From the get-go Hello Boys fills out the Blue Room studio with the resounding guffaws of audience members relating the anecdotes on stage to stories in their own lives, full of (not-so) discrete nudges between partners in seats as onstage a seemingly endless cue of disaster dates are re-enacted; penis and vagina jokes are made […]
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Beneath the big top of the Lunar Circus a number of children gathered around the ring eagerly awaiting the beginning of the Kids Comedy Gala. When the festival director, “Fat Matt” Yates stepped out from behind the curtain they all began cheering loudly, no longer able to contain their excitement. Opening with a juggling act […]
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As the audience enters the theatre, half are asked to pose for an impromptu portrait. Lauren Holmwood, visual artist and one third of tonight’s cast, is making a note of your presence. All seated, she scatters the sketches like confetti around a hunched, hooded figure (Emma Fishwick). The audience for a moment settle, dividing their […]
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Returning to Perth for the first time in 10 years the Lunar Circus didn’t disappoint when they took to the ring to perform their wonderfully entertaining Lunar Circus Show. Accompanied by a live band the talented troop of acrobats, clowns and aerial performers wowed the all ages’ audience with their performance. From their first act […]
Continue ReadingMangina: Tales of an XY Woman
There’s a chair, a microphone, a few coloured lights and brief snippets of pop songs that pay homage to the glamorised world of drag and Les Girls that we are very far away from in the intimate setting of a bare-bones pop-up tent venue at fringe time in Perth. An appropriate setting, stripped of all […]
Continue ReadingFemme Fatales – A History
CABARET Femme Fatales – A History The Moon House Tent, Perth Cultural Centre Review: Graham Hansen Though it was not until the 20th century that the “femme fatale” archetype received that appellation, women’s dark power of seduction has been a storytelling theme since before Calypso and Circe bewitched Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey. The debate […]
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CIRCUS KNOCK OFF Lunar Circus Big Top, Rooftop Movies Review: Jordan Nix The boys from Knock Off have really been knocked around recently, making their debut in Perth quite a spectacular feat. Just two days earlier, performer Chris Carlos was in hospital being treated for burns from a fire-twirling accident. Bandaged up and sporting a […]
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CIRCUS Kinetica Pink Flamingo (Lunar Circus Big Top) Friday, February 1 – Friday, February 8 Review: Tara Lloyd Imagine a world with only shades of black and white; where the concept of ‘colour’ is ridiculous and admitting it exists could get you stamped as insane. That’s the world created by local circus troupe Kinetica in […]
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MUSIC Flossy and Me Circus Theatre Review: Jordan Nix The artists who take their work to fringe festivals must be congratulated for having the guts to take part in what can be a risky adventure with sometimes little financial pay off. This risk also makes it that extra bit more disappointing to see a show […]
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STREET THEATRE Mechronos Perth Cultural Centre REVIEW: Jordan Nix There was a moment in Mechronos when two children bickering in the crowd suddenly stopped with their mouths open, frozen with wonder. Above them, aerial artists are dangling perilously above the Mechronos machine, somersaulting through the air. Their bodies make beautiful silhouettes in the setting sun. […]
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