Ian McKellen admits fat suit saved him after stage fall
Ian McKellen says he is still in “agonising pain” after falling from the stage during a play in London but feels “lucky” that he was wearing a fat suit at …
Theatre
Malaysia courts Chinese tourists with lavish Encore Melaka mega-theatre, unsettling locals
In nearby Melaka Raya, the sprawling 12-story Elements Mall, also built on reclaimed land with Chinese investment, stands largely empty save for a lone cinema. The towering development looms over …
Breaksea presents new contemporary music theatre production Caretaker at Fridays Studio in West Perth
Breaksea started out in 2017 as an Albany-based vocal performance initiative but has grown to spread the joy of creativity through music, theatre and community stories across WA, championing artists …
10 Nights in Port 2024 to feature dance work A Resting Mess by Daisy Sanders at Old Custom House
Daisy Sanders had enjoyed 18 months of working independently as a dancer after graduating from WA Academy of Performing Arts when anaesthetic during endometriosis surgery in 2015 triggered chronic fatigue …
Romeo and Juliet bored him, but Steven Berkoff’s play Greek changed Sean Curran’s life
Steven Berkoff’s 1988 revival at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre of his own play Greek (1980), a reworking of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex updated to contemporary London, presented a confrontational, stylised, deconstructivist theatrical …
Learn Taylor Swift’s dance moves, take DJing lessons and much more at FringeYouth Festival
The workshop is part of the inaugural FringeYouth Festival at The Fringe Club in Central from July 16-21, the first time the heritage arts venue has hosted a youth-driven arts …
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company presents Brothers Wreck at Subiaco Arts Centre during NAIDOC Week 2024
Noongar actor Maitland Schnaars reflects on the past year as being both rewarding and humbling, after stepping into his latest role as Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company artistic director. “I didn’t …
Black Swan State Theatre Company presents Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie starring Sophia Forrest
Auditioning for the role of criminal defence barrister Tessa Ensler in Suzie Miller’s solo tour de force Prima Facie is the first time actor Sophia Forrest has not tried to …
Hong Kong theatres struggle to preserve costumes, props for public amid storage woes
“The theatre company was established in 1979, but the archive was not started until 2018,” said Christy Lee Shuk-kwan, the company’s head of programme and communications. “We hope to keep …
Tjaabi-Flood Country: Ngarluma songman Patrick Churnside brings cultural exchange to Melville
Ngarluma man Patrick Churnside is on a journey to reawaken a traditional Pilbara song and his performance which has been a decade in the making is coming to Melville for …