Perth Walkabout March Monthly Wrap
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- Written by: Nita Teoh
The Perth Walkabout Monthly Wrap is published at the start of each month to provide a snapshot of articles that hit the headlines in the last 4 weeks.
Here is Perth Walkabout's Monthly Wrap for the month of March:
Seed an Idea at the Perth Start Up Weekend
Have you got a good web or mobile app idea or two to develop that you would like to road test amongst a group of supportive individuals in Perth?
The Start Up Weekend in Perth was held recently, where the best and brightest brains around town got together to pitch and road test their latest entrepreneurial ideas.
This is the second installment of a two part series about Op Shops in Perth by Kelly Wayne from You Got That At An Op Shop?!
I recently shared with you my top ten rules for getting the most out of your op shopping experiences. So now you may be asking where are Perth’s best op shops?
Review - Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai in 3D at Luna
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- Written by: Greg Letts
I headed down to Luna Leederville cinema recently to watch Takashi Miike's Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai in 3D. Although I usually like to write my reviews within a day or two of watching the movie so I still have everything fresh in my memory, in this case real life intervened and I'm writing this review over a week later. So we'll see whether the delay makes much of a difference in my perspective.
To begin with, I'll start by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie. I don't have much experience when it comes to Samurai movies of any type, so I just turned up hoping to watch something entertaining for a couple of hours.
While I was certainly entertained by Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, I was also soon engrossed in a story which was told exceptionally well.
Review - Rust and Bone at Luna Leederville
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- Written by: Nita Teoh
Luna Leederville brings to Perth audiences the movie Rust and Bone by Director Jacques Audiard. Audiard is well known for his Oscar award winning movies such as A Prophet and the eight Cesar-award winning The Beat That My Heart Skipped.
The two key characters are Ali ( played by Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts, and Stephanie (played by award winning French actress Marion Cottilard).
The movie begins with Ali and his young son Sam turning up on the doorstep of his sister's house after a four year absence.
Rust and Bone takes you on a roller coaster ride as you follow the ups and downs in Ali and Stephanies ' lives. It is violent in parts, and poignant in others with tender moments as the characters spar in conversation. There are also some fun moments where the movie hones in on their day to day lives.
Looking to Buy A Home in Perth? - Get Down to the Home Buyer and Property Investor Show
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The Home Buyer and Property Investor Show will be on in Perth this weekend (Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March). If you are a local looking to buy a home in Perth, you will have access to more than 60 companies who will all be exhibiting all in one location - the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
For anyone looking to purchase their first home, navigating the process can be a daunting prospect – such as finding the right property, saving enough to get to your required deposit amount, or getting all your paperwork with your bank lined up.
With the Reserve Bank currently holding interest rates low property is looking affordable.
Chris Gray, leading property investor expert and CEO of Empire Property Portfolio, had this to say about the current real estate market
Review of The Importance of Being Earnest by Black Swan State Theatre Company
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- Written by: Greg Letts
After spending a couple of very enjoyable hours watching Black Swan State Theatre Company's wonderful production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, you'll have to forgive me if I feel that a serious review would not be in the spirit of things. So instead, you'll have to settle for a series of off-the-cuff and extremely trivial remarks!
Isn't there an amazing difference between being told somebody is a genius and being shown why? Wilde's script still crackles with energy and wit more than a century later.
Perth Start Up Weekend - Watch this Space for Innovative Apps and Ideas in Perth
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It's late Friday afternoon in Perth, and while the din of traffic quietens in the city as office workers head home for the weekend, things are just getting started at 45 St Georges Terrace. The best brains around town are gathered together at the co workspace SpaceCubed to gear up for the Perth Start up Weekend.
The Perth Start Up Weekend is one of the key events of the year where budding entrepreneurs gather together to begin the process of transforming their ideas into reality. There is a combination of excitement and a buzz of nervous energy in the air as participants mingle and chat. Some have come to contribute their development skills, some to design and others to add their marketing mojo.
Ironically, once upon a time, 45 St Georges Terrace was home to the Reserve Bank. Its vaults are one sign of its former life, and since any one of these web or app ideas at the Start Up Weekend could well be the next online success, perhaps those old vaults will come in handy after all!
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