Arts & Culture

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 02 June 2016

What does an atheist father do when his son announces to the family that he wants to be a priest?

That is the dilemma posed in the movie God Willing or “Se Dio Vuole”, where it was the number 1 smash hit comedy success of the 2015 Lavazza Italian Film Festival.

God Willing has hit the screens in Perth and is now showing at Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge and Luna SX in Fremantle.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 01 June 2016

The Winter Arts Festival is on again in Perth, and as part of the festival program, Black Swan State Theatre Company brings to life the all time classic Angels in America. So forget about staying home during our cold winter nights and head out for a great night's entertainment instead.

The play is set in New York City circa 1985, and follows the lives of two couples dealing with difficult times: gay lovers Louis Ironson and Prior Walter; and Mormon lawyer Joe Pitt and his wife Harper.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 28 April 2016

Well known Australian writer director Matthew Saville (Please Like Me, The Slap, The Secret Life of Us) brings to audiences his latest movie “A Month of Sundays”.

The Aussie movie is based around the main character Frank Mollard (Anthony LaPaglia), who encounters a funny incidence of receiving a phone call from his “Mum”, even though his Mum past away last year.

From there, the movie unfolds introducing Frank’s somewhat mundane, ordinary life working as a real estate agent.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 26 April 2016

Feeling hungry for a dorayaki?!

“An” - the movie by Naomi Kawase is showing at Luna Leederville, and the story revolves around a baker selling dorayaki – a Japanese pancake filled with a sweet red bean paste “an”.

Life for Sentaro the baker is so-so and as he goes about his daily life, he appears sad and lonely to his customers with little to laugh about.

The story takes an interesting turn when an elderly lady by the name of Tokue applies to help him out in his bakery.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 04 April 2016

What really happened that afternoon?

We’ll probably never know…….

Black Swan State Theatre Company’s presents its 2nd feature of 2016, this time the iconic “Picnic at Hanging Rock”, adapted by Tom Wright and based on Joan Lindsay’s classic 1967 novel.

Don't expect a simple stage version of Peter Weir's 1975 film masterpiece though.

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 10 February 2016

My partner and I tend to park out of the city and walk in to Fringe World to avoid the traffic, so when we arrived early to Paco Erhard's show at the Comedy Shack, we decided to rest our legs by sitting down on the ledge to the left of the main entrance.

We amused ourselves by watching the various fitness fanatics arrive and leave from the gym upstairs in the venue (more on this later), and idly watching passers by walking down Parker Street in Northbridge.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 09 February 2016

It was a cracker of a hot night as we waited in anticipation to watch The Dinner Party with Xavier Toby on his opening night at Fringe World Perth.

Xavier’s brand of comedy is fast and furious and as we got into the proceedings for the evening, it didn’t take very long before the people in the audience started to get involved with proceedings, to the amusement of all present.

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God Willing at Luna

Angels in America by Black Swan State Theatre Company

A Month of Sundays at Luna

An at Luna Leederville

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Black Swan State Theatre Company

Paco Erhard at the Fringe Festival Perth

The Dinner Party with Xavier Toby at Fringe World Perth