It is very fitting that Famous Seamus and Seantastic, the Lords of Strut, should address their West Australian audience as the “people of Pert”. Fighting daddy and mummy issues armed with just a g-string and a few gold lamé bomber jackets, these Irish brothers are all about pushing the boundaries of taste and vulgarity with […]

With more inflammatory wit and congested phlegm than Serge Gainsbourg in Lemon Incest, Perth’s favourite chain-smoking philanderer Marcel Lucont returns to Fringe this year. Gallic Symbol is side-splitting snobbery with all the Anglophobic trimmings that we have come to expect of a night with Lucont. The audience is dragged further into the pit of purposeful […]

The Burlesque Garden is set in the Garden of Eden. Suitably, it opens with a violinist decked out like Persephone in a white cowl neck gown. What is a little unexpected, is that her violin conjures up a muscular male dancer, who interestingly wears grey cotton underpants. What follows is a variety showcase of acts, […]

In the evening, the Treasury Mess Hall becomes a trove – a dewy oasis with a backyard vibe, wedged deep between old brick buildings. It’s a real treat: merpeople swim in a moonlit tank, while the sounds of Serge Gainsbourg and Prince echo over grass that seems strangely lacking in plastic flamingoes. Suitably, the creaking […]