Perth audiences will be dreaming with their eyes wide open when Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular raises the Big Top at Ozone Reserve in August.
Tanya MacNaughton
ARTRAGE chief executive and creative director Jo Thomas might be approaching her third Fringe World in 2026, but she continues to be blown away by the sheer scale of the event.
Famous faces like Julie Bishop, Peter Rowsthorn, Ben Wyatt, Gisella Colletti, models and TV stars were spotted at Crown Theatre for the opening night of CATS The Musical.
Kellie Balaam
The 40th anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS is letting the musical’s memory live again in a pretty purr-fect production.
Todd McKenney is back home in Perth, where he is set to delight audiences as a singing and dancing feline in the 40th anniversary Australian tour of CATS.
Indiana Scott is returning to the land of fairytale in WA Ballet’s upcoming season of Cinderella at His Majesty’s Theatre, cast as the Fairy Godmother.
Perth audiences have their opportunity to be part of history as the 40th anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS opens at Crown Theatre Perth.
Ron Banks has always enjoyed writing about the arts, continuing his passion in new book Bums On Seats: An Unofficial History Of Theatre In WA.
Performing in Cats has been on Lucy Maunder’s bucket list since seeing the West End production as a child in the early 1990s, and her casting as Jellylorum is even more special given the role’s predecessor.
WAAPA alumnus Eddie Perfect prepares for the world premiere of his new Australian musical Tivoli Lovely, written for his alma mater and paying tribute to Australia’s theatrical past.
Musical theatre performer Gabriyel Thomas has lived by a simple yet highly rewarding sentiment throughout her career, leading to her starring as Grizabella in the 40th anniversary Australian tour of Cats.
WAAPA alumnus Dean Bryant has returned to his alma mater for the first time to direct the world premiere of Eddie Perfect musical Tivoli Lovely.
Actor Sally-Anne Upton will be back in the spotlight as titular character Carol in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s festive-fuelled production.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Perth-raised musical theatre performer Rodney Dobson is saying goodbye to his role in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast and heading straight into his next, playing Vlad in hit Broadway musical, Anastasia.
WA Ballet’s 2026 season will honour its illustrious and proud history as Australia’s oldest continuous ballet company while embracing a bold future in artistic creation.
Dale Woodbridge-Brown, aka Kamilaroi Cowboy, might be relatively new to the world of burlesque but he is no stranger to the spotlight ahead of making his Perth International Burlesque Festival debut.
All thriller and no filler production MJ The Musical will have Perth audiences remember the time when the show’s Australian tour makes a final stop at Crown Theatre in June 2026.
A theatrically epic behind-the-scenes look at the cut-throat world of haute couture is set to take the opening weekend spotlight at Perth Festival 2026.
