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Paintings by Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall from the exhibition, '360° – A Visual Journey' at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Four paintings hanging on a white gallery wall.
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360° – A Visual Journey review: Mandurah exhibition explores repetition, environment, perspective and translation

The eighth solo exhibition from Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall is showing at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre until 21 November.

Boorloo Contemporary at East Perth Power Station (seen here in 2025) returns for Perth Festival 2026. An industrial-looking building lit up by brightly coloured projects, and photographed from the air at night; a large crowd is gathered in the building's expansive courtyard.
Interviews

Perth Festival 2026 makes the most of its city’s cultural infrastructure shortage

Artistic Director Anna Reece reveals how her second Perth Festival takes over the city’s public and private spaces.

youth arts: a photo of two teenage girls standing in an art gallery space looking at two contemporary art paintings that hang on two different walls of the gallery.
Features

Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?

The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.

access and inclusion: a photo of a group of young people in the their late teens and early twenties standing in a crowd watching a music concert against a black background.
Opinions & Analysis

Arts students with disability faced harsh odds 40 years ago – what’s different now?

The Executive Director of one of our largest disability arts organisations, DADAA, identifies positive changes in tertiary arts training, but…

Arts funding: four Australian bank notes laid on a table. Two twenty dollar bills appear at the back covered partially by two fifty dollar note on top.
News

Where’s the money from this local government arts program gone?

A local government with a legacy of arts investment is now facing tough questions about dramatic gaps in its arts…

arts students: A photo of two young female university students walking while carrying their books in an open walkway on a university campus.
News

Australian arts students unable to get US visas for study exchange

Four Bachelor of Arts (Dance) students at WAAPA have had to cancel their U.S. study exchange plans due to the…

Four men in front of various contraptions in production of The War of The Worlds.
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The War of the Worlds review: the radio adaptation in a new Perth venue

This production of The War of the Worlds is based on Orson Welles' radio version of HG Wells' famous book.

A side view of a man in a suit and tie in a production of The Gospel According to Paul.
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Gospel According to Paul review: Biggins does Keating at State Theatre Centre of WA

Jonathan Biggins’ The Gospel According to Paul is a masterclass in biographical theatre.

A group of people in Regency period costume in a parlour room. Plied and and Prejudice.
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Plied and Prejudice review: Austen thrills His Majesty’s Theatre, WA

An evening of Austen with plenty of laughs, Plied and Prejudice may be the most fun you’ll ever have at…

Awoman in a blue dress is standing in front of a yellow door. A person in yellow is next to her. The backdrop is made of colourful shapes.
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Ballet Review: ALICE (in wonderland), Crown Theatre, WA

This co-production between West Australian Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet revitalises Lewis Carroll's classic book.

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