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Mel Kay and Liberté Return With Gig About Healing
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2018
AFTER the success of their Personality Disorder Catalyst gig last year, Mel Kay & Liberte are back to do it all again - with a host of new songs - at Gargano's Black Cat Lounge on April 6.
Festival Activities For Queensland Kids Are Out Of The Box
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
QPAC's Out of the Box is a biennial Festival offering a rich arts program, curated to nurture children's creativity and imagination, at a key period in their development.
Frontier Comedy Brings World Class Laughs To Perth Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
Frontier Comedy announce eight world class shows for the 2018 Perth Comedy Festival. There's something for everyone; from online superstars Alex Williamson, Neel Kolhatkar & Rosie Waterland; to critically acclaimed gems Alice Fraser & Amos Gill; cult hit Pauly Fenech; to international comedy icons Jonathan Pie (UK) and Shawn Wayans (US)!
Black Swan State Theatre Company Changes its Chair
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2018
Black Swan State Theatre Company today announces that its chairman of five years Mark Barnaba AM, will stand down in coming months. Mr Barnaba, who has expertly steered the organisation through a period of substantial growth and transition, will hand over his post as Chair, to current board member Nicola Forrest, on April 2.
Frenchy Adds Brisbane, Perth And Adelaide Shows To Upcoming SEX, DRUGS, & ROLLERBLADES Tour
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2018
Comedian and viral content creator Frenchy is back - bigger, better and lankier than ever! After selling out his 2017 Australian festival seasons, Edinburgh Fringe and a successful regional tour of Australia, Frenchy is ready to hit the road again with a brand new show full of stories and jokes you won't be able to repeat the next day - Sex, Drugs & Rollerblades.
BWW Review: FLAWS & ALL at The Black Flamingo, Fringe World Pleasure Garden
by Ellin Sears - February 21, 2018
Dawn Pascoe uses circus and dance to show Perth Fringe World that you really can be happy with yourself - FLAWS & ALL.
David Baddiel Brings His Olivier-Nominated Show MY FAMILY: NOT THE SITCOM
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2018
Frontier Comedy are thrilled to announce that accomplished comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter David Baddiel will bring his acclaimed, Olivier-nominated one-man stage show My Family: Not The Sitcom to Australia in September following a UK tour, a sold-out run in London and two critically-acclaimed West End runs.
BWW Review: ICONIC - A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAG at De Parel Spiegeltent, Fringeworld Pleasure Garden
by Ellin Sears - February 17, 2018
Brush up your Bowie, strap on your stilettos and prepare yourself for the glorious vocal stylings of Velma Celli! ICONIC - A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAG is coming to the intimate and beautiful De Parel Spiegeltent in the Fringe World Pleasure Garden for ten nights only!
Limelight Theatre Presents DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
A Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play - widely considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest - comes to Limelight Theatre this March. Written by Arthur Miller and directed by Kathleen Del Casale, Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a man who realises his life isn't the one he made it out to be.
CLUB SWIZZLE Season Extended Due To Overwhelming Demand
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Following rave reviews, nightly standing ovations and packed houses, FRINGE WORLD Festival's hottest selling summer show will extend its season by ONE WEEK with an additional eight performances. The season will now run until Sunday 4 March 2018.
Old Mill Theatre Presents a Classic Agatha Christie Mystery
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2018
A classic Agatha Christie whodunit is set to deliver a web of intrigue for the Old Mill Theatre's first season of the year. Directed by Joan Scafe, The Unexpected Guest follows a stranger lost in fog, who seeks refuge in a nearby house - only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun.
BWW Review: UNSUITABLE at The Big Top, Fringeworld Pleasure Garden
by Ellin Sears - February 07, 2018
UNSUITABLE might also be considered extreme, albeit in a much different way. At times it is playful, rude, and delightfully grungy, with political commentary peppered in among acrobatic feats and slapstick comedy.
Cast Announced For Queensland Production Of RENT
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2018
Fourteen talented young musical theatre artists have landed roles in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical, RENT, to be presented by Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Matt Ward Entertainment, from 2 May 2018.
