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Director Peter Houghton took some time out of his busy schedule to talk about his latest production Day One, A Hotel, Evening with Aussie Theatre’s Perth correspondent Craig Dalglish. Written by Australia’s most produced playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith and presented by the Black Swan State Theatre Company, Day One, A Hotel, Evening is…
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After the first couple of scenes, it is obvious that you are about to settle into nearly two and a half hours of a predominantly dialogue-driven performance. For some, that might seem tedious. In this case of Arthur Miller’s American classic Death of a Salesman, the dialogue-heavy sequences are precisely…
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Pitched as Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, and one of the most popular romantic comedies in the English language, The Importance of Being Ernest proves itself to be all that and so much more. This is a sparkling, classic performance that although doing little more than having fun with itself…
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There is something quietly disquieting about the set. It’s simplistic yet beautiful — a room in a farmhouse jutting out from a corner, the rest of the stage the property. A tree cut out from the backdrop and backlit to fit the scene. Reddish-brown highlights; the colour of bushland. Leaves and…
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In its third year at its new home, last night The Black Swan State Theatre Company launched its 2013 program. After announcing a cut back in 2012 Black Swan returns with a seven play season that includes a return to the Studio Underground. Opening the season in the Heath Ledger Theatre…
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After the success of Rising Water in 2011, Black Swan State Theatre Company presents the second of Tim Winton’s plays, Signs of Life in its winter 2012 season. Signs of Life is about people with uncertain futures, in a country where nobody belongs, and everyone’s fate seems to have been determined by…
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The Third Richard Burton Award for Playwriting, created by Sally Burton in association with Black Swan State Theatre Company, has new entry guidelines in 2012. With a prize pool of $30,000, the Award is one of the richest in Australia. The Richard Burton Award for New Plays is in celebration…
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AussieTheatre is very pleased to have 4 double passes to give away to Black Swan State Theatre Company’s latest production National Interest, in Perth. This production is a WORLD PREMIERE, co-presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company. Starring: James Bell, Julia Blake, Grant Cartwright, Michelle Fornasier, Stuart Halusz and Polly Low. Tony Stewart was…
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Visually spectacular and elaborate, the Black Swan State Theatre Company presents Hilary Bell’s newly commissioned The White Divers of Broome as part of the Perth International Arts Festival 2012. Fiercely exotic and populated with greed, loyalty, betrayal and the controversial history surrounding the White Australia Policy, this world premiere play is rich…
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Tonight, history will be made when a brand new Australian play opens at the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA. Presented as part of the Perth International Arts Festival and Black Swan State Theatre Company’s first play of the 2012 season, The White Divers Of Broome - written by Hilary…
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