Perth’s ‘Highway to Hell’ just got a whole lot more raucous following the announcement of new acts for the moving concert due to make its way from Canning Bridge to Fremantle in March.
The acclaimed actor,musician and activist speaks on his abusive childhood,near death experiences and being an Indigenous elder statesperson.
Who Perth people are,what they like and what they need has been top of mind for Sisonke Msimang while assembling this frankly staggering list of talent.
"This is a bleak message to send about our national aspirations. The arts are the measure of us as a people,"festival executive director Nathan Bennett said.
The power couple's names have become synonymous worldwide with creativity and originality,but the list doesn't end there,as Thursday night's launch revealed.
The event is a sell-out,with more than 50 people having signed up to take part in the experience.
Hands down one of the most moving and memorable theatre experiences of my life.
Some were disappointed his new novel Bridge of Clay wasn't more like his world-famous The Book Thief;but what unites these books is bigger than what divides.
We were confronted by unsettling images and animalistic sounds. Swan Lake/Loch na hEala was definitely not going to be like the infamous classical ballet.
Cowhide carving and shaving,boab nut carving,live music with David Pigram,creating your own response to artworks:it's all happening this Saturday at AGWA.
There is something for everyone,literary and popular,big names and small,queer and straight,family and adult,in the star-studded Writers Week program.