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May 2013

UWA English & Cultural Studies presents Six Characters in Search of an Author

8pm, Wednesday 22 May

8pm, Thursday 23 May

8pm, Friday 24 May

8pm, Saturday 25 May

Dolphin Theatre

A play rehearsal is interrupted by the arrival of a divided family who have been abandoned by their creator and are seeking an author, ‘any author’, to give them a ‘definitive artistic form’ so their stories may be staged.

While the first performance of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author to a Rome audience in May 1921 was almost booed off the stage it has gone on to have many successful seasons and is still a major part of the theatrical repertoire. The play, in part, is Pirandello’s attack on the Italian theatre of the time, with its actor-managers and star-systems, its stock characterisations, and its standard repertoire of romantic melodramas.

However, it is a play on many levels. It raises questions about the nature of reality, of what constitutes identity, and how we can gauge what is truth. On another level it is a hysterical romantic melodrama about a warring family who live out their emotions on the skin. And, it is also a deeply tragic revenge narrative – a tale of betrayal, adultery, suicide and death.

Students enrolled in theatre studies at UWA present this very physical, at times comedic, and often provocatively philosophical play, virtually uncut and unlike many productions we choose not to attempt to modernise it into the contemporary world of electronic media.

UWA School of Music and UWA Choral Society present Artistry! Collaboration

3pm, Sunday 26 May

Winthrop Hall

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT.

St Mary's Cathedral Concert Series 2013 Jubilate Deo (Concert 1)

2pm, Sunday 26 May

St Mary's Cathedral, 25 Victoria Avenue, Perth 6000

An organ and choral recital to celebrate the Cathedral Choir’s 75th anniversary of reformation as a choir of boy trebles and men. Featuring music spanning back through the Cathedral’s history and a special commentary commemorating the Choir’s proud history dating back to very earliest days of the Cathedral itself.

Organ works of Franck, Messiaen, choral favourites (including Panis Angelicus) and Renaissance works.

During interval at this concert, enjoy a specially prepared Miss Maud afternoon tea served in the Cathedral’s Parish Centre and adjoining courtyard (included in ticket price).

June 2013

JGeeks present Tu Meke Tour

4pm & 8pm, Saturday 1 June

Octagon Theatre

One of New Zealand's hottest entertainment acts are set to stomp their stink feet all over Australia! JGeeks are about to launch the 'Tu Meke Tour' of the nation.

These metro Maoris are getting down, brown, and coming to your town, from side to side with their unique Maori 'tongue in cheek' fusion of dance, music, singing, skits and pop culture. You may even become part of the show with a lot of improvisation and crowd interaction, Maori-style!

Expect high energy, high impact, creative Maori unlike ever before. A great show for all ages and a performance not to be missed!.... But you can miss it if you want.

Token Events present Josh Thomas - Douchebag

7pm, Thursday 20 June (Preview)

7pm, Friday 21 June

7pm, Saturday 22 June

7pm, Sunday 23 June

Octagon Theatre

Creator and star of Please Like Me (ABC2), Josh Thomas is back, live on stage.

Josh went overseas last year and made a weird choice that he’s pretty sure only bad people make.

Don’t miss this award-winning stand up in his brand new show.

'frazzled energy, earnest charm & unwavering wit' The Age, 2013

'brave, funny and thoroughly entertaining' Sunday Telegraph

West Australian Youth Theatre Company presents Another Twin

7.30pm, Wednesday 28 June - Saturday 6 July

1pm, Wednesday 3 July

2pm, Saturday 6 July

Dolphin Theatre

Is the Internet taking over your life?

This Australian premiere by award winning writer Lally Katz confronts us with a time when the Internet is taking over the world.

17 incredibly talented actors under 27 portray a whole town on stage at the University of Western Australia this winter. Threatened with a complete takeover by the Internet the residents face a growing resistance movement from those who would rather give up the Internet completely than be taken over, whatever the consequences.

In this play, Fear, Faith and Obsession tangle as science and spirituality confront. It’s head vs heart, thought vs emotion, machine vs God in a winner-takes-all conflict that threatens to tear the world in two.

WAYTCo is a company that presents edgy, visceral and compelling theatre about things relevant to the lives of young people today. Using industry professionals in directing, design and production WAYTCo gives actors the chance to be in high quality theatre production that rivals the best theatre to be found in WA today.

Director: Kirsty Hillhouse
Production Design: Lauren Ross
Lighting Design: Joe Lui
Music & Songs: Late Night Shopping (Nikki Jones & Shaun Salmon)

If you would like to support this production, please go to http://pozible.com/anothertwin

This production is suitable for persons aged 15 and above. It contains adult themes.

