Theatre Reviews Perth

Reviewed by Paul Treasure “Twink Death”. If there are two words that strike fear, panic, or trigger long-repressed trauma in a gay man it is these two words. Little known outside of the Gay Community, it is a very real and terrifying point in the development of many gay men. Benjamin Quirk’s latest show, which recently played at The Court, begins with a very brief faux nature documentary explaining the various tribes within the modern gay community: bears, cubs, otters, pups

Reviewed by Paul Treasure In the world that is Fringe, circus has become something of a ubiquitous presence. Every year there are a handful of shows vying for our attention, using various different ploys to try and stand out, whether it be humour, or pulp culture references, or raunchiness, or whatever. Cirqueworks current show, Gasha , takes a different and welcome approach to gain our attention, and it works beautifully. The show is a stylish and sophisticated display, filt

Reviewed by Jordan D'Arcy Casey Filips: Virtuoso is an hour of somehow exactly what you expect when you walk into a FringeWORLD improv sketch comedy, and somehow also not at all what you thought you were walking into. Casey embodies the up and coming actor Tobias Finlay-Fraser as he persists through his 300-and-something-th audition. The audience becomes the audition panel and is, uh, treated to a very very thorough audition. Anyone that has ever been on an audition panel (or