Our theatres have hosted an exciting array of major Australian and international acts.  

These include the Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Stephen Berkoff, Adam Hills, Arlo Guthrie, Marianne Faithful, Wil Anderson, John Williamson, Sarah Blasko, David Helfgott, and Angus and Julia Stone.

Each year University Theatres plays an important roles in hosting events for the Perth International Arts Festival.  We also host the festival’s very successful LotteryWest Film Season in the Somerville Auditorium, and the Perth Writer’s Festival.

Other stand-outs of the calendar include RTRFM’s In the Pines, the WA Film and TV Institute’s Screen Awards, and Perth’s largest antiques and jewellery fair.

2009 Curtain Calls

PIAF 2008-2009

• The Year of Magical Thinking – Black Swan State Theatre Company
• Samuel Beckett: Fragments
• Stimmung – Theatre of Voices
• The Little Match Girl Passion – Theatre of Voices
• Black Angels – Pacifica Quartet
• Pacifica Quartet Plays Mendelssohn – Pacifica Quartet
• Perth Writer’s Festival

Theatre and Variety Shows 2009

• African Queen Chamber Opera – Janus Entertainment
• Charmaine Wilson Psychic Show – Freaky Whispers
• 22nd WA Screen Awards – Film and Television Institute
• Bushfire Survivor’s Concert – School of Music
• In the Pines 2009 – RTR FM
• Busting Out! – Theatre Tours Australia

Comedians 2009

• Jimeoin on Ice – A-List Entertainment
• Judith Lucy’s Not Getting Any Younger – Token Events
• Adam Hills: Inflatable – Token Events

Classical Music

• Artistry Concert 1: Brass Quintet – School of Music
• Artistry Concert 2: Beethoven’s 9^th – School of Music
• The Baroque Café – Festival Baroque and the School of Music
• Keyed Up! Concert 1: Stephanie McCallum – School of Music
• Bach’s Mass in B Minor – UWA Choral Society
• Orpheus in the Underworld Opera – School of Music
• Artistry Concert 3: Shubert and Prokofiev – School of Music