‘Every Brilliant Thing’: a play about depression that’s every bit as comical as it is heartfelt
Every Brilliant Thing is a play with a beautiful but simple premise. Its sole player recalls a list of every brilliant thing that has helped him…
Evelyn Snook turns the dark side of mental illness into brighter theatre in ‘Borderline’
Evelyn Snook is a courageous individual. Brave for having gone through and tackling the challenges of Borderline Personality Disorder – indeed, continuing so. And courageous for…
Psycho hat-trick: ‘American Psycho – The Musical’ on in Sydney again
It may not have seemed possible but American Psycho has been turned into a musical. Yep, all those ironic songs from the 1980s that Patrick Bateman…
Bernie Dieter adds a touch of sentimentality to a show otherwise drenched in sex and sass
Bernie Dieter is going to do wonders for Crown’s somewhat tarnished reputation of late (read: James Packer and the dirty money laundering scandal over east). Dieter’s…
Interview with Bernie Dieter: Mistress of ‘Weimer’-style cabaret
Cabaret queen Bernie Dieter and her band of misfits are ready to take over an abandoned nightclub hidden in the depths of Crown, having transformed it…
‘Chess: The Musical’ to be performed by the Perth Symphony Orchestra in June ’21
It’s funny, just the other day I was watching The Queen’s Gambit (the riveting Netflix series about chess) and was thinking of the classic musical Chess.…
Black Swan is back with a vengeance and a fresh season for its 30th anniversary
While Covid has proven to be a major challenge across all work sectors, it is the arts which were first hit hard. But one great thing…
Bernie Dieter returns to Perth to present more gin-soaked debauchery in ‘Berlin Underground’
Bernie Dieter is just about every positive adjective you could throw at an artist: artistic, gorgeous, fabulous, salacious, seductive, ironic, enthusiastic, humble, hilarious, hospitable and a whole…
