PERTH THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 36

Updated March 2021.

WHAT happens when you take a classic 685-page novel about a large aquatic mammal and try to encapsulate it in a 25-minute play? The answer lies in Moby Dick, adapted by Michael Green from the original Herman Melville tale, and directed by Sarah Christiner as part of the Old Mill Theatre's short

Music by the Sea presents White Halo Ensemble, Saturday, 3rd September, 7:30pm, at Sandgate Town Hall.

Black Swan State Theatre Company presents in association with the Perth Theatre Trust the Australian premiere of Clinton: The Musical from Sat 27 August to Sunday 11 September 2016 in the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA.

Written and directed by prolific Perth playwright Noel O'Neill, Hail Mary 2: The Haunting comes to the Old Mill Theatre this August, presented in conjunction with Maverick Theatre Productions.

Direct from London's West End, the Perth premiere of sizzling new circus show BLANC de BLANC is coming to The Regal Theatre from 29 September to 23 October 2016.

ONE of Shakespeare's most popular comedies - first performed in 1598 - comes alive at Belmont's Latvian Centre Theatre this August.

THE most successful comedy farce of all time comes to Limelight Theatre this July and August.

MOVE out of your comfort zone - a character-driven drama studying unrequited affection, obsession, sex and being happy comes to Melville Theatre this July.

THE WA premiere of a musical following the lives of women in a British prison - and their relationships in a variety of traumatic circumstances - is the latest offering from Blak Yak Theatre (note to subs: no C in Blak) this winter.

AN AUSSIE take on a fairytale classic comes to life at Phoenix Theatre this July as Puss in Boots gets a bush makeover.

MOVE out of your comfort zone - a character-driven drama studying unrequited affection, obsession, sex and being happy comes to Melville Theatre this July.

Black Swan has announced that leading actor, singer and producer Simon Burke AO will make his debut performance with the company and join the cast of Clinton: The Musical, from Queensland brothers Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge.

Black Swan State Theatre Company is proud to present the World Premiere of A Perfect Specimen in the Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA from Thursday 30 June to Sunday 17 July.

A QUINTESSENTIALLY Australian story, mixing drama, humour and home truths, is the latest offering from ARENAarts as the play in question celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt announced today that Lucy Maunder will join the Australian company as Miss Honey for the Brisbane and Perth seasons of MATILDA THE MUSICAL.

A MIXTURE of song, dance, comedy, variety acts and audience participation is taking over Limelight Theatre this June.

The inaugural Audi ART BALL presented by the AGWA Foundation and VOGUE Australia will be held on location at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 7:00pm tonight 14 May 2016.

SEX, dishonesty and betrayal come to the fore as strangers become lovers - and lovers become strangers - in a play at the Old Mill Theatre this June.

A SPOOKY haunted mansion, possible heirs to a fortune and a variety of secrets and mysteries are the key ingredients of Roleystone Theatre's latest production.

An Olivier Award-winning play comes to Melville Theatre this May, looking at what happens when a former political prisoner confronts her alleged tormentor years later.

Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group today announced that the world's favourite musical, The Sound of Music, will come to Perth later this year, completing a highly successful national tour.

Take your protein pills and put your helmets on! Extraordinary entertainer Sven Ratzke presents a dazzling new rock show inspired by the music of the legend that was David Bowie.

Black Swan State Theatre Company are proud to present the WA Premiere of one of the most successful plays of the modern era,  Angels in America, Part I Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner in the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA from Saturday 28 May to Sunday 19 June 2016.