MUSIC and the spokenword collide in a colourful celebration of African culture at the Blue Room Theatre this month. An Evening of African Poetry and Storytelling is no dull recital and includes lively percussion, captivating visuals, rapping and a large multi-talented cast of performers and narrators. Ostensibly a lot of fun, the show subtly explores…

AS the WA film industry grows, we will probably get used to seeing our city streets used as colourful settings.  But at this point, it still comes as a pleasant surprise to see Croke Street, Fremantle (right around the corner from the Voice’s head office) up on the big screen in Kid Snow. Set in…

BEFORE IT ENDS is based on Denmark’s occupation by Nazi Germany in 1940, despite declaring its neutrality. The occupation lasted five years until Germany admitted defeat as the Allies and Soviets surrounded Berlin. In the final months of the war several hundred thousand German refugees fleeing the advancing Soviets ended up in Denmark.  The story…

AWARD-WINNING poet John Kinsella and Perth composer Simon Charles have joined forces to create an eerie and poignant homage to the York suspension bridge. The first of its kind in WA, the footbridge was built in 1888 to connect the small rural town of York with the Holy Trinity Church on the other side of…

IF you have ever read US romance and young teen author Colleen Hoover, you would know that she writes beautiful but hard-hitting stories. It Ends with Us is the unfolding of Lily Bloom’s life from her teenage years, through her first love with Atlas, a homeless boy, to the birth of her child and taking…

GET you feather boa and fishnet tights at the ready, the International Burlesque Festival is coming to Perth. Now in its 11th year, the festival is a showcase for some of the best burlesque, cabaret and variety performers in the world. Hosted by hilarious drag queen BeBe Gunn, the festival will feature worldwide debuts, the…

IT’S one of WA’s longest running artist-run initiatives, but many folk will have never heard of Gotham Studios. Situated on James Street in the heart of Perth, it’s essentially a working space for artists in the inner-city. It sounds like something that should be common place and a no-brainer, but with more and more CBD…

THERE’S still time to catch the tail end of the Lyric Lane Jazz Festival in Maylands. The three-day festival wraps up on Saturday with a great bill that has a little bit of everything. Kicking off at 7pm is the Ray Walker Trio. A veteran of countless sessions for TV and radio, Walker is a…

Aah, the humble bog lap in Fremantle. For those who don’t know their dipstick from their camshaft, it’s when drivers do slow, rumbling circuits of the Freo CBD in their souped-up cars at the weekend. At some point we’ve all enjoyed an alfresco lunch on the Cappuccino Strip, only to be deafened by a pink…

I ALWAYS maintain the humble matinee cost me a first class degree in history. At uni, my mate and I would bunk off lectures to see an afternoon movie at the cinema, then stumble out into the daylight and wonder why we knew nothing about the American Civil War (we did know lots about Eddie…