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Nicholas Dinopoulos conducts the Giovanni Consort 30th Anniversary Gala at Guildford Grammar School Chapel on Saturday.

Choral livePremiumSt Mary’s and Guildford Grammar host choral splendour

Giovanni Consort honour ecclesiastical origins of their core Renaissance repertoire with recitals to mark their 30th anniversary.

David Cusworth

Soprano Samantha Clarke sings Britten's Illuminations with WA Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Edward Gardner at Winthrop Hall on Friday.

Classical livePremiumWASO brings Schubert, Britten, Brahms to Winthrop Hall

Samantha Clarke and Edward Gardner set the seal on scintillating Schubert, Britten and Brahms with WA Symphony Orchestra at Winthrop Hall.

David Cusworth

The Khmer Rouge regime used Cambodia's Choeung Ek as an execution site and mass grave. (AP PHOTO)

ArtsPremiumCambodia sites of Khmer Rouge brutality heritage listed

UNESCO has added three sites used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime for torture and executions 50 years ago to its World Heritage List.

Sopheng Cheang

Purple puppet comedian Randy Feltface at Elizabeth Quay.

ComedyPremiumComedian bananas about ending tour in Perth

Current world events are not helping the more chilled-out vibe purple puppet comedian Randy Feltface has embraced towards the latter part of his 20-year career.

Tanya MacNaughton

Fiona Campbell, Andrew O'Connor, Katie Noonan and Louis Hurley.

WA premieresPremiumAVE debuts in Perth as PSO tells our stories

Operatic mezzo-soprano and creative director of Perth Symphony Orchestra Fiona Campbell is staging shows this month that channel Australian and WA stories.

David Cusworth

Artist Lyndsey with her winning submission.

Art worksPremiumArtists bring colour to headspace Albany’s blank walls

Young artists from across the Great Southern were celebrated at the Blank Walls Youth Art Awards Ceremony and Open Night, held at headspace Albany.

Claire Middleton

Downstairs at The Maj will host Plied and Prejudice in July and August where Lucy Goodrick, Patrick Gandin and Jess Lally will star as multiple characters.

Classic twistPremiumGetting the party started with Austen adaptation

Fear not if Jane Austen’s beloved classic novel Pride and Prejudice has ever felt wanting for more liquor, laughs and costume changes, as comedy adaptation Plied and Prejudice opens in Perth.

Tanya MacNaughton

Luke Hogan as Art Garfunkel and Israel Bloodgood as Paul Simon in The Simon and Garfunkel Story touring Australia.

Sound of silenceMusic duo reunited in stage story

Praise from an artist about their life story portrayal is no easy feat but it was bestowed on The Simon and Garfunkel Story cast when Art Garfunkel surprised them on stage in 2024 after a New York performance.

Tanya MacNaughton

Mayume Noguromi as Alice with the Flamingos in ALICE (in wonderland).

WA BalletCommentsPremiumWA Ballet takes audience down the rabbit hole in ALICE

Tiny faces among the audience peered up in awe, mesmerised by Alice’s every move as she pirouetted her way into the whimsical world of wonderland …

Melinda Webster

Indigenous elders Aunty Muriel Bowie, Aunty Margaret Culbong, Aunty Doolann Leisha Eatts, Uncle Albert McNamara, Uncle Noel Nannup, Uncle Ben Taylor Cuiermara, Aunty Irene McNamara, Aunty Theresa Walley, Uncle Farley Garlett and Uncle Walter Eatts featured in the Ngaluk Waangkiny Regional Tour.

US TALKINGNgaluk Waangkiny Regional Tour exhibition visits Narrogin

A group of Indigenous elders share their story of resilience in the face of racial adversity through a powerful month-long exhibition to make for a special NAIDOC Week in Narrogin.

Hannah Whitehead

Overall Winner John Manson with his winning piece Navigator.

prize art‘Navigator’ wins Albany Maritime Art Exhibition top prize

John Manson took out top honours in this year’s Albany Maritime Art Exhibition, awarded overall winner at the exhibition’s opening night at Vancouver Arts Centre on Wednesday, July 3.

