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PREVIEW: LOTTERYWEST FESTIVAL FILMS | SEASON TWO

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2016 marks the 64th year of the Perth International Arts Festival and the 24th year of their very fruitful partnership with Lotterywest. Season Two of Lotterywest Festival Films was launched by PIAF’s Artistic Director Wendy Martin on Monday 18 January at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium. The 2015/16 Lotterywest Festival Film Seasons are the first to be programmed by their new Film Program Manager, Tom Vincent. At Monday night’s Season Two launch, Vincent explained his reasons for splitting the festival into two distinct seasons for the first time ever: it gave he and his team time to ensure the second season would … Continue reading PREVIEW: LOTTERYWEST FESTIVAL FILMS | SEASON TWO

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NEWS: WHAT’S ON? week ending 13.12

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  We’ve had a lot of 2016 season launches from all around town in the past couple of weeks, and boy is there some exciting stuff on the horizon for Perth! And tomorrow the Fringe World 2016 and Blue Room Summer Nights programs go live, so here at Perth Arts Live, we’re all aflutter with the excitement that’s beginning to build! But 2015 ain’t over yet, and there are a few things on to keep us going until the end of the year. Let’s take a look!   In a Bony Embrace Hayman Theatre and The Blue Room Theatre Runs … Continue reading NEWS: WHAT’S ON? week ending 13.12

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NEWS: WHAT’S ON? Week Ending 6.12

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Getting ready for summer and the holidays? Stay tuned next week for our WHAT’S ON? Holiday Edition! In the meantime, enjoy these artsy events all around Perth this week, and support your local artists by stocking up on some holiday gifts for friends and family from unchARTed.     James Morrison & WASO – A Journey Through Jazz West Australian Symphony Orchestra 3 & 4 December           About the concert: Australia’s favourite trumpeter James Morrison journeys through history’s jazz greats. Hear the greatest jazz standards made famous by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, … Continue reading NEWS: WHAT’S ON? Week Ending 6.12

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NEWS: WHAT’S ON? Week Ending 29.11

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It’s the last week in November and it’s starting to get quiet around Perth, but there are is still plenty to do! CINDERELLA WA Ballet Runs 20 Nov – 13 Dec           About the show: Set in the resplendent ‘30s, Cinderella is a tale of romance, jealously and enchantment. Cinderella’s downtrodden life as a servant to her selfish and vain stepsisters changes on the evening of the palace ball, when her Fairy Godmother appears and casts a spell that will transform her life forever. Choreographed by WAB Principal Dancer Jayne Smeulders, Cinderella premiered in 2011 with … Continue reading NEWS: WHAT’S ON? Week Ending 29.11

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NEWS: What’s on this week

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  Here is this week’s crop of shows opening this week around Perth, and guess what music theatre lovers – it’s all MT! Once again, there’s plenty to see out there, so let your Netflix chill for a couple of hours, and go see some live stuff.     Multiverse Theory in D The Blue Room & Ellandar Productions Runs 19 Nov – 5 Dec       About the show: On the eve of her 30th birthday, Naomi has it all. A high-paying job, a good looking boyfriend and a great social life. But an unexpected run-in with an ex … Continue reading NEWS: What’s on this week

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NEWS: What’s on this week

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No excuse for staying in this week if you’re a theatre and dance lover, as three exciting shows have their official openings around Perth’s stages. Check out the links below for more information.   MUSIC THEATRE: NEXT TO NORMAL Black Swan State Theatre Runs 11-22 November About the show: Meet Diana Goodman, loving wife and mother who wants nothing more than for her husband Dan and their two children to get along like one big happy family. But in a seemingly perfect suburban neighbourhood, their struggles, like most families, are anything but normal. They test and mock each other at every turn … Continue reading NEWS: What’s on this week

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NEWS: PIAF 2016 – Just the theatre

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PIAF 2016 is here! It’s still only November 2015, but we Perthlings can begin to get excited NOW for Ferbuary and March, because Perth International Arts Festival 2016 is on its way. The line-up has been announced, the website revamped with all the pertinent information, and there are some wonderful things in store. Let’s have a look at the theatre portion of the festival. Next year, PIAF will be presenting 4 works EXCLUSIVE to the festival and 4 PREMIERES. EXCLUSIVES:   REFUSE THE HOUR William Kentridge is back to PIAF in 2016. His challenging and lauded work, Ubu and the Truth Commission was … Continue reading NEWS: PIAF 2016 – Just the theatre

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NEWS: The BeauVine Festival

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JumpClimb Events just loves to get people together to eat, drink and be merry, so they’ve gone and created yet another festival for us Perthians to do just that. JumpClimb are the folks that organise the Beaufort Street Festival and Noodle Palace at Fringe World, so this probably won’t be your typical food and wine fair. They’re brining along some artists and live music to spice up the atmosphere at Birdwood Square in Highgate this coming weekend. Birdwood Square is normally the weekend haunt of the local football clubs, but its Highgate location makes it a pretty accessible spot for Mt. Lawley/Northbridge/North … Continue reading NEWS: The BeauVine Festival

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NEWS: WA Opera Launches 2016 Season

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  It looks like WA Opera will be leaving its comfort zone in 2016. Instead of a season full of the big three (Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart) as we’ve seen over the last couple of years, Artistic Director Brad Cohen has programmed a season full of uncommon selections with a distinctly West Australian sensibility in mind. In the company’s media statement regarding the program, WA Opera confirms its commitment to a kind of seachange, or at the very least an intention to broaden its scope in terms of new work, new productions and WA artists. “West Australian Opera’s 2016 Season will deliver an … Continue reading NEWS: WA Opera Launches 2016 Season

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NEWS: Expresstival 2015

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Get diverse, Perth! Expresstival is happening tomorrow, Saturday 17 October from 1:30 – 7pm at Forrest Place, Perth. Free for all ages, and some fantastic artists are involved.   Phil Walley-Stack’s STRONG is on, in case you missed him at the Astor last Friday.     MC Trooth will be performing, and the theatre crowd might remember him from Class Act Theatre‘s 2014 hip hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.     And emerging artist Ruby Smedley will be painting live at the event. Theatre crowds might know her from her scenic painting work with Black Swan. ABOUT THE … Continue reading NEWS: Expresstival 2015