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