Bogdan Ota performs Day Of Wrath - Revelation

7pm, Saturday 29 June

Winthrop Hall

Bogdan Ota is a great Romanian composer and pianist, famous world wide because of his unique new-age symphonic style, perfectly combined with modern sound effects and world music.

His music is a real magical journey, a travel in time and places. A concert with Bogdan Ota is a real experience; it's like watching movies in a cinema, because all his songs are video illustrated with its own video clips. The combination of huge orchestrations, special sound effects, Bogdan's playing and the video projection is unique and overwhelming. 'Day of Wrath' is a MUST SEE!

'Any discussion about a natural successor to John Williams is incomplete without considering the name of Bogdan Ota' – by Wildy Haskell, editor at Wildy’s World and reviewer at Indie-Music.com

'Each piece of music found on Day of Wrath is full of emotion and tells a story. This is more than just instrumental music that can play idly in the background. Bogdan Ota has created a masterpiece of sound that fills your ears with breathtaking beauty. This is music that you can’t forget once you've heard it, and once you've heard it, you’ll want to play it again and again' - by Andrea Guy, music reviewer at Mossip

July 2013

GRADS present The Merry-Go-Round In The Sea

7.30pm, Friday 19 July

7.30pm, Saturday 20 July

7.30pm, Wednesday 24 July

7.30pm, Thursday 25 July

7.30pm, Friday 26 July

7.30pm, Saturday 27 July

7.30pm, Wednesday 31 July

7.30pm, Thursday 1 August

7.30pm, Friday 2 August

7.30pm, Saturday 3 August

Dolphin Theatre

THE MERRY GO ROUND IN THE SEA

by Randolph Stow

Adapted by Dickon Oxenburgh and Andrew Ross

by arrangement with The Agency (London) Ltd, 24 Pottery Lane, London W11 4LZ

Directed by Amanda Crewes

‘A wonderfully accurate, unsentimental and moving adaptation of Stow’s classic novel’

It is 1941, Australian soldiers are fighting overseas and in Geraldton locals dig air raid trenches in their backyards, just in case. Six-year-old Rob Coram idolises his enigmatic older cousin Rick, and his idyllic existence on the west coast of Australia is disrupted when Rick volunteers for active service. Interned by the Japanese, Rick struggles to survive, just as Rob will struggle to overcome the void created by Rick’s absence and to understand the disillusioned man who returns.

Adapted by Dickon Oxenburgh and Andrew Ross from Randolph Stow’s classic novel, ‘The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea’ captures the restless spirit of post-war Australia.

The director, Amanda Crewes graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, with a Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts) and a Certificate in Musical Theatre in 1998. She has since gone on to perform with Perth Theatre Company (‘Baby Boomer Blues’), Kompany M (‘Luv Struk, Fair Dinkum’), Handzon Theatre (‘Lip Stick Dreams’, ‘Wedding Games’), Barking Gecko (‘Alice @ Wonderland’, Rodeo Kid’), Melbourne’s Playbox Theatre (‘Dead Silence’) and several professional independent theatre groups in shows such as Italian American Reconciliation, Wolfe Lullaby and Conundrum – for which she received a Guild Nomination for best supporting actress. Her most recent performance was as Mercy in GRADS’ ‘The Man from Mukinupin’.

This performance is suitable for ages 10 and up.

*Special rate available for group bookings, 8 persons or more.

August 2013

UWA School of Music presents Chamber! Julianne Baird: Soprano

3pm, Sunday 4 August

Callaway Music Auditorium

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

UWA School of Music presents Chamber! Ashley Smith: Clarinet and Aura Go: Piano

3pm, Sunday 11 August

Callaway Music Auditorium

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

UWA School of Music presents Keyed Up! Roy Howat

3pm, Sunday 18 August

Callaway Music Auditorium

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

UWA School of Music presents Artistry! Innovation, with guest Mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup & the UWA Symphony Orchestra

7.30pm, Friday 23 August

St Mary's Cathedral

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

UWA School of Music presents Chamber! Caitlin Hulcup - The Book of the Hanging Garden

7pm, Friday 30 August

Callaway Music Auditorium

For more information please visit the School of Music's website

The Laughing Samoans present Fobulous

5pm, Saturday 31 August

8pm, Saturday 31 August

Octagon Theatre

Don't miss the latest offering from one of New Zealand's most successful live comedy acts, touring the South Pacific region for the past ten years performing their unique brand of humour.

Etuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai return with a brand new show to the Octagon Theatre where they've sold out last year, so book early and avoid disappointment.

Their video clips are very popular on YouTube and their humour is refreshingly clean and suitable for all ages.

Come and see for yourself when these guys have been crowd favourites for the ten years.

"to sustain continuous laughter for an hour and a half is no mean feat, but that is what these two very clever and accomplished performers do, never letting the energy or momentum drop..." Theatre Review