JUNE TO AUGUST 2016 A message from the LORD MAYOR Perth’s biggest winter festival is upon us—a colourful program packed with events to keep you entertained for three months over winter. From June to August 2016, the City of Perth Winter Arts Festival will host exciting arts and cultural experiences to suit all tastes, spanning theatre, music, comedy, cabaret, dance, film, literature, family and visual arts. With over 130 free and ticketed events from more than 60 participating organisations and artists, this year’s program combines exceptional local talent alongside exciting national and international acts. From the underground to the epic, the quirky to the popular, and the hilarious to the highbrow, every arts inclination can be catered for on any night of the week in the City. Highlights include The Caucasian Chalk Circle—Black Swan State Theatre’s first international collaboration with the National Theatre of China, Comic Tragics—an exploration of graphic art at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the musical Little Shop of Horrors at His Majesty’s Theatre, and Winter ArtsBar featuring multimedia projections and live performances in a tunnel under St Georges Terrace. Be inspired by new ideas, creative expression and dynamic works, with events taking place at majestic venues, outdoor spaces and unexpected places. For an even bigger selection of events, and recommendations for the cosiest bars, hidden treasures, restaurants, shopping, and special offers, go online to: visitperthcity.com. Unforgettable arts and cultural experiences await you in the City this winter. The Right Honorable the Lord Mayor Lisa-M. Scaffidi visitperthcity.com #perthwinterarts 2 Festival Event PROGRAM Cabaret 4 Comedy 4 Dance 5 Film 6 Family 7 Literature 8 Music 9 Theatre 15 Visual Art 17 Event Planner 22 This publication is available in other formats on request. visitperthcity.com 3 Phelan Groovy Morning Music Series: DivaLicious – Opera Rocks! Downstairs at The Maj 2-4 Jun • 7.30pm From $45 Perth Concert Hall 14 Jun • 11am-12pm $22-$28 Kurt Phelan recently channelled Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, and now he’s here to deliver a show that switches between pop, jazz and Broadway with impressive characterisation. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj Rachael Beck This Girl Downstairs at The Maj 16-18 Jun • 7.30pm From $45 Cheeky songbird Rachael Beck performs songs from shows like Cabaret, Les Misérables and A Little Night Music, to rock anthems by Kate Bush and KD Lang. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj I Won’t Dance: SOngs of fred astaire and cole porter Downstairs at The Maj 30 Jun-2 Jul • 7.30pm • From $45 New York’s cabaret award-winner Steve Ross performs his hit Broadway show which features ‘20s and ‘30s classics and the songs of Fred Astaire and Cole Porter. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj Julian Gargiulo Direct from Carnegie Hall Underground Burlesque Downstairs at The Maj 16 Jul • 2pm & 7.30pm From $45 Rigby’s Bar 5 Aug • 7pm-10pm $30 Described as “Saturday Night Live with a piano” and “pure Woody Allen-ish wit”, this unconventional concert by pianist Julian Gargiulo makes a classical musician look like rock royalty. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj This dinner and show takes you back in time to an underground speakeasy where the champagne flows and you’re entertained by performances from Sugar Blue Burlesque. rigbysbar.com.au ¡Hispanic Attack! The Comedy Underground Downstairs at The Maj 18-20 Aug • 7.30pm From $45 The Hidden Bar 2, 9 & 16 Jun • 6pm $10 or $8 earlybird Ryan Gonzalez belts out Latin numbers by Gloria Estefan, Santana, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and even his former boy-band mate and sworn enemy Ricky Martin in an outrageous and hysterical night. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj 4 Penny Shaw and Fiona Cooper Smyth perform opera’s greatest hits in a show where anything goes from Mozart to Mamma Mia, from Queen of the Night to Queen! perthconcerthall.com.au This hilarious night puts the audience in the driver’s seat. Performers take to the stage for an hour of improvised comedy inspired by audience suggestions. Dave Callan Barefaced Stories Downstairs at The Maj 10 Jun, 15 Jul & 12 Aug 7.30pm • From $45 The Bird 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 30 Aug 8pm-10.30pm • $10 Door Sales Get your comedy fix with a carefully selected line-up of comedians from Australia and around the world guaranteed to have you laughing all night long. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj • hosted by Andrew Denton Comedy Shack Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre • 25-28 July • 8pm From $112 Rigby’s Bar Various Fridays • 7.30pm $25 Following the success of 700 Sundays in Australia, actor Billy Crystal will share the stage with celebrated Australian interviewer Andrew Denton in a hilarious and personal evening. ticketek.com.au See Australia’s finest comedians when they stop by between world tours (Melbourne and Edinburgh festivals) with overseas, interstate and open mic performers thrown into the mix. thecomedyshack.com.au V I S I T P E R T H C I T Y. C O M Evening of Sit Down with Billy Crystal Solo raconteurs, from comedians to bus drivers, accountants to pro wrestlers, regale with true tales on a different theme each month—some humorous, some sad, and some downright perverse. barefaced.com.au COMEDY Comedy Lounge • Wil Sylvince His Majesty’s Theatre 16-18 Aug • 8pm • From $45 In Perth for three exclusive nights only, the roadshow features comedians including Hannah Gadsby, Nath Valvo and Will Sylvince (USA) set to leave you in stitches. ticketek.com.au Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Rigby’s