A Wheatbelt primary school is vying for the number one mural national vote after being named the Keep Australia Beautiful state winner for its student-created mural.
Hannah Whitehead
WA Symphony Orchestra backs the acoustics of its new home at UWA’s Winthrop Hall with vibrant and popular works next year.
David Cusworth
Two of Albany’s most beloved musical exports, sisters Donna Simpson and Vikki Thorn who make up two-thirds of The Waifs trio, have been recognised as role models for young women in music.
Jacki Elezovich
Film-maker Josephine Jay is putting her skills to the test to shine a light on Albany’s humble but dedicated craftspeople, unearthing hidden talents and decades of history in a new documentary.
Dancers are being urged to pull on their cowboy boots on Saturday and join Breakea’s bid for Albany’s biggest line dance, with the performance to be shown at the opening of the 2026 Albany New Year’s Eve event.
Melissa Sheil
Building on the ambition and relevance of Perth Festival 2025 during her inaugural year as artistic director, Anna Reece maintains that momentum with the program launch of Perth Festival 2026.
Tanya MacNaughton
Visitor numbers to the Art Gallery of WA have soared to an all-time high, but high-profile patron Janet Holmes a Court has bemoaned the fact most of the State’s art collection is hidden from sight.
Jessica Page
WASO maestro Asher Fisch has graced great opera houses of the world for decades, but only now has he taken to the pit at His Majesty’s Theatre, conducting Verdi’s Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) for WA Opera.
A statement artwork will soon welcome tourists driving into Albany, as the city seeks professional artists to create the $100,000 entrance piece.
Funding for the popular Sculpture by the Sea event should be overhauled, its founder says, after there was a scramble for money to run the annual exhibition.
Liz Hobday and Jack Gramenz
Director Sarah Giles’ take on La Traviata returns to The Maj, with Eugene Onegin, Romeo et Juliette, and WA soprano Samantha Clarke.
As anybody who works in newspapers would tell you, there’s just something special about print
Claire Middleton
Daniel Schmitt gives a full-toned reading of Bela Bartok’s Viola Concerto with WA Symphony Orchestra under Asher Fisch at Winthrop Hall.
The inaugural Perth Art Weekend was such a creative-fuelled success in 2024, the event is returning for a second edition of providing personal encounters within the local art community.
When actor Claire Fermo decided to move home to WA, she had no idea her solo road trip from Noosa would be the ultimate preparation to make her Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company debut in Heart Is A Wasteland.
When Juan Carlos Osma takes to the floor at Artball, his performance will be the culmination of decades of dancing, starting when he was a boy in Havana through to his role as WA Ballet principal artist.
Katherine Fleming
Perth-raised co-stars Samantha Jade and Ben Hall are going to be walking down their hometown street when the show hits Crown Theatre Perth.
A career which started for Sophie Zalokar in the kitchen of Aussie legend Maggie Beer has now brought her to Albany and the Great Southern.
New talent took to the stage for the first time this weekend as the Narrogin Repertory Club put on two successful one-act comedy plays at the Thornton Theatre.
Stellar soprano and sensuous strings celebrate Grove Classics’ 15th Anniversary Gala.
WA Ballet’s 2026 season is turning into quite the bloodthirsty affair with an Australian premiere reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth added to next year’s program, alongside award-winning production Dracula.
Black Swan artistic director Kate Champion deems the theatre company’s 2026 season one of bold voices and fresh perspectives, with first production, Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes, the true epitome of both.
Rendez-Vous captures Baroque origins with HIP Company and The Marais Project at Government House Ballroom.
A Pharaonic painting has vanished from the famed Saqqara necropolis marking another archaeological loss in Egypt.
Samy Magdy
