA. Whilst drawing principally from Perth may be a thing of necessity right now the performance lost nothing, and in fact seemed better for it....
BWW Review: THE PRODUCERS at Regal Theatre
Alexandra Theatre are new to the Perth theatre scene, and in the current climate, would have been forgiven for erring on the side of caution in their first production. Instead, they chose to begin with a bang, putting on Broadway classic The Producers- with a large cast and grand sets- for an audien...
BWW REVIEW: Will Eno's THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) Is Presented For A Socially Distanced Audience In A Live Performance Streamed Online.
Red Line Productions latest theatre in isolation sees the multi award-winning Toby Schmitz return to the Old Fitz Theatre stage in Will Eno's THOM PAIN ( BASED ON NOTHING). ...
BWW REVIEW: Drawing On The Surge Of Zoom Online Meetings, WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? (OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR) Is Adapted For The COVID-19 Digital Age For Home Viewing.
Neil Gooding's (Director) reimagining of Marshall Pailet (music and book) and A.D. Penedo's (lyrics and book) WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY (OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR) draws on the technology that has kept the world connected to bring a different style of live theatre to audiences that are not allowed in...
BWW REVIEW: AT LAST-ELENOA ROKOBARO LIVE IN CONCERT Brings A Cabaret Love Letter To Loungerooms For Audiences Craving Live Performance While Theatres Remain Closed.
Red Line Productions and screen content creators Tribal Apes have joined to bring Elenoa Rokabaro's cabaret concert AT LAST to audiences around the world in two exclusive globally streamed Live concerts....
BWW Review: WATSON: THE FINAL PROBLEM at Online
No fan of Holmes and Watson should miss this excellent production....
BWW Review: BABY ZOOMERS at Online
Give very generously to this wonderful cause....
BWW Review: WAITING FOR HAMLET at Online
We are given two absolutely superb performances by Nicholas Collett and Tim Marriott....
BWW Update: Australian Artists Entertain During Forced Shutdown - List of People And Companies To Follow For Your Theatre World Fix.
BWW Update: Australian Artists Entertain During Forced Shutown - List of People And Companies To Follow For Your Theatre World Fix....
BWW Update: Australian Artists Join Together To Keep Creating During The COVID-19 With HOPE. A NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
With the Australian government restricting gatherings of more than 100 people Australian writer/composer/actor James Millar came up with the idea of HOPE. A NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE to keep artists 'exercising' their creativity while the world and particularly the Arts industry recovers from...
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