Theatre Reviews Perth

Reviewed by Kate O'Sullivan Dragon I, the newest collaboration from James Berlyn and Adam Kelly, sets out to grapple with one of the most pressing questions facing artists today: what happens to storytelling in an era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence? From the outset, the show invites the audience into the act of creation. Each person is handed a pencil and paper and encouraged to draw their own dragon. Early in the performance the crowd collectively invents a sin

Reviewed by Kate O'Sullivan When The Last Great Hunt first premiered Lé Nør (The Rain) in 2019, it quickly developed a reputation as one of the company’s most inventive works. Now returning as part of Perth Festival, the show has been remounted for a much larger audience at Heath Ledger Theatre — and its conceptual ambition remains as thrilling as ever. Lé Nør recreates a fictional foreign film live on stage, every night. What unfolds is a roller-coaster narrative that move

Reviewed by Paul Treasure With the Perth Concert Hall closed for renovations, it gives the WA Symphony Orchestra the chance to explore new venues for their concerts, including the Studio Underground at the State Theatre Centre. The space is perfect for a chamber sized orchestra, and the seating brings you close to the players, giving it a very intimate feel. The programme consisted of three chamber works all written in the last 35 years, by three living composers. The first p