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Live showPremiumTwin doctors walk (and talk) the dinosaur

Operation Ouch! presenters Dr Xand and Dr Chris van Tulleken return to Perth with a winning entertainment combination — dinosaurs and flatulence — in Operation Ouch! Live: Quest For The Jurassic Fart.

Tanya MacNaughton

SEE THE PICSCamera IconWicked soars into Perth: Crown’s spellbinding opening night

Theatre lovers dressed to the nines in pink and green descended on Crown Theatre for the highly anticipated arrival of the Broadway sensation Wicked.

Kellie Balaam

Wickedly goodPremiumPerth paints the town green for opening night of Wicked

Coinciding with the recent release of the film, Wicked mania was in full force as the talented cast reminded the audience that little compares to the magic of a live stage extravaganza.

Melinda Webster

Hounds of lovePremiumCelebrating the essence of Kate with fans

While leaping around like an idiot in a leotard for laughs is the main objective for Sarah-Louise Young in her cabaret style homage An Evening Without Kate Bush, an unexpected positive has also emerged.

Tanya MacNaughton

TheatreCommentsPremiumMusical arrives to paint Perth emerald

If you care to find Sheridan Adams, look to the western sky, as the musical theatre performer playing Elphaba in Wicked has landed for the Broadway musical’s season at Crown Theatre Perth.

Tanya MacNaughton

No strings attachedPremiumPinocchio panto full of joy and interaction

Zealous Productions might be building on the British tradition of presenting an annual festive pantomime season, but this year’s production of Pinocchio has been crafted with a distinctively local timber.

Tanya MacNaughton

THEATRECommentsPremiumPerth ‘Beauty’ cast in iconic Disney musical

A Perth-born stage talent is returning home in 2025 as the star of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast The Musical.

Zach Margolius

Bogan LiteratureCommentsBogan Literature returns this festive season

Bogan Shakespeare, and last year’s subsequent offshoot Bogan Literature, creator Dean Lovatt returns with the ‘Bogan’ team for a festive season parody of A Christmas Carol at Subiaco Arts Centre.

Tanya MacNaughton

WA BalletPremiumWA Ballet casts an enchanting spell in The Sleeping Beauty

There’s plenty to love about being swept away in WA Ballet’s latest production of a beloved classic, The Sleeping Beauty. Dazzling costumes, grand sets, exquisite dancing — this is a ballet that has it all.

Melinda Webster

Everything’s all rightPremiumA dream ride with classic rock opera

It is a fortunate few who can say they have performed in Jesus Christ Superstar’s title role, and when the musical opens at Crown Theatre Perth in February, Robert Tripolino can say he has done it twice.

Tanya MacNaughton

The Wizard and IEveryone deserves the chance to fly

Todd McKenney has reached the stage of his career where he quite enjoys when someone else takes hold of the musical theatre wheel, which is the case for his latest role as The Wizard of Oz in Wicked.

Tanya MacNaughton

Fringe World 2025PremiumGet set to be curious and brave

ARTRAGE chief executive Jo Thomas is passionate about the arts and loves a good statistic, so she is in her absolute element when it comes to launching Fringe World 2025.

Tanya MacNaughton

You beautyPremiumLegendary career continues to soar

Lovers of dance across Australia would consider David McAllister synonymous with ballet.

Tanya MacNaughton

Perth FestivalPremiumSTRUT moves to a bigger beat

STRUT Dance’s free Perth Festival dance hub, Perth Moves, needed a bigger dancefloor for 2025, its relocation to Forrest Place just in time to present renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Manifest.

Tanya MacNaughton

Perth FestivalPremiumDirecting a vision of truth telling and mischief making

The fact Perth Festival’s new artistic director Anna Reece is the first WA born artistic director in the festival’s 71-year history is a rather wild and surprising feat.

Tanya MacNaughton

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The Seed story of survival is a blooming success

Germinating a homegrown story with international relevance makes for a riveting theatrical ride in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s final production for 2024, The Seed.

Tanya MacNaughton

Perth FestivalPremiumReece taking Perth on a festival adventure

New artistic director Anna Reece has announced the Perth Festival 2025 program, with East Perth Power Station its live music hub for the next four years.

Tanya MacNaughton

Defying gravityPremiumWicked co-stars changed for good

After waiting in the wings for what felt like forever, Sheridan Adams is relishing her chance to fly beside Courtney Monsma in Wicked, the musical theatre performers taking on two ultimate leading lady roles.

Tanya MacNaughton

TheatreCommentsWicked stars reveal secret before opening at Crown Perth

Stepping into the shoes of one of musical theatre’s most iconic characters in your first lead role is daunting, but Sheridan Adams has a secret weapon. 

Tanya MacNaughton

A-Z theatrePremiumPerth playwright starting national conversation

The Comprehensive A-Z of Missing Persons Australia will be performed at Liberty Theatre, the abandoned cinema a most dramaturgically fitting venue for the WA Youth Theatre Company play by Grace Chow.

Tanya MacNaughton

THE HYPOTHETICALSPremiumWA play Hypotheticals to see first Narrogin performance

A contemporary Australian play is set to bend the minds of a Wheatbelt town regarding friends, family and parenthood.

Hannah Whitehead

Aluminate 2024PremiumA Perfect awards headline act

The notion Broadway’s Beetlejuice The Musical creative Eddie Perfect had the capability to write a musical had never occurred to him until he studied music theatre at WA Academy of Performing Arts.

Tanya MacNaughton

Aerial operaPremiumOpera, but not as you know it

While soprano Prudence Sanders won’t be flying around stadiums like superstar singer Pink any time soon, she is currently experiencing the thrill of performing aerial skills in WA Opera’s Orpheus & Eurydice.

Tanya MacNaughton

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Classic Disney musical to debut in Perth next year

WA will be the Belle of the ball next year when much-loved Disney favourite Beauty and the Beast takes centre stage for the first time in Perth.

Zach Margolius