Bar 19-20 Aug • 7pm $105 Anything can happen when you’re served a ‘70s style dinner by Basil, Sybil and Manuel and two-thirds of the show is improvised in this hilarious theatrical dining experience. http://bit.ly/1VVmTmG CLINTON: THE MUSICAL Royal Ballet FRANKENSTEIN State Theatre Centre of WA 27 Aug-11 Sep • Various From $33 Cinema Paradiso 1-3 Jul • 10.30am $24 Heading to Perth after a sell-out season off Broadway, this hilarious musical will be just the antidote in the lead up to yet another US presidential election drama. ticketek.com.au Dance Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow This on-screen world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s new full length ballet is inspired by Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece—a story of love, fear, loneliness and longing. lunapalace.com.au 5 Dance • Reason for Being OUR land people stories Art Gallery of WA 6-9 Jul & 24-27 Aug 10am-4pm • Free State Theatre Centre of WA 20-23 July • Various From $46 Follow Co3 Artistic Director Raewyn Hill as she creates this new work with dancers within the gallery spaces. Experience Gallery architecture re-interpreted through contemporary dance. Photo: Toni Wilkinson. artgallery.wa.gov.au HATCH: WAAPA Dance Season Screen Space – Mary Reid Kelley Priapus Agonistes UWA Cultural Precinct 23-27 Aug • Various $21-$26 Art Gallery of WA 4 Jun-25 Sep • 10am-5pm Free Graduating dancers from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts showcase new choreographed works performed by their peers against imaginative soundscapes composed by the music students. waapa.ecu.edu.au Re-examining aspects of Greek mythology, combining humour and tragedy, the film focuses on a minotaur roaming a labyrinth beneath a gymnasium. Image: Mary Reid Kelly Priapus Agonistes 2013 (still detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas 3D Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2016 Cinema Paradiso 18-19 Jun • 1pm $20 State Theatre Centre of WA 23-28 Jun • 7pm From $25 Take an extraordinary cinematic 3D journey through the four majestic Papal Basilicas in Rome – each with a precious altar and timeless works of art as a destination for travellers over the centuries. lunapalace.com.au The world’s most prestigious mountain film festival brings you short films with mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenalin-inducing action by adventure filmmakers. ticketek.com.au West Australian Screen Awards Revelation Perth International Film Festival State Theatre Centre of WA 4 Jul • 6pm-12am $90+bf Cinema Paradiso, PICA & State Library of WA 7-17 Jul • Various The 2016 WA Screen Awards will be a red carpet gala celebrating the State’s achievements in film and television with the who’s who of the WA film industry in attendance. fti.asn.au/wasa-2016 6 This new contemporary dance work by Bangarra Dance Theatre draws inspiration from the incredible life story and paintings of internationally acclaimed Nyapanyapa Yunupingu. ticketek.com.au/bangarra WA’s premier festival of cutting-edge independent film will include over 100 films, special guests, Revel-8, a Jim Henson retrospective and the industry awards. revelationfilmfest.org © Disney. All rights reserved. Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival Kids’ Cushion Concerts Perth Arena 2-6 Jun • 7pm From $35.17 Perth Concert Hall 25 Jun • 9.45am & 11.15am $17 Be swept away by the magical world of Disney on Ice. Join characters from Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Tangled in an unforgettable, magical adventure. pertharena.com.au WASO’s 15-piece ensemble introduces children aged up to 6 years old to the instruments of the symphony orchestra in this fun event with lots of song, dance and laughter. waso.com.au Peter and the Wolf Wild Life Show Perth Concert Hall 26 Jun • 1pm & 3pm $27 Perth Town Hall 28 Jun-20 Jul 9.30am-4.30pm • Free West Australian Symphony Orchestra, two dancers and incredible masks bring you Peter and the Wolf, with all the action projected onto a big screen. For 5-10 year olds. waso.com.au Act-BelongCommit Co:Dance School Holiday Workshop King Street Arts Centre 4-8 Jul • 10am-4pm • $250 This weeklong workshop by the Co3 professional dance ensemble helps young dancers create their own ideas and movements and learn short choreography sequences. Suitable for ages 7-17. trybooking.com/LDFX This exhibition commemorates the stories of the Wild Life Shows in the ‘50s and ‘60s with flora and fauna displays, workshops and a native animal petting zoo. cityofperth.wa.gov.au Discover! Percussion UWA Cultural Precinct 5 Jul • 10am-11.30am $20 For budding musicians aged 8-12 years wanting to leap into the wonderful world of percussion. Led by Jackson Vickery, students will learn new and exciting beats and rhythms. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts The 52-Storey Treehouse Children’s Art Workshop State Theatre Centre of WA 5-14 Jul • Various From $29 UWA Cultural Precinct 6 Jul • 11.30am & 1.30pm $10 Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s bestselling book comes to life on stage. Set off on a crazy adventure in this imaginative and engaging play for children aged 6-12 years. ticketek.com.au Let your child’s inner artist come out to play in this workshop by local artist Fiona Willis that explores abstraction using colour, shapes, and forms. