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A look into deep time: ‘Abiotica’ review

Emily GreenJuly 29, 2019

There are few concepts so telling of the colonial Australian psyche as the ‘outback’. The word itself isolates the expanse it conjures to being behind, away or ...

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Antarctic hues and acrobatics amuse: Circus Oz presents ‘Precarious’

Kellie BalaamJuly 26, 2019

Singing polar bears, live music and insane balancing acts, Precarious is a 70-minute non-stop journey through the icy plains of Antarctica. Inspired by the spec...

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Director Stephen Amis on the making of ‘Defend, Conserve, Protect’: a Sea Shepherd battle against the Japanese whaling fleet

Kellie BalaamJuly 24, 2019

Sea Shepherd is an international direct-action ocean conservation movement fighting to protect all marine creatures and habitat destruction of the world’s ocean...

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What European football has been waiting for: the never-before-seen life of ‘Diego Maradona’

Venus Choo J. Q.July 24, 2019

Produced using more than 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary was made to be etched into the hearts of billions of football fans. Directed b...

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Paramedics of the bedroom: ‘Single Ladies’ series review

Kellie BalaamJuly 21, 2019

Single Ladies––not to be confused with Beyoncé’s song––is a Western Australian made comedy series entailing two strong, confident women trying to save their con...

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The West Australian Opera presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cait StruttJuly 20, 2019

Sweeney Todd, originally directed by Harold Prince and arranged by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, has been adapted for the Perth stage by The West Australia...

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Clipped wings: The White Crow review

Emily GreenJuly 19, 2019

‘White Crow’––or ‘belaya vorona’––is a Russian expression used to describe a non-conformist, one who does not belong. Though the expression lends itself well to...

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Confronting themes of survival and humanity explored in the play ‘S-27’

Kellie BalaamJuly 17, 2019

Arriving in Freo on a chilly Friday night, goosebumps prickled my skin for two reasons: the crisp winter air and anticipation for what I would soon be witnessin...

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‘The Final Quarter’: a pivotal piece of cinema

Kaelen RulandJuly 16, 2019

Booed into submission for speaking his truth in a language intrinsically Aussie—football, Adam Goodes’ final three seasons of the game became an echo chamber of...

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‘Black ‘47’ review: potatoes are for the contented slave but not the hearty and the brave

Kaelen RulandJuly 16, 2019

With a tipple of whiskey upon entry, the audience is transported to the desolate highlands of Ireland during the potato famine of the 1800s. Countless pieces ca...

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