Caroline Guiela Nguyen’s lavishly staged, three-hour drama Lacrima moves from Sydney Festival to Perth where it is a highlight of Anna Reece’s festival program. Inventive Western Australian collective The Last Great Hunt gives a live performance of a faux foreign film Lé Nør [the rain], while WA Youth Theatre Company presents Scenes from the Climate Era, which unfolds across 66 short scenes, blending the comic, tragic and surreal. Other theatre shows include Jaha Koo’s Haribo Kimchi, a moving reflection on migration and home, and Meow Meow’s bold reimagining of The Red Shoes. Meanwhile, Broadway classics meet ‘yacht rock’ in Marney McQueen’s new cabaret show Songs About Boats!

Limelight Editor’s Choice

Welcome to a pojangmacha, one of the typical late-night snack bars found on the streets of South Korea. Here Jaha Koo explores food as a haven for those dislocated from their culture.

In a series of intimate, absurdist anecdotes, Koo recounts the evolution of kimchi culture, the bitter pain of unadulterated racism, the shame of trying to blend in and the deep umami taste of home.

In his typical hybrid style, combining music, cutting-edge video and robotic performers, Koo reflects on cultural assimilation with all its conflicts and paradoxes. Haribo Kimchi is heart-warming performance that plays with all the senses, serving up personal stories marinated in sweet-and-sour melancholy. It will alter your perception of food for good.