Review: Mungangga Garlagula (Tura, Mark Atkins & Erkki Veltheim)
Unsettling, uncanny encounters on Country make for a powerful radio-play-like experience.
Assoc. Prof. Jonathan W. Marshall is an academic and arts critic currently based at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University.
Unsettling, uncanny encounters on Country make for a powerful radio-play-like experience.
The interrogation of US national security translator Reality Winner transformed into a perfect work of theatre for this age of uncertainty.
A powerfully staged reminder that, like everyone else, kings and gods struggle to deal with their own failings, weaknesses and desires.
Dr Lynette Narkle shines in a fine work exploring questions of family, Country and where one will ultimately lay one's head.
The West Australian reprise of Lucy Kirkwood's Fukushima-inspired drama squanders its potential in a production that never seems to settle.
A beguiling set of contradictions sketch the evolution of John Cage’s thinking about music, sound and indeterminacy.
Two striking Australian First Nations dance works demonstrate a breadth of styles, from streetwise to elegiac.
Beneath the Music is an elegant and moving story of familial redemption from rising Perth theatre star Jay Emmanuel.
A powerful meditation on identity, work and the presence of ancestors from the Broome-based intercultural dance company Marrugeku.
Deep listening, First Nations works, deconstructed theatre and Afro-futurist performance among the highlights of Perth Festival 2023.
Equations of a Falling Body is a fine addition to Laura Boynes’ evolving oeuvre and a promise of further gems to come.
Traversing time and place, this must-see play examines the oil industry, empire and greed through the microcosm of a timeless mother-daughter relationship.
Kind of Light is perhaps yet to hit its stride, but this evening of experimental music was still a great night out and an exciting sign of things to come.