Jacki Elezovich

Tasha Rogoff's portrait of her grandad and Isobel Bazar's of her great gran have won Young Archies. (HANDOUT/ART GALLERY OF NSW)

ArtsPremiumPrecocious painters shine in Young Archie portrait wins

A detailed portrait of the artist as a young woman and a photorealist rendition of a box-obsessed grandad are among the winners of an Australian portrait prize.

Jack Gramenz

Jackson Head plays the role of Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Disney musicalPremiumNavigating the role of a lifetime

The musical theatre industry might be a notoriously tough one to crack, but for talented Brisbane-raised brothers Liam and Jackson Head the odds have been in their favour.

Tanya MacNaughton

Artist Maxxi Minaxi May at The Art Gallery of WA.

Maxxi Minaxi MayPremiumAGWA embraces joyful junk

What happens when art meets rubbish? In her new exhibition, artist Maxxi Minaxi May invites audiences to reimagine junk with playful, inquisitive joy.

Belle Taylor

A render of the film studio under construction in Malaga.

Film BoomFilm industry plans to go ahead despite tariff threats

The State Government is moving forward with its plans to grow WA’s screen industry and workforce through incentives, admitting it likely wouldn’t be popular with the US President.

Liam Murphy

Michael Griffiths will be performing songs by Peter Allen in July.

CabaretPremiumYou haven’t heard the last of Michael

Consummate cabaret star Michael Griffiths is doing his best to feel glass-half-full about the closure of the Perth International Cabaret Festival, and is returning to Perth for Afterdark Performance Lounge.

Tanya MacNaughton

Lucinda and Stephanie Nicholls, Hayley Scheffer and Elena Wittkuhn at Grove Library for Mirabilis Collective on Sunday.

Classical livePremiumHistorical tribute to women and song

Hildegard von Bingen’s medieval paean to wisdom, O Virtus Sapientiae, infuses Grove Library with a cathedral ambience for a winter season finale.

David Cusworth

Sam Longley as Brian in Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s production Beanstalk.

Tall talePremiumViewing the world from a fresh perspective

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is inviting audiences to walk in the shoes of a giant in the school holidays with its production Beanstalk that flips the traditional Jack And The Beanstalk script.

Tanya MacNaughton

Anastasia is touring to Crown Theatre Perth in March 2026.

MusicalAnastasia the musical arrives at Crown Perth in March 2026

Broadway musical Anastasia will take audiences on a journey into the past when the Australian production tours to Crown Theatre Perth in March 2026.

Tanya MacNaughton

Sara Macliver sings for Danceworks with Otto Tausk and WA Symphony Orchestra at Studio Underground.

Underground musicPremiumWASO bends genres with Musical Mavericks

Conductor Otto Tausk brings a Dutch treat to WA Symphony Orchestra’s new Underground Series with Danceworks at State Theatre Centre.

David Cusworth

WA Ballet guest artistic director David McAllister.

Curiouser and curiouserPremiumDon’t be late for this important ballet date

WA Ballet returns to Crown Theatre Perth for the first time since its 2021 season of Dracula, with a more child-friendly production programmed for the July school holidays.

Tanya MacNaughton

Principal violinist and director Satu Vanska on tour with ACO.

Australian premierePremiumACO unleashes Bach, Ravel, Beethoven, Schubert, Kuusisto

Australian Chamber Orchestra celebrates 50 years with homegrown talents and Cello Concerto premiere from Finnish composer Jaakko Kuusisto.

David Cusworth

Young composer Domenic Lamattina at the WASO Composition Project showcase at Studio Underground.

World premieresPremiumComposing with a difference from WASO

New music is fun with James Ledger, doyen composer and artistic director of the WA Symphony Orchestra’s Composition Project.

David Cusworth

Darren Lewsen is the new chair of WA Opera, with effect from June 30.

Arts leadershipPremiumChanging of the guard at WA Opera

Ernst and Young executive Darren Lewsen new chair of the State opera company, replacing Andrew Pascoe next week.

David Cusworth