DURING the week she’s on stuffy Zoom calls handling important business matters, but come the weekend her alter ego Kitty Littéur comes out to play as she indulges her real passion – burlesque. A playful performer who likes to tease, Littéur has been ripping up the Aussie burlesque scene for nearly 15 years and has…

ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Perth rap sensation Inkabee’s debut solo single advocates going to school and thumbs its nose at tired hiphop stereotypes like gangs, drugs and a life of crime. An upbeat number that focuses on the power of education, Saved by the Bell encourages young folk, without a hint of cheese, to follow their dreams. Filmed…

AN hour long psychedelic video of skulls, a deranged treasure hunt in thick fog, and an old video arcade abandoned in the jungle are just some of the highlights in this year’s Strange Festival. Now in its second year, the 10-day festival puts to bed the notion of Perth being a dull backwater with vacant…

THE days of an art exhibition being a stuffy affair with socialites nibbling canapés and admiring staid 15th century paintings is largely a thing of the past. These days exhibitions tend to be lively, multimedia “events” with everything from steampunk robots to naked trapeze artists eating pâté. There will definitely be a cross-section of strange…

   IT was survival of the fittest at Tsuke-Ba in Leederville. A throng of well-dressed office workers quickly regressed to snarling maniacs; elbowing and pushing to get to the front of the display counter at the busy Japanese takeaway. I soon joined the white-collar feeding frenzy, using some well timed shoulder barges to reach the…

THE little-known and persecuted Bahá’í Faith was the inspiration for a stunning portrait by Iranian-born Khashayar Salmanzadeh in this year’s Hatched exhibition at PICA. Featuring 26 graduates from 21 art schools across Australia, the annual exhibition is an opportunity for Sandgropers to enjoy some of the nation’s best young artistic talent all under one roof. …

A TROOP of radical performers are bringing magical realism to Perth this May.  The future-focussed and unique approach to the arts will be on full display as Crash Theatre Company shares its newest show, Sisterhood of The Travelling Lighter.  Crash had its genesis in a Notre Dame University common room in 2018 when young theatre…

IT all started in 1983 when a bunch of jazz musos and enthusiasts led by Adrian Kenyon and Pat Crichton decided to form an organisation to promote young jazz musicians in WA. Fast forward to 2023 and the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra is well, not so young anymore – preparing to celebrate its 40th birthday…

THE 2023 production of Rolling Thunder Vietnam could be the most poignant yet as it joins forces with Soldier On to support Aussie veterans and their families. Since its world premiere in Brisbane in 2014, the hit homegrown show has struck a chord with its moving mix of laughter, tears and rousing rock songs from the…

PORTRAIT of the Queen is a captivating documentary seen through the eyes of the photographers and lighting artists lucky enough to photograph Elizabeth Windsor throughout her reign.  The film is a celebration of her life and legacy through the lens of portrait and photography. Cleverly filmed with only the face seen against a black background,…