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts 7 The Sleepover Lah-Lah - Sing It Loud! State Theatre Centre of WA 15-16 Jul • 7.30pm $100 Perth Town Hall 24 Jul • 10am $25.50 Barking Gecko will take you backstage and onstage in a magical theatrical experience for families filled with performance and storytelling… all in time for bed. barkinggecko.com.au Living Lecture: Macbeth An hour with Leigh Hobbs UWA Cultural Precinct 7 Jun • 10am-4pm $20 State Library of WA 16-18 Jun • Various Free Barking Gecko’s Matt Edgerton presents Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy, Macbeth, in an entertaining mixture of performance and interactive presentation for students and lovers of language. barkinggecko.com.au Join children’s book author Leigh Hobbs—best known for characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig and Mr Chicken – in a series of free interactive drawing events. http://bit.ly/1T6kaR1 Sturmfrei Poetry Night Poetry As Painting State Theatre Centre of WA 28 Jul • 7pm $10 UWA Cultural Precinct 29 Jul • 10am $40 UWA Publishing invites you to the Studio Underground Foyer to join them in enjoying a drink and hearing from Australian poets Paul Hetherington, Amanda Joy and Siobhan Hodge. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts “Works of art are silent; poetry speaks its mind.” – John Hollander. Critically acclaimed poet Paul Hetherington will demonstrate how visual imagery activates and energises poetry in this workshop. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts Prose Poetry As A Contemporary Art Form Literary High Tea UWA Cultural Precinct 30 Jul • 10am $40 UWA Cultural Precinct 30 Jul • 2.30pm $45 “The prose poem plants one foot in prose, the other in poetry, both heels resting precariously on banana peels.” – Peter Johnson. A workshop on writing your own prose poems. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts 8 The Stars of ABC KIDS will be playing up a storm in their new spectacular musical live show that will have the whole family singing and dancing. lah-lah.com/live-shows Enjoy canapés with curator and writer Lee Kinsella whose recent work explores artist Miriam Stannage’s perspectives on contemporary life. universityclub.uwa.edu.au/events Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2016 Perth Poetry Festival State Library of WA 30-31 Jul • 10am Free Northbridge Piazza 5-14 Aug • 10am Free-$15 Join a range of speakers, facilitators, artists and performers to contribute to the national debate on innovation and creativity at the third Disrupted Festival. slwa.wa.gov.au/disrupted A celebration of the spoken word with reading sessions, performances, slams, workshops and panel discussions and open mic slots featuring local and national poets. wapoets.net.au Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Live @ The Library – iMprov Collective Perth Concert Hall 2 Jun • 11am $28-$58 State Library of WA 3 Jun • 1pm Free The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs one of the greatest Romantic works of all time—Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony. Passionate and poignant, be inspired by its richly-coloured melodies. waso.com.au Live @ The Library performances capture the breadth and diversity of experimental music practice in WA. Liven up your lunchtime with the multi-instrument improvisations of the iMprov Collective. slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/events Behzod Abduraimov Plays Prokofiev Perth International Jazz Festival 2016 Perth Concert Hall 3-4 Jun • 7.30pm $30-$96 Various Locations 3-5 Jun • 5-11pm Free-$50 An astonishing virtuoso, Behzod Abduraimov returns to perform Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. waso.com.au This festival sees over 50 jazz performances across the city headlined by Hiataus Kaiyote and Yellowjackets. Highlights include Christ McNulty, Gary Bartz, Shai Maestro and Lionel Loueke. perthinternationaljazzfestival.com.au Winter ArtsBar State of the Art Festival Perth Concert Hall Fridays in July • 5pm-late Free Entry Elizabeth Quay 6 Jun • 12pm-9pm Free The decommissioned tunnel under St Georges Terrace transforms into Winter ArtsBar—a wonderland to play, create and be entertained by multimedia projections, LED installations and live performances. visitperthcity.com San Cisco State of the Art will be the first music festival to grace Elizabeth Quay in a free celebration of WA music headlined by Jebediah and San Cisco. sotafest.com.au 9 Scale Variable 1: Intermodulations by Decibel Rag N’ Bone Single & Video Launch State Theatre Centre of WA 7 Jun • 7.30pm $15-$32.50 The Bird 10 Jun • 8pm-11.45pm $5 TURA presents this concert celebrating WA’s Roger Smalley’s early compositions for acoustic and electronic instruments featuring vintage synthesisers and tape delays as well as pieces reworked with recent technologies. tura.com.au Vivaldi’s Gloria Opéra de Paris RIGOLETTO Perth Concert Hall 10-11 Jun • 7.30pm $30-$96 Cinema Paradiso 10-12 Jun • 10.30am $24 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra perform Vivaldi’s joyous choral masterpiece Gloria directed by Baroque specialist Paul Dyer. waso.com.au A new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto by Palace Opera & Ballet. This tragedy tells the tale of a licentious Duke, his hunchbacked jester Rigoletto and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. lunapalace.com.au Musica Viva: Enso String Quartet Starman: A Show With the Music of David Bowie Perth Concert Hall 13 Jun • 7.30pm $30-$80 His Majesty’s Theatre 15 Jun • 7.30pm $55+bf The Ensō String Quartet acknowledges two of the cornerstones of a quartet’s life in Beethoven’s beloved ‘Harp’ Quartet, and in Ravel’s amazing, and only, foray into the form. perthconcerthall.com.au Take your protein pills and put your helmets on! Sven Ratzke inhabits Bowie’s multiple personas—a mad, bizarre, androgynous universe of incredible music and outrageous costumes. ticketek.com.au Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert La Scala La Fanciulla Del West Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre • 15-16 Jun • 7.30pm $50-$112 Cinema Paradiso 17-19 Jun • 10.30am $24 