Bunbury singer Chelsea Burns lends her voice to opera for “the characters and their emotional stories”.
Sofia Fimognari
Having to improvise on stage is a nightmare scenario for many performers, but for David Massingham it is his happy place, relishing the Fringe World return of Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit.
Tanya MacNaughton
Composer, singer and Indigenous champion Gina Williams AM joins WA Opera board after Noongar-language breakthroughs at His Majesty’s Theatre.
David Cusworth
Music is “like breathing” for Denmark multi-instrumentalist Robin Thomson, whose career of more than 40 years has seen him teach hundreds of aspiring musicians, recently becoming an award-winning composer.
Melissa Sheil
A Balingup “mindfulness” centre held an exhibition of Tibetan art in Perth this month to fundraise for a nunnery in India.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Bridgetown textile artist Cassi-Jo Davis has interwoven her personal story of healing into a new exhibition, transforming upcycled garments and fabrics into works of art with a message behind each piece.
Melbourne-based baritone Luke Belle is making their Fringe World debut as delightful drag cabaret character Adore Handel in Adore Handel’s Little Black Book.
The 2013-founded troupe joins the cavalcade of this year’s Fringe World acts featuring a program of more than 550 shows across comedy, music, circus, cabaret, theatre and dance.
Seventh-generation circus performer Merrik Ashton makes his producer debut with cosmic cabaret saloon show Lassu at Fringe World 2025.
A Yallingup art gallery featuring West Australian outback landscapes is showcasing WA artist Judy Prosser’s latest works of the “wild” Kimberley.
2023 Archibald Prize finalist Melissa Clements is culminating her year-long residency at Fremantle’s PS Art Space with a solo exhibition Flight of the Battery Hens.
International folk artist Emily Barker will return home for the first Tender is the Night show in Bridgetown, accompanied by a local artist and string quartet.
Dramatic scenery, government grants and a new studio have been attracting A-listers and big-name studios to WA in a promising sign of confidence in the small but ambitious local screen industry.
Simone Grogan
Perth is undoubtedly shaking off the misconception that nothing ever tours here, with a long list of impressively big-name performing arts offerings already announced for 2025.
Tasmania's Fingal is proposing a world-first "town twinning" partnership with the digital game SimCity, with hopes it can revitalise the 400-strong community.
Emily Verdouw
Vienna Pops Orchestra’s New Year’s Eve Gala has moved to UWA as Winthrop Hall replaces Perth Concert Hall during three years of renovations.
Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth now owns a ‘good looking rooster’ created especially for him by a Wheatbelt based artist.
An unexpected observation gives new Spare Parts Puppet Theatre musical Hometown the tick of approval with audiences ahead of its school holiday season at Claremont Showground’s Ellie Eaton Theatre.
Noel! Noel! rings out from the gallery at St Joseph’s Subiaco to launch Voyces’ choral Christmas celebrations.
Sublime seasonal highlights with White Wine in the Sun for Freeze Frame Opera’s Christmas at the Quarry.
Seasonal treats and a fresh singing partnership at St Mary’s South Perth for Christmas with HIP Company.
Australian carol leads out Giovanni Consort’s Christmas celebrations at St Mary’s South Perth.
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
A Bridgetown textile artist is exhibiting a collection of works in Busselton about finding ones inner “oasis” when life is hard.
