HE’S played in The Kill Devil Hills, survived cancer and has been in the music biz for decades, so Steve “Gibbo” Gibson had plenty to draw on for his debut EP Don’t Take Me Down. A veteran of the WA music scene, Gibson started out playing bass in The Raindogs in the late 1980s before…

ANYONE up for a head-banging Nosferatu or Frankenstein? Perth muso Ben Penfold-Marwick has been writing and recording black metal scores for silent horror films made in the 1920s, giving them an eerie and frenetic new lease of life. A horror buff and black metal guitarist, Penfold-Marwick especially loves old horror movies and has played in…

THE longest running choir in WA – the UWA Choral Society – will return to Perth Concert Hall for a stunning performance of one of classical music’s most iconic and powerful works – Carmina Burana. Featuring thunderous voices and banging timpani, the opening movement O Fortuna is super dramatic and has been used in everything…

AN image that has always stuck with Feet First Collective director Teresa Izzard is the mythical Medusa; a monster at once beautiful and ugly.  One of three Gorgon sisters in Greek mythology, Medusa had living, poisonous snakes for hair, but beautiful eyes that could turn anyone who caught her gaze to stone.  Izzard was fascinated…

HAPPENED across a Q&A session in a wine bar in Leederville before going to see a movie called Frank and Frank.  Present were the cast and crew, director /writer, Adam Morris and producer Ian Hale. I missed most of the Q&A but did get to chat to Trevor Jamieson and Myles Pollard, the two Franks…

LOCALLY produced web series Love Me Lex follows single, 40-something protagonist Lex Adamson as she tries to reboot her love life.  IF the dating pool hadn’t already been small before love gave way to career, when Lex dives back in she discovers the middle-aged, lesbian community is now just a puddle. Despite the odds she…

THE New Boy is a high impact, cinematic drama that bears a poignant, fable-like message through its captivating characters, and their exploration of conflict between spirituality, culture, and colonisation. Award-winning Samson and Delilah and Sweet Country creator, First Nations filmmaker Warwick Thornton directs a powerful tale set in 1940s rural Australia and is inspired by…

TEN years of livening up laneways along Beaufort Street was marked with an alleyway party this week in the twice-rejuvenated Kaadadjiny Lane. Seventy five locals turned up to a bbq bash on June 30 to re-launch the lane with RTRFM DJs running a live broadcast, along with five local artists – Jarni Creative, Jack Bromell,…

IF YOU’RE already starting to plan activities for your hyperactive kids during the July school holidays, make sure you check out Blueback by the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. Based on Tim Winton’s beloved 1997 short novel about preserving the WA coastline and its marine life, there’s an important message lurking beneath all the fun and…

A LENGTHY piece of improvised music about imaginary letters sent back in time to a composer in the 18th century sounds like something off a prog-rock album by Rick Wakeman. But it’s actually a new classical sonata, New Letters To Esterhazy, improvised by Perth-based composer-violinist Rupert Guenther, who happens to have a cool set of…