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score to Raiders of the Lost Ark while the entire film plays on the big screen. ticketek.com.au 10 Local outfit Rag n’ Bone launch their single I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore about the mistreatment of refugees, gender identity and cultural reappropriation. williamstreetbird.com Set in 1850, The Girl of the Golden West was opera’s first “spaghetti western”. Puccini’s music transports you to the Polka saloon where passions, humanity and brotherhood triumph. lunapalace.com.au Australian Chamber Orchestra: Sequenza Italiana Perth Concert Hall 29 Jun • 7.30pm • $47-$88 Maverick cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima returns for a celebration of five centuries of Italian music joined by soloists from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. perthconcerthall.com.au Simone Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky Perth Concert Hall 30 Jun-2 Jul • Various From $28 Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto—a tuneful melody that blends rustic folk simplicity with dazzling virtuoso acrobatics. waso.com.au The Greats of 70s Country Music Leo & Lulu State Theatre Centre of WA 2 Jul • 8pm From $56 Perth Concert Hall 3 Jul • 7pm $89-$149 This new concert sees Australia’s Johnny Cash tribute performer Daniel Thompson deliver country music hits from Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, John Denver, Dolly Parton and more. ticketek.com.au Morning Melodies – WA Opera Concert His Majesty’s Theatre 6 Jul • 11am-12pm From $30 Rachelle Durkin and Aldo di Toro perform timeless arias and favourites before they take to the stage for the West Australian Opera’s season of The Elixir of Love. ticketek.com.au/morningmelodies Two legends of British pop, Leo Sayer and Lulu, unite to perform their greatest hits and songs that helped define the ‘60s and ‘70s in this rare concert. perthconcerthall.com.au Dame Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson in Recital Government House Ballroom 6 Jul • 7.30pm • $60-$70 In her only Australian performance, Dame Felicity Lott along with Dr Graham Johnson present a recital in the beautiful surrounds of Government House Ballroom. waapa.ecu.edu.au The Simon & Garfunkel Story Romantic Rachmaninov Perth Concert Hall 8 Jul • 8pm $79-$119 Perth Concert Hall 9 Jul • 7.30-9.30pm $15-$30 This concert tells the story of this famous duo using a projection screen with film footage and photography accompanied by a full band playing all their hit songs. perthconcerthall.com.au The Western Australian Youth Orchestra presents a mix of works from around the world including Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 juxtaposed by Elgar’s Cockaigne along with a newly commissioned work. wayo.net.au 11 WAAPA International Art Song Academy – Gala Concert Perth Concert Hall 10 Jul • 4pm • $27-$35 This gala concert showcases select WAAPA performers accompanied by English pianist Graham Johnson and singers from around the country performing the music of Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré and more. waapa.ecu.edu.au Perth Concert Hall 15 Jul • 7.30pm From $45 Unfurl your flags and get your best voices ready! The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents a “last night” hurrah of fabulous music, fun sing-alongs and flag waving. waso.com.au London’s Temple Church Choir La Fenice: LA FAVORITA UWA Cultural Precinct 22 Jul • 7pm $25 Cinema Paradiso 22-24 Jul • 10.30am $24 London’s prestigious Temple Church Choir makes a rare appearance in Australia for a charity gala concert in UWA’s spectacular Winthrop Hall. ticketswa.com/event/choral-charity-gala Screening in Perth for the first time, Donizetti’s opera charts a love triangle during the Moorish invasions of Spain and power struggles between church and state. lunapalace.com.au Haydn, Hoffmeister, Cunéo, Mozart Musica Viva: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Perth Town Hall 23 Jul • 3pm $20-$39 Perth Concert Hall 28 Jul • 7.30pm $30-$97 Fremantle Chamber Orchestra performs Haydn’s Symphony No 44, Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto (soloist Sally Boud), the world premiere of Ollivier Cunéo’s Le Verre Siffleur and Mozart’s Symphony No 29. ticketek.com.au The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge will perform the 1922 Mass for Unaccompanied Double Choir by Frank Martin— one of the 20th century’s most beautiful choral works. perthconcerthall.com.au Heroic Beethoven Royal Opera WERTHER Perth Concert Hall 28-30 Jul • Various From $28 Cinema Paradiso 29 Jul • 10.30am $24 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Eroica—a revolutionary work exploring adversity, heroism and triumph. Simone Young conducts this dramatic concert. waso.com.au 12 Last Night At The Proms Gala Acclaimed French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen) directs Massenet’s tragic opera, an exploration of the conflict between duty and our most passionate desires. lunapalace.com.au SwanSongs Cameos Transcendental Voices Perth Town Hall 31 Jul • 3pm $45 Perth Concert Hall 4 Aug • 7.30pm $25-$30 This year’s young mentored artists at WA Opera Ileana Rinaldi (mezzo soprano) and Sam Roberts-Smith (baritone) are set to move and inspire in Cameos. trybooking.com/JMZL Richard Gill leads WAAPA’s vocal students in an inspiring choral performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. waapa.ecu.edu.au An Evening with Keith Potger The Planets & The Rite of Spring Downstairs at The Maj 4-6 Aug • 7.30pm From $45 Perth Concert Hall 5-6 Aug • 7.30pm $30-$101 Keith Potger belts out favourites from The Seekers, a touch of Nashville, original ballads, covers and amusing anecdotes from over 50 years on the international music scene. