Wolfgang von Flugelhorn, Author at ArtsHub Australia

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Wolfgang von Flügelhorn is a writer and critic based in Perth. An extended version of this and other reviews by Wolfgang can be found on https://wolfgangvonflugelhorn.substack.com/publish/posts

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn's Latest Articles

A large screen depicting a black and white screen showing a group of people in a field. There are musicians playing in the foreground.

Performance reviews: Samsara: A Cine-Concert, Ultimate Safari, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches) Perth Festival

Three short-run shows at Perth Festival explore a range of topics and mediums.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Feb 26, 2025

A crowd of people are seated around a central area. In the middle of which is a screen that says "191. How do you know?"

Performance review: 12 Last Songs, WA State Theatre Centre, Perth Festival

Experimental and unscripted, this interactive, community-driven performance lasted for 12 hours.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Feb 18, 2025

Two men, one with a FBI vest, are on the left, with their arms pointing to a woman on the right.

Theatre review: Is This A Room, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth Festival

A real-life interrogation about Russian interference in the 2016 US election is recreated onstage.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Feb 18, 2025

A white woman stands in front of a massive projection of herself in which she is pointing with her index finger in close up to the camera. Sarah Aiken. PICA

Dance review: Make Your Life Count, PICA

An ambitious solo work that incorporates video and text.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Apr 19, 2024

A person in an orange top manipulates two puppets - an old woman in a wicker chair and a young boy with a yellow jumper and orange hair. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Performance review: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Claremont Showground

A puppetry show that lovingly explores an intergenerational bond.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Apr 10, 2024

Qui a tué mon père. A man sits on a stage in front of a backdrop projection of an open road.

Theatre review: Qui a tué mon père (Who Killed My Father), Adelaide Festival

A personal polemic addressing France’s neglect and contempt of the working class poor.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Mar 12, 2024

Private View. Image is of a man with Down's syndrome standing in a room looking out of a window and holding a billowing yellow curtain. In the middle of the room is a smalll round table with a lit candle on it and two chairs. In the right hand top corner is a female figure in a slinky figure hugging red dress, with a lampshade obscuring her face and head.

Dance review: Private View, Adelaide Festival

Stories of love and desire by dancers with and without a disability.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Mar 7, 2024

Theatre review: Grand Theft Theatre, Adelaide Festival

A recreation of memorable theatrical experiences forms the basis of this show.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Mar 6, 2024

Angélique Kidjo. A woman of African appearance in a red patterned African dress and turban sings into a microphone against a black backdrop.

Music review: Angélique Kidjo, Perth Festival

Angélique Kidjo celebrated her 40-year career and recent album, 'Mother Nature'.

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Mar 4, 2024

Are we not drawn onward to a new erA. The image is of a single person wearing a nose/mouth mask on a stage holding up a smoking flare, surrounded by smoke with bits of detritus - fabric - at their feet.

Performance review: Are we not drawn onward to new erA, State Theatre of WA, Perth Festival

Does 'Are we not drawn onward to new erA’ show us how things are’?

Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Feb 26, 2024

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