Bold Park move:Perth Festival splashes down in a City Beach public pool

Bold Park move:Perth Festival splashes down in a City Beach public pool

Black Swan brings new meaning to the term “immersive theatre” by inviting audiences to bring their bathers for the finale of their latest show.

  • byMark Naglazas

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Akram Khan reimagines Rudyard Kipling for Perth Festival show

Akram Khan reimagines Rudyard Kipling for Perth Festival show

The celebrated British Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer returns to Perth Festival with his updated version of The Jungle Book that speaks to a world threatened by climate change.

  • byMark Naglazas
Woodside and Perth’s Fringe World organiser cut final ties

Woodside and Perth’s Fringe World organiser cut final ties

The city’s 2024 summer festival season will be the first in recent memory free of fossil fuel sponsorship after a five-year grassroots campaign declares a win.

  • byEmma Young
Is our Cactus cactus? Zempilas hints that Perth’s polarising public art is facing the chop

Is our Cactus cactus? Zempilas hints that Perth’s polarising public art is facing the chop

There are thoughts of moving The Cactus to a location more in keeping with what it actually depicts (hint:not a cactus).

  • byMark Naglazas
Summer stars:Stellar line-up to light up this year’s Perth Festival

Summer stars:Stellar line-up to light up this year’s Perth Festival

Iain Grandage has curated an intriguing balance of local and international acts for his fifth and final Perth Festival.

  • byMark Naglazas
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‘The grandest theatre there is’:Boorna Waanginy returns to Perth

‘The grandest theatre there is’:Boorna Waanginy returns to Perth

The Perth Festival light and sound sensation returns for a third run this week as part of EverNow,a festival celebrating country,culture and connection.

  • byMark Naglazas
Livin’ on an 800-year-old prayer:This is a music debut with a difference

Livin’ on an 800-year-old prayer:This is a music debut with a difference

For Mary Finsterer,making music is a religious experience – the MSO’s composer-in-residence will this week be premiering a new work based on the Stabat Mater.

  • byBarney Zwartz
South Park producer coming to WA film festival,mmkay?

South Park producer coming to WA film festival,mmkay?

The producer of the hit TV satire joins the director of The Dry,not to mention reps from the outfit that produces everyone’s favourite “children’s” TV show.

  • byAaron Bunch
Western Australia’s arts and sports must embrace fossil fuel-free future

Western Australia’s arts and sports must embrace fossil fuel-free future

We all cherish these organisations. It’s time for them to embrace a brighter future by cutting ties with such companies. And here’s how we’ll help them do it.

  • byCarmen Lawrence
Welcome to planet Bjork,a strange,wondrous and confounding world
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Welcome to planet Bjork,a strange,wondrous and confounding world

Icelandic musical adventurer Bjork had the audience in raptures at the opening of her Perth Festival residency at Langley Park,but she failed to communicate much beyond visual splendour.

  • byMark Naglazas andSarah Brookes