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj Simone Young leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Holst’s brilliant astrological and musical journey The Planets and Stravinsky’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring. waso.com.au Punch Brothers Bach in the Dark - The Painted Bach Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre 8 Aug • 7.30pm • $80+bf Linton & Kay Galleries 11 Aug • 6.30pm $65 Grammy Award nominated bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers will perform for one night only, bringing their dynamic brand of performance laced with breathless motion and humour. ticketek.com.au In a darkened room, cellist Rachel Scott plays Bach’s Fifth Suite while behind her, artist Judith White creates a live visual expression of the music on three screens. lintonandkay.com.au Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Duruflé & Rutter Perth Arena 11 Aug • 7.30pm From $105 St George’s Cathedral 12 Aug • 7.30pm From $50 Grammy-Award winning superstars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis of Thrift Shop and Same Love fame head to Perth on their biggest national tour yet. pertharena.com.au Duruflé’s sublime Requiem & Rutter’s effervescent Gloria, sung by the Cathedral Consort & Choir with WASO on brass and percussion and Stewart Smith on organ. perthcathedral.org 13 Celebrate! ECU 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Asher Fisch Conducts Mozart & Bartók Perth Concert Hall 12 Aug • 7.30pm From $33 Perth Concert Hall 18 Aug • 11am From $28 This spectacular concert showcases talented WAAPA students and staff from all music disciplines. Be wowed by the orchestra, percussion, jazz, contemporary music ensembles and more. waapa.ecu.edu Asher Fisch Conducts Schubert & Bartók Ben Folds with yMusic Perth Concert Hall 19-20 Aug • 7.30pm From $30 Perth Concert Hall 23 Aug • 8pm $89-$115 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Béla Bartók’s vivacious, irrepressible masterpiece, Concerto for Orchestra, brimming with orchestral colour and crackling with rhythmic vitality. waso.com.au Piano-pop innovator Ben Folds returns with New York’s critically acclaimed yMusic, performing interpretations of solo hits, Ben Folds Five favourites, and his new collaboration album So There. perthconcerthall.com.au Asher Fisch & WASO: Baiba Skride Plays Mozart Roy Orbison & The Everly Brothers Perth Concert Hall 26-27 Aug • 7.30pm From $30 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre • 27 Aug • 8pm $76-$92 The elegant lyricism of Mozart and Brahms is re-imagined in this concert by West Australian Symphony Orchestra featuring Latvian violinist Baiba Skride. waso.com.au Relive the magic and classic hits as some of the world’s greatest and most successful rock ‘n’ roll music legends of all time come together in concert. ticketek.com.au Scale Variable 2: Scattered Experiments Bach by Candlelight State Theatre Centre of WA 27 Aug • 7.30pm $15-$32.50 St George’s Cathedral 31 Aug • 6pm From $85 Presented by Tura, this double bill features Louise Devenish, Experimental Music for One percussionist, and James Hullick – Scatterman, in new music theatre for piano, voice and electronics. tura.com.au 14 Delightful Mozart meets Bohemian Bartók in a concert of contrasts starring the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Horn David Evans as soloist in Mozart’s Fourth Horn Concerto. waso.com.au Be transported to Germany in the 1700s with music, food and wine as Perth Chamber Orchestra performs Bach by Candlelight in the majestic surroundings of St George’s Cathedral. perthsymphony.com Crave What’s Love Got To Do With It? State Theatre Centre of WA 1-11 Jun • 7.30pm $32.50 The Blue Room Theatre 7-25 Jun • 7pm $18-$28 Western Australian Youth Theatre Company presents Sarah Kane’s contribution to the canon of 20th century literature. One Woman. Many Minds. A poetic drive through need, violence, doubt and longing. waytco.com A pharmaceutical company is on the brink of releasing a cure for love in this satirical exploration of love and loss – perfect for any relationship status. blueroom.org.au HART The Astronaut The Blue Room Theatre Until 11 Jun • 8.30pm $18-$28 The Blue Room Theatre 21 Jun-9 Jul • 8.30pm $18-$28 Using testimonials from the Stolen Generations, Noongar man Ian Michael invites you to listen in on the silenced stories of this country in this Fringe award-winning show. blueroom.org.au The Astronaut is a solo physical theatre piece that looks at the choices we make and the seemingly impossible act of letting go. blueroom.org.au A Perfect Specimen Hobo State Theatre Centre of WA 30 Jun- 17 Jul • Various $30-$52 The Blue Room Theatre 5-16 Jul • 7pm $18-$28 Behold the dying days of the travelling freak show and the tragic true story of its star attraction: Julia Pastrana, the ape-woman. Presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company. ticketek.com.au Hobo is raw, crude and packed with humour, and takes a good look at what it means to be a man in an age of identity crisis. blueroom.org.au The Elixir of Love Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet His Majesty’s Theatre 14-23 Jul • 7.30pm From $45 Cinema Paradiso 16-17 Jul • 1pm $25 West Australian Opera performs Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (L’ elisir d’amore). A boy, Nemorino (literally “little nobody”) finds the courage to declare his love for Adina. waopera.asn.au Cinema Paradiso screens this stage production of Hamlet. This tragedy tells of young student Hamlet who finds his reality utterly changed upon discovering news of his father’s death. lunapalace.com.au 15 Cirque De La Symphonie Scooby-Doo Live! Level Up Perth Concert Hall 22-23 Jul • 7.30pm $49-$110 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre • 22-23 Jul • 10.30am, 