Photo Flash: Limelight Theatre presents DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2018
A PULITZER Prize and Tony Award-winning play - widely considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest - comes to Limelight Theatre this March.
FHEAL Good Again, Songs Of Hope And Healing Concert Returns With Special Guest Isaiah
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2018
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today announced the return of its joyous and uplifting Songs of Hope and Healing benefit concert. This year's concert features Australian superstar guest artist Isaiah, in QPAC's Concert Hall on Tuesday 27 March 2018.
Girl From Oz Dubbed 'Next Celine Dion'
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
Could Aussie soprano Clara Helms be the next Celine Dion? With the recording of her latest single All By Myself - recorded by Dion herself in 1996, a cover of the 1975 Eric Carmen original - the industry is abuzz with what Helms has to offer.
Tumble Circus Co-Founder Tina Segner Talks UNSUITABLE At Fringeworld
by Ellin Sears - February 01, 2018
Belfast's self-proclaimed 'circus of the absurd' returns to Perth for a string of shows as part of Fringeworld 2018. Broadway World caught up with Tina Segner, co-founder of Tumble Circus, to chat about all things UNSUITABLE.
Dawn Pascoe Wants Us To Celebrate Ourselves, FLAWS & ALL, At Fringe World 2018
by Ellin Sears - February 01, 2018
Perth performer Dawn Pascoe wants us to celebrate ourselves - FLAWS & ALL! Broadway World caught up with her ahead of her solo Fringe World show and got the lowdown on what it's like to eat a whole cake onstage.
TLC's Perth Headline Show Relocated To Metro City
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018
The countdown is on! In less than a week, Australia's summer is about to get a whole lot hotter with RNB royalty TLC headlining the first ever RNB Vine Days winery concert series. While in Australia, the legendary duo will also play a pair of headline shows in Perth and Hobart.
Quiver With Laughs At This Robin Hood Farce at Cecil Andrews College Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2018
A FOOLISHLY funny twist on the classic tale of Robin Hood comes alive at Roleystone Theatre this March. Written by David Neilson and directed by Brogan Smirke and Euan MacMillan, Robin Hood: The Truth Behind the Green Tights is the story of cowardly Albert, trying to get by as best he can.
Nassim Soleimanpour to Bring Unique Theater Experience to the 2018 Perth Festival
by Leah Windahl - January 17, 2018
Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour is bringing his original show to the 2018 Perth Festival. This semi-autobiographical show, set to run February 20th-25th, has a unique twist. At each performance, he will invite a different actor to read the previously sealed-up script for the first time in front of the audience, ensuring that no two performances will ever be alike.
Melville Theatre Presents VENUS IN FUR
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2018
A mysterious, erotic and funny drama featuring just two people is Melville Theatre's first offering for 2018. Written by US playwright, screenwriter and novelist David Ives and directed by Trevor Dhu, Venus in Fur was first staged in 2010 and nominated for numerous Tony Awards before Roman Polanski shot a French film version in late 2012.
The Actor's Hub Brings Four Shows With Four Men Over Four Weeks
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2018
FOUR men performing four shows across four weeks including one focusing on the impact of a coward punch make up The Actors' Hub offering 4x4x4 at this year's Fringe World. All directed by Amanda Crewes at their East Perth headquarters, the actors are performing a different show each night: Know Your Enemy, One Punch Wonder, Pool (no water) and Why?
Club Swizzle Line-Up Announced For Fringe World Festival 2018
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2018
Following its world premiere at Sydney Opera House, and subsequent seasons in Brisbane and Adelaide, the acclaimed melange of outrageous cabaret, air-defying acrobatics and infectious musical revelry is making its way to Perth for FRINGE WORLD 2018, ahead of an international tour.
Adam Rennie is ROCKY HORROR's New Frank N Furter in Brisbane and Perth
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2018
Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and GWB Entertainment have announced that Adam Rennie will be playing Frank N Furter for the forthcoming Brisbane and Perth seasons of The Rocky Horror Show.

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