Arts & Culture

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.

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 07 February 2016

On a hot summer's evening my partner and I were waiting in line to enter Teatro 1 and catch up with one of our favorite Fringe World acts of 2015, Gordon Southern.

Last year was our first look at the veteran UK performer in action, and we were looking for a repeat performance in 2016.

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 03 February 2016

Are you looking for a funny man to tickle your family's funny bone at Fringe World Perth this year?

Then look no further and make a date to watch The Vaude-Villainous Mr Gorski at the Black Flamingo tent in the Pleasure Gardens location at James St, Northbridge.

Part cabaret act, part circus, part juggler, part slap stick comedian…….and full time evil villain, Mr Daniel Gorski is a man of many talents and a classic Vaudeville entertainer.

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 25 January 2016

Having been one of the many Perth residents who were blown away by La Soirée's award winning WA debut at Fringe World Perth 2015 (“Best Cabaret”), I was looking forward to seeing what La Soirée's lads and ladies had in store for us this time around at Fringe World Perth 2016.

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 18 January 2016

In Loaded: A Double Bill of New Plays, Black Swan State Theatre Company and the Black Swan Lab present a double header of fresh new plays revolving wobbily around the themes of friends and guns.

Neither play is quite your usual take on matters, as the playwrights examine these common issues through a quite different perspective.

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 11 November 2015

A musical about bipolar disorder sounds like a premise for a wacky, Marx brothers comedy or an over-wrought, depressing tragedy. And while Next to Normal by Black Swan State Theatre Company certainly does have its share of frenzied highs and gut-wrenching lows, it remains firmly grounded in the reality of a family dealing with mental illness and its repercussions.

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Paco Erhard at the Fringe Festival Perth

The Dinner Party with Xavier Toby at Fringe World Perth

Gordon Southern - Long Story Short at Fringe World Perth

The Vaude-Villainous Mr Gorski at Fringe World Perth

La Soiree are Back with a Bang at Fringe World Perth 2016

Loaded: A Double Bill of New Plays by Black Swan State Theatre Company

Next to Normal by Black Swan State Theatre Company