1.30pm & 4pm • $30-$70 International acrobats, jugglers, strongmen, contortionists and high-flying aerialists perform incredible acts as the West Australian Symphony Orchestra perform classical music favourites in this exciting action-packed show. waso.com.au Death in Bowengabbie The Caucasian Chalk Circle Downstairs at The Maj 29-30 Jul • Various From $45 State Theatre Centre of WA 30 Jul-14 Aug • 7.30pm $32.50-$88.50 A one-man black comedy about love, loss and the mourning after. Welcome to Bowengabbie, where the elderly abound and meals-on-wheels are a boom industry. ticketek.com.au/downstairsatthemaj Black Swan State Theatre Company in collaboration with the National Theatre of China present Brecht’s epic tale of motherhood, ownership and identity in this world-class ‘Chinese opera’ style production. ticketek.com.au Little Shop of Horrors BELL SHAKESPEARE’S Othello His Majesty’s Theatre 4-7 Aug • Various From $66 State Theatre Centre of WA 17-20 Aug • 7.30pm From $45.88 Flowershop assistant Seymour inadvertantly raises a peculiar plant species into a foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who develops a taste for more than just plant food in this musical laced with dark humour. ticketek.com.au One of William Shakespeare’s most famous and passionate tragedies, Othello is a relentless journey of vicious passion. ticketek.com.au/othello A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet State Theatre Centre of WA 17-20 Aug • 7.30pm $35 Cinema Paradiso 27-28 Aug • 1pm $25 The Midnite Youth Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy about the laziest slave in Rome who struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan. ticketek.com.au 16 For Scooby fans young and old, this interactive live show with big musical numbers pays homage to video games. Can the Gang escape from a virtual world of creepy gaming ghosts? ticketek.com.au The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live cinema season presents a new vision of Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. lunapalace.com.au Post Natural History (Archeology of the Future) Year 12 Perspectives 2016 Art Gallery of WA Until 13 Jun • 10am-5pm Free Perth Centre for Photography 9 Jun-10 Jul • Various • Free Vincent Fournier’s bestiary Post Natural History shows a collection of ‘upcoming species,’ based upon synthetic biology and cybernetics that questions our relationship to nature and technology. pcp.org.au Showcasing works from Year 12 Visual Arts graduates spanning a variety of subject matter and media, from painting and drawing to sculpture, digital moving image, photography and textiles. Image: Riley Curnow Hale School The Drum 2015 (detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au 2016 Graduating Fundraiser Auction Transart: Transition 2016 – MMM Energizer Gallery Central 15-16 Jun • Various Free Stirling Gardens Until 16 Jun • 12pm-5pm Free See unique and one-of-a-kind pieces at this auction which features artworks donated by established and emerging artists at North Metro TAFE and acquire mini masterpieces at remarkable prices. gallerycentral.com.au Look up to see MMM Energizer, by Richard Hammer—a chaotic kinetic aluminium sculpture suspended between two trees that dances in the wind. perth.wa.gov.au A History of the World in 100 Objects Lines That Define: Mel Dare & Olga Cironis WA Museum Until 18 Jun • 9.30am-5pm $17.50 Paper Mountain 17 Jun-3 Jul • 9.30am-5pm Free This British Museum collection explores two million years of human history: from early stone tools to Dürer’s celebrated print The Rhinoceros; the famous Flood Tablet to colourful Javanese shadow puppets. museum.wa.gov.au This exhibition brings together two artists’ interpretations of the same text – Mel Dare (paint and drawing) and Olga Cironis (mixed media, sculpture, installation and textiles). papermountain.org.au WAMSS Elective Photographic Exhibition Supanova UWA Cultural Precinct 21-29 Jun • 11am-5pm Free Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre • 24-26 Jun • Various From $32 Experience the art of medicine at this exhibition highlighting global health and sociocultural issues. Photography by UWA students who have sought out unique opportunities in far-flung places. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts This pop culture expo returns for fans of movies, TV, science fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics, cartoons, cosplay and more, and brings over stars Julie Benz, Shannen Doherty, Sean Austin and James Marsters. supanova.com.au 17 Dutch Journeys Points of View: Skye & the Hielands State Library of WA 24 Jun-25 Sep • Various Free Gallery Central 24 Jun-16 Jul • Various Free From Dirk Hartog’s landing at remote Cape Inscription to our present day migrant population, this exhibition shows how the Dutch community have helped shape this state. slwa.wa.gov.au/whats_on/exhibitions The Insider’s Guide to Renaissance Florence Lighthouse UWA Cultural Precinct 25 Jun • 9.30am $55 Council House Throughout July • 6pm-1am Free Discover the cultural politics of power in Renaissance Florence, focusing on the House of Medici, the banking family and political dynasty in this interactive seminar. