The first reading of Noongar opera Wundig Wer Wilura, written and composed by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse, happened in the kitchen of an Airbnb in York, and will return to open York Festival 2024.
Tanya MacNaughton
Surrounded by her vibrant coastal-inspired work, artist and newly settled Albany resident Louise Stewart Brown is “chuffed” to be taking part in the 21st Southern Art and Craft Trail this month.
Georgia Campion
Dumbleyung will host its own “mini Oscars” to recognise past and present Theatre Club members spanning over seven decades.
Hannah Whitehead
Documentary about En Coda’s innovative 2021 concert launches national tour at Luna Leederville.
David Cusworth
A documentary revealing the journey of the first crew to summit Australia’s highest peak almost 60 years ago will screen in Albany next week.
Melissa Sheil
Albany-raised musician Rachel Lincoln has been named female vocalist of the year at the International Singer-Songwriters Association awards.
Sacred and secular texts centre stage in Voyces’ Requiem with Paul Stanhope at WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Hackett Hall.
Lukas Vondracek revives partnership with WASO and Asher Fisch in a dazzling Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 at Perth Concert Hall on Friday.
Big on heart, hair and humour, Hairspray The Musical is musical theatre at its feel-good best, packed with a positive message, catchy tunes and oodles of laughs.
An artwork reflecting the confusion and anxiety of living between two cultures has won The West Australian Pulse 2024 People’s Choice Award.
Timing is everything and last year proved a winner for Melbourne-born, Fremantle-based artist Jo Darvall when awarded the Collie Art Prize 2023.
An eastern suburbs art gallery has narrowly missed out on $600,000 to help build a new studio for art, meditation and yoga classes.
Jessica Evensen
Albany’s youth has transformed a bland building into a vibrant display of colour and creativity for an ‘art as therapy’ project.
Tucked away in Walmsley is a gardener’s delight at Designer Dirt, the creative lovechild of Ian and Jane Michael, who’s works are scattered around the Great Southern.
The 2024 Southern Art and Craft Trail is once again landing in the Great Southern with 74 exhibitions showcasing the artistic talent of 500 local artists.
A Nannup artist is the only Western Australian finalist recognised for the John Leslie Art Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious landscape art awards.
Anjelica Smilovitis
The two leading ladies of the hit musical Wicked swooped in for a flying visit to Perth this week ahead of the show’s opening later this year.
Bethany Hiatt
WA Opera soprano Rachelle Durkin and Australian Baroque bring Un Bellissimo Fuoco (A Beuatiful Fire) to WA Museum Boola Bardip Hackett Hall.
DIY guru Rob Palmer is in WA for a very different role — playing Tracy Turnblad’s mother, Edna Turnblad, in the HAMA Productions season of Hairspray The Musical at Crown Theatre Perth.
History buffs and would-be botanists will be able to take a step back in time to the age of enlightenment as part of a new immersive exhibit opening at the WA Maritime Museum.
Rebecca Parish
While Paige Fallu may have her mum to thank for her love of musical theatre, neither envisioned it would one day lead to Fallu making her lead debut in the musical Hairspray with DIY guru Rob Palmer.
Italian-Australian glass artist Sabrina Dowling Giudici is set to unveil a connection that bridges WA’s breathtaking Shark Bay World Heritage Site with the lagoon city of Venice at The Venice Glass Week.
WA Ballet’s season of Romeo & Juliet is a bold and spellbindingly contemporary re-telling of Shakespeare’s great tragic love story.
The City of Perth has given the 2024 Lester Prize $60,000 following pleas for ‘vital’ extra funding.
