Nanci Nott
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![Priscilla Queen of the Desert. A couple of drag queens and a transwoman stand on stage in front of an orange backdrop and a prop bus. They are in extravagant costumes and are holding hands.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1aac95f0-9aa3-4dc7-a8ad-dc814b6a5c8c1-e1715733100555.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert – the musical, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
This accomplished jukebox musical served as a reminder of how far society has (and hasn’t) evolved.Â
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Dance Review: SILENCE, His Majesty’s Theatre, WA
SILENCE is a plea for treaty in dance form with drum-heavy soundscapes and a clever use of comedy.
![Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett. A woman in black feathers against a hazy spotlit backdrop throws her head back while stretching up her arms and singing into a microphone.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/001_DSC9363_240119_MatthewGedling-1.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett, FRINGE WORLD, WA
A sexy and subversive celebration of difference.
![Chicago. Image is a chorus line of dancers grouped behind a woman in a very short black dress and stockings. All have their right arms raised and wrists slightly bent, and their right legs bent so they're on tiptoe.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Zoe-Ventoura-and-ensemble-All-That-Jazz-CHICAGO-c-Jeff-Busby-1.jpg?w=310)
Musical Review: Chicago, Crown Theatre, WA
One of the longest running musicals on Broadway is returning to tour Australia, first stop Perth.
![Dirty Birds. Image a large ink set of a bedroom, with two women looking out a window with their backs to us.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Mandy-and-Hayley-McElhinney-photo-credit-Daniel-J-Grant.jpg?w=310)
Theatre Review: Dirty Birds, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA
'Dirty Birds' explores the off-centre symmetry of sisterhood in a context of anxious absurdity.
![Nutcracker. Image is three dancers, two in pink with puffy pantaloons on bended knees and the third in the middle in light blue in a dancing pose with both arms raised to the sides.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Nikki-Blain-Jurgen-Rahimi-and-Kiki-Saito-as-the-Mirlitons-in-The-Nutcracker.-Photo-by-Bradbury-Photography-4.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: The Nutcracker, His Majesty's Theatre, WA
This seasonal favourite tells a timeless tale.
![Venus in Fur. Image is a woman in bondage gear and long dark hair standing in a purple it audition room.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Venus-in-Fur_-218.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Venus in Fur, Fridays Studio, WA
The play within a play narrative of this production addressed themes of intersecting power and eroticism.
![Democracy Repair Services. Image is of four actors on a black stage that can barely be seen, but each has a head torch](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/dem.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Democracy Repair Services, Blue Room Theatre, WA
This subversive play challenges concepts of democracy by exploring the dark side of general consensus.
![Green Dot. Image is of a woman from the waist up with short red hair and a red shirt, and on the right a book cover of a black and white illustration of a faceless woman in front of a burning house.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/dot.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Green Dot, Madeleine Gray
This impressive debut explores the complexities of love in the context of an illicit workplace romance.
![Architect of the Invisible. A large group of dancers in bright clothing reach across steps and lift dancer in blue dress.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/ARCHITECT-OF-THE-INVISIBLE_1G1A8459_Photo-Emma-Fishwick.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Architect of the Invisible, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Contemporary dance merges with classical literature in this symbolic reimagining of Dante Alighieri’s 'The Divine Comedy'.