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts Artists Emma Buswell, Melissa McGrath and Amy Perejuan-Capone are commissioned to create new light based artworks on the exterior of Council House using the external lighting infrastructure. perth.wa.gov.au Winter Lights Festival Ghost of Record Store Brookfield Place 7 Jul-7 Aug • 6pm-midnight Free Forrest Place 8 Jul-12 Aug • Thu- Sun 12pm-5pm • Free Kicking off with 10 days of light projections, this festival of art and light will transform Brookfield Place through installation, lighting, exhibitions, performance pieces and interactive events. brookfieldplaceperth.com This recreation of a record store by Chris Cobilis is equipped with turntables, cassette decks and CD players to play valueless simulacrum to reflect on a time gone by. ppaf.com.au St George’s Art Mandorla Art Award Finalists Exhibition St George’s Cathedral 16-24 Jul • 10am Various Linton & Kay Galleries 16 Jul-24 Jul • Various Free St George’s Art showcases some of the best work by Years 10, 11 and 12 from schools across WA and includes the Gala Awards Night. perthcathedral.org 18 Painter Digby de Bruin and photographer Clayton Ward respond to the distinctive Scottish landscape capturing the simplicity and drama of the land, sea and skies. gallerycentral.com.au The Mandorla Art Award is Australia’s most significant Christian themed art prize with artists from all over the country making their artistic interpretations on the theme The Resurrection. mandorlaart.com THE STRANGE FAMILIAR Hatched National Graduate Show UWA Cultural Precinct 16-30 Jul • 10.30am-5pm Free PICA Until 17 Jul • 10am-5pm Free Thousands of recycled plastic bottles have been transformed into something breathtaking in this immersive installation by Kathy Allam. Explore a world of shimmering coloured light and ethereal forms. Now in its 25th year, Hatched showcases Australia’s next generation of emerging contemporary artists, featuring the work of graduates from 23 schools and universities. pica.org.au Mind The Gap Corrupt Perth Centre for Photography 21 Jul-21 Aug • Various Free Perth Centre for Photography 21 Jul-21 Aug • Various Free Kristian Laemmle-Ruff’s Mind The Gap is a dark and politically charged meditation on the gap between Australian cultures highlighting differences between ways of understanding and valuing land. pcp.org.au Mike Gray’s Corrupt is a series of digital photographs that have been corrupted by randomly inserting personal confessions, computer code, and Australian popular culture references. pcp.org.au Comic Tragics: the exploding language of contemporary comic art META Gallery Central 27 Jul-13 Aug • Various Free Art Gallery of WA • Until 25 Jul • 10am-5pm • Free Chance and observations about life come to light through the merging of image and words in this moving exploration of new forms of comic and graphic art. Image: Tommi Parrish ‘I was just trying to be alive’ 2014 (detail). This exciting exhibition showcases innovative and exploratory creative works completed by year 11 and 12 students undertaking art and design studies in WA schools. gallerycentral.com.au artgallery.wa.gov.au Miriam Stannage: Survey 2006-2016 Continental Shift UWA Cultural Precinct 29 Jul-Sep • 11am-5pm Free Art Gallery of WA 30 Jul-5 Feb • 10am-5pm Free Contemporary artist Miriam Stannage’s practice is founded upon a deep intellectual engagement with, and curiousity about, the challenges and nature of contemporary life. culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts This exhibition highlights the cross-pollination of ideas and influences, exploring the referential artistic practices intrinsic to the development of art movements across the centuries. Image: Eugene Von Guèrard Mt William from Mt Dryden, Victoria 1857 (detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au 19 Windows of the City Dissenting Voices Various City Locations 15 Aug-16 Sep • 24/7 Free Art Gallery of WA 20 Aug-31 Jan • 10am-5pm Free Window displays of the city’s shops, restaurants and bars are given new life by some of WA’s most talented artists in the lead up to Telstra Perth Fashion Festival 2016. telstraperthfashionfestival.com.au A timely exploration of the role art plays in pushing agendas, making political statements and reacting to world events, featuring many works on display for the first time. Image: Tom Nicholson Fragments from Melancholia 2002 (detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au MACRO|micro Explorations in felt WA Focus – Rebecca Baumann Gallery Central 20 Aug-10 Sept • Various Free Art Gallery of WA Until 22 Aug • 10am-5pm Free Feltwest members explore the MACRO and micro worlds through innovative technology, pushing their ancient craft into new realms of shape, pattern and texture in felt. gallerycentral.com.au Rebecca’s practice is driven by a formal and conceptual exploration of materials, through which she interrogates ideas about colour and emotion, creating an immersive experience. Image: Rebecca Baumann and Brendan Van Hek Untitled 2015 (detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au Sacred and Profane RADICAL ECOLOGIES Art Gallery of WA Until 22 Aug • 10am-5pm Free PICA Until 4 Sep • 10am-5pm Free Three international works by Jitish Kallat, Yang Zhichao and Nalini Malani weave together the detailed and personal, the sacred and profane, into breathtaking pieces through their sheer scale. Image: Nalini Malani The sacred and the profane 1998 (detail). artgallery.wa.gov.au Antecedent Recollections Grand Lane Light Locker Art Space, Perth • Until 20 Sep 24/7 • Free Roe Street Arcade, 129 James Street, Northbridge Until 15 Nov • 24/7 • Free This exhibition of 2D and 3D light locker artwork from Ruby Smedley, Sioux Tempestt, The Welcome Collective, Steven Finch and Michelle Wells represents different aspects of our local history. foodchainperth.com/lightlockers 20 Sensorial and experimental, this exhibition invites the visitor into arousing environments that complicate gender, sexuality and question the relationship between our bodies and the natural world. pica.org.au Contained within the light locker exhibition space, this sculptural work by local artist Emily Hornum questions the role that family archive materiality has on what and how we remember. foodchainperth.com/lightlockers • PERTH TOWN HALL • 24 J PM UNE, 9 – 5 2 9 J U LY, 2 6 A U G U S T, I