Take a breath of fresh air – Ben Elton's Gasp! is coming to Limelight Theatre. Directed by Phil Bedworth, it's a modern re-working of Elton's original 1990 play Gasping updated for an Australian audience.
York
Directed by Clare Watson and Ian Wilkes
Starring Shakira Clanton, Isaac Diamond, Jo Morris, Ben Mortley, Benjamin Narkle, Jacob Narkle, Sophie Quin, Maitland Schnaars, Alison Van Reeken, Elise Wilson
Black Swan Theatre Company in collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company
At Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth until August 1
York is an inland, regional town in Western Australia, one of the first districts settled by white invaders after the establishment of the Swan River Settlement. It is Ballardong Nyoongar country and was the site of massacres and the first hangings of Aboriginal people in WA.
The old York hospital, built in 1896, is a now a hostel for visiting school groups. It has a widely-known reputation for creepy paranormal occurrences.
Karnivool Drop Live Track Ahead of LiveStream
Karnivool have slipped out a live video of ‘Goliath’ ahead of their upcoming Livestream event on 12 May.
‘The Decade of Sound Awake’ livestream has been put together in place of the Sound Awake tour which went to shot because of the pandemic. All gigs on the tour were cancelled then rescheduled then cancelled again.
‘Goliath’ is track two from the studio album, released in 2009.
“Diving back into Sound Awake as a complete performance was a sweet reminder of the layers and complexity that make it one of our most important releases.” says frontman Ian Kenny “The music pushes and pulls in complex directions, I continue to find something new when lost in its emotional turbulence.”
The Personal is Ecological An Australian audio play ponders the fate of a threatened species and of the four humans who must save it, and themselves.
In Review: Extinction Ed Rampell
January 22, 2021
Though I am a cultural critic who regularly covers productions with environmental themes, Hannie Rayson’s
Extinction marks the first time I’ve reviewed a play with a plot that explores “the urgent need to combat manmade climate change to protect biodiversity.”
The 2015 world premiere of the award-winning Australian playwright’s drama was at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth. But now American and international audiences can hear