All’s Well that Ends Well is a romantic comedy where the couple shouldn’t be together and their eventual reconciliation strikes a somewhat disquieting note. The Fringe World production from local theater company North Sea Boat Terminals is a spirited and ambitious take on one of Shakespeare’s problem plays. The small cast of young Perth actors […]
Continue ReadingLife and laughs under the waves in Eric’s Tales of the Sea
Eric doesn’t look like your average comedian, nor is his show an average comedy show, but there’s a very good reason for that. Eric – first name only – has spent his life onboard Royal Navy nuclear submarines and although he says he hates the way Hollywood portrays submarines, the stories he tells in Eric’s Tales […]
Continue ReadingGood, clean family magic in Simon Coronel’s Manipulations
Short sleeves, cheeky grin and very good hands are how Simon Coronel rolls in his one-man illusionist show, Manipulations. There is no doubt that Coronel is world-class; he has won the Australian Society of Magician’s Annual Competition four years in a row and is only the fourth Australian in history to place at the World […]
Continue ReadingTales of the lonely and broken in Walk in Dirt
Despite first being performed almost a decade ago, the topics explored in Stephen House’s Walk in Dirt still feel current and perhaps even more relevant today. The show follows an unnamed man as he walks through his rubbish-filled street and into the dark urban underworld, meeting a series of bizarre and fractured characters. It is […]
Continue ReadingExamining the human condition with Campari Kid and Siren of the Squeezebox
Campari Kid and Siren of the Squeezebox created haunting and beautifully expressive music at the Artrage Bakery on Thursday night. Siren of the Squeezebox Cathie Travers virtuosically weaves through Campari Kid !an L!lburne’s poetic examinations of the human condition. She sighs and sings with her accordion while he sings poetry with his Spanish guitar. Further […]
Continue ReadingA festival for the curious and the brave
The Proximity festival is a smorgasbord of performances “tailor-made for an audience of one” at the Blue Room. With such delicacies as beard fondling and strip poker on offer, those used to playing it cool hiding in a crowd and avoiding participation may be challenged. The 12 works about reaction and interaction, reflection and introspection […]
Continue ReadingDeception and perception in A Night of Deceit
Deception makes reality relative to perception. Communications with strangers, those we are close to and even ourselves cannot always be trusted. Deceits reveal themselves in ugly but entertaining ways in Ellandar Productions’ A Night of Deceit, directed by Ellen O’Connor and Iskandar Sharazuddin. Five shorts set in the 1940s are introduced through cabaret and woven […]
Continue ReadingMarcel Lucont tackles the big issues in Encore
Encore is an award-winning show filled with often painfully funny observations on sex, relationships, language, death, wine, erectile dysfunction, Christmas, fake breasts — delivered by a smug French nihilist. Marcel Lucont approaches the microphone to his own French voice-over and poses weightily on one of his bare feet with a sardonic expression, a glass of […]
Continue ReadingHeartbreak and healing at Odette Mercy’s Heartbreak Dance
The heartless, the heartbroken and the heart-breakers came together for a journey into the pain, beauty and essence of love in Fringe World’s Odette Mercy’s Heartbreak Dance. Over the course of the evening, the audience were guided through a diverse range of performances from musicians, poets, storytellers and rappers, all in the name of love. […]
Continue ReadingHong Kong Melody Makers pitch perfect
The lush high ceilings and decorations of the Perth Town Hall were the perfect accompaniments for the dynamic vocal quintet The Hong Kong Melody Makers. The five singers from Hong Kong were visibly excited to be on their first Australian tour and provided an aural treat for the crowd with their impressive a capella performance. […]
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