N T E R N AT I O N A L F O O D M A R K E T & LIVE PERFORMANCES v i s i t p e r t h c i t y. c o m Event Planner Comedy Shack Various Fridays Crave 1-11 Jun Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique 2 Jun Phelan Groovy 2-4 Jun Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival 2-6 Jun The Comedy Underground 2,9 & 16 Jun Live @ The Library – iMprov Collective 3 Jun visitperthcity.com #perthwinterarts WAMSS Elective Photographic Exhibition 21-29 Jun The Astronaut 21 Jun-9 Jul Supanova 24-26 Jun Dutch Journeys 24 Jun-25 Sep Comic Tragics: the exploding language of contemporary comic art Until 25 Jul The Insider’s Guide to Renaissance Florence 25 Jun Behzod Abduraimov Plays Prokofiev 3-4 Jun Kids’ Cushion Concerts 25 Jun Perth International Jazz Festival 2016 3-5 Jun Peter and the Wolf 26 Jun Screen Space – Mary Reid Kelley Priapus Agonistes 4 Jun - 25 Sep State of the Art Festival 6 Jun Scale Variable 1: Intermodulations by Decibel 7 Jun Living Lecture: Macbeth 7 Jun What’s Love Got To Do With It? 7-25 Jun Post Natural History (Archeology of the Future) 9 Jun-10 Jul Rag N’ Bone Single & Video Launch 10 Jun Vivaldi’s Gloria 10-11 Jun Opéra de Paris Rigoletto 10-12 Jun Comedy Lounge 10 Jun, 15 Jul & 12 Aug HART Until 11 Jun Year 12 Perspectives 2015 Until 13 Jun Musica Viva: Enso String Quartet 13 Jun Morning Music Series: DivaLicious – Opera Rocks! 14 Jun Starman: A show with the Music of David Bowie 15 Jun 2016 Graduating Fundraiser Auction 15-16 Jun Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert 15-16 Jun Transart: Transition 2016 – MMM Energizer Until 16 Jun Wild Life Show 28 Jun-20 Jul Australian Chamber Orchestra: Sequenza Italiana 29 Jun Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2016 Points of View: Skye & the Hielands Barefaced Stories 23-28 Jun 24 Jun-16 Jul 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 30 Aug I Won’t Dance: The songs of Fred Astaire and Cole Porter 30 Jun-2 Jul Simone Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky 30 Jun-2 Jul A Perfect Specimen 30 Jun- 17 Jul Lighthouse Throughout July Winter ArtsBar Fridays in July Royal Ballet Frankenstein 1-3 Jul The Greats of 70s Country Music 2 Jul Leo & Lulu 3 Jul West Australian Screen Awards 4 Jul Act-Belong-Commit Co:Dance School Holiday Workshop 4-8 Jul Discover! Percussion 5 Jul The 52-Storey Treehouse 5-14 Jul Hobo 5-16 Jul Morning Melodies – WA Opera Concert 6 Jul Rachael Beck – This Girl 16-18 Jun Dame Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson in Recital 6 Jul An Hour with Leigh Hobbs 16-18 Jun Children’s Art Workshop 6 Jul La Scala La Fanciulla Del West 17-19 Jun Reason for Being Lines That Define: An Interpretation – Mel Dare & Olga Cironis 17 Jun-3 Jul A History of the World in 100 Objects Until 18 Jun St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas 3D 18-19 Jun 6-9 Jul & 24-27 Aug Revelation Perth International Film Festival Winter Lights Festival The Simon & Garfunkel Story Ghost of Record Store 7-17 Jul 7 Jul-7 Aug 8 Jul 8 Jul-12 Aug Cabaret Comedy Dance Film Family Romantic Rachmaninov 9 Jul WAAPA International Art Song Academy – Gala Concert 10 Jul The Elixir of Love 14-23 Jul Last Night At The Proms Gala 15 Jul The Sleepover 15-16 Jul Julian Gargiulo – Direct from Carnegie Hall 16 Jul Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet 16-17 Jul St George’s Art 16-24 Jul Mandorla Art Award Finalists Exhibition 16 Jul-24 Jul The Strange Familiar 16-30 Jul Hatched National Graduate Show Until 17 Jul OUR land people stories 20-23 Jul Literature Music Theatre Visual Art Transcendental Voices 4 Aug An Evening with Keith Potger 4-6 Aug Little Shop of Horrors 4-7 Aug Underground Burlesque 5 Aug The Planets & The Rite of Spring 5-6 Aug 2016 Perth Poetry Festival 5-14 Aug Punch Brothers 8 Aug Bach in the Dark – The Painted Bach 11 Aug Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 11 Aug Duruflé & Rutter 12 Aug Celebrate! ECU 25th Anniversary Gala Concert 12 Aug Windows of the City 15 Aug-16 Sep 21 Jul-21 Aug Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 16-18 Aug Mind The Gap Corrupt 21 Jul-21 Aug Othello 17-20 Aug A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 17-20 Aug London’s Temple Church Choir 22 Jul Scooby-Doo Live! Level Up 22-23 Jul Cirque De La Symphonie 22-23 Jul La Fenice: La Favorita 22-24 Jul Haydn, Hoffmeister, Cunéo, Mozart 23 Jul Lah-Lah - Sing It Loud! 24 Jul An Evening of Sit Down with Billy Crystal – hosted by Andrew Denton META 25-28 Jul 27 Jul-13 Aug Asher Fisch Conducts Mozart & Bartók Faulty Towers The Dining Experience 19-20 Aug İHispanic Attack! 18-20 Aug Asher Fisch Conducts Schubert & Bartók 19-20 Aug Dissenting Voices MACRO|micro – Explorations in Felt 20 Aug-10 Sept Until 22 Aug Until 22 Aug 28 Jul Sacred and Profane Musica Viva: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge 28 Jul Ben Folds with yMusic 28-30 Jul 20 Aug-31 Jan WA Focus – Rebecca Baumann Sturmfrei Poetry Night Heroic Beethoven 18 Aug 23 Aug HATCH: WAAPA Dance Season 23-27 Aug 26-27 Aug Poetry As Painting 29 Jul Asher Fisch & WASO: Baiba Skride Plays Mozart Royal Opera Werther 29 Jul Roy Orbison & The Everly Brothers 27 Aug 29 Jul-Sep Scale Variable 2: Scattered Experiments State Theatre Centre 27 Aug Miriam Stannage: Survey 2006-2016 Prose Poetry as a Contemporary Art Form Death in Bowengabbie Literary High Tea Disrupted Festival of Ideas The Caucasian Chalk Circle Continental Shift SwanSongs – Cameos 30 Jul 29-30 Jul 30 Jul 30-31 Jul 30 Jul-14 Aug 30 Jul-5 Feb 31 Jul Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet Clinton the Musical Bach by Candlelight Radical Ecologies 27-28 Aug 27 Aug-11 Sep 31 Aug Until 4 Sep Antecedent Until 20 Sep Recollections Until 15 Nov
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