A graduate of the dance program at WAAPA, Emma Fishwick is a multi-artform artist based in Perth and we sat down with her to talk sustainability, art and career. Emma recently created and choreographed microLandscapes which was presented by Performing Lines WA in conjunction with Next Wave Festival 2016, and recently received a nomination for […]
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PLAYGROUP
The Cutting Room Floor & The Blue Room Theatre present Playgroup, a creative classroom environment for artists to show + tell. Playgroup is an opportunity for exposure, networking, feedback and collaboration in a playful school environment. Artists will either: Show: Present a scene or idea in a project they are currently working on and seek feedback and […]
Critical Conversation comes to The Blue Room Theatre
Critical Conversation is a free event that encourages critical discussion about work being made and presented in Perth, and it’s now a regular series at The Blue Room Theatre. Each month, a panel of artists, arts workers, producers and critics engage in a facilitated conversation in front of an audience about work that has been presented in […]
LOFT applications now open for diverse artists
LOFT support for the second half of 2017 is being dedicated to support the creative development of work by artists from culturally diverse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, or artists with disability. This reflects The Blue Room Theatre’s commitment to seeing more diverse stories on stage, showcasing the diversity of our community. Existing to […]
Centre Stage with… Emma Mary Hall
NAME: EMMA MARY HALL // ROLE: WRITER, PRODUCER & PERFORMER // SHOW: ODE TO MAN Which three words best describe your show? Batty, sad, immense. What do you hope people take away from your show? The other night an audience member told me the work opened doors in her mind, to enable her to think about and talk […]
Centre Stage with… Ben Thomas
NAME: BEN THOMAS // ROLE: CO-WRITER, PRODUCER & PERFORMER // SHOW: SO YOU THINK YOU’RE CHARLIE SMITH What do you hope people take away from your show? I mainly hope that people feel like they’ve seen something a little bit different, something that’s interesting. Obviously I hope the show stays with the audience long after they’ve left the […]
Centre Stage with… Izzy McDonald
NAME: IZZY MCDONALD // ROLE: PERFORMER // SHOW: TAMAGOTCHI RESET AND OTHER DOOMSDAYS Which three words best describe your show? Spectacular, story telling, doomsday. What do you hope people take away from your show? I hope people will come away from the show with a smile on their face, even if they know the world […]
Centre Stage with… Amy Mathews
NAME: AMY MATHEWS // ROLE: PERFORMER // SHOW: TOAST Which three words best describe your show? Family. Home. Loss. What was your first experience with theatre? I have a really strong memory of seeing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with these over sized upside down umbrellas floating around the stage that the performers moved between. It […]
Centre Stage with… Jessica Russell
NAME: JESSICA RUSSELL // ROLE: CO-DEVISOR & PERFORMER // SHOW: BLUEPRINT What do you hope people take away from your show? Exploring genetic modification as a maker means we have this great, artistic playground in front of us. What was science-fiction is now hitting closer to home and we’ve got to start making some tough choices as […]
Subscribe and win a night at Alex Hotel
Purchase The Complete Works subscription to our April – July 2017 season before Monday 3 April and go in the running to win a night’s stay at Alex Hotel.* Offering independent, boutique accommodation, Alex Hotel has been our accommodation partner since 2016 and is located just across the road from us, making it the perfect […]
April – July 2017 season now on sale
Uncover what’s hidden within this season of new works and play readings. Watch as emerging artists find their feet and established artists try something new, all of diving into worlds of possibility as creative talent and audacious ideas converge to bring these works to our stage. The season was officially launched at The Blue Room Theatre on the […]
First two shows now on sale for April-July 2017
After a hugely successful Summer Nights season as part of FRINGE WORLD, The Blue Room Theatre now announces the first two productions of their April-July 2017 season. So You Think You’re Charlie Smith from sandpaperplane opens the season, followed closely by Emma Mary Hall’s Ode to Man. Tickets for these shows are available now. The […]
Sustained Playwriting
This year The Blue Room Theatre is presenting Sustained Playwriting, a course facilitated by veteran award-winning playwright Hellie Turner. By the end of the course writers will have written a strong first scene of a new play, and will have a plan for how to proceed towards the completion of a first draft that is suitable […]
SUMMER NIGHTS SWEEPS THE FRINGE WORLD AWARDS
FRINGE WORLD 2017 is done and dusted for another year, and The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights program has won nine FRINGE WORLD Awards, including Best Independent Program for the sixth year in a row and the top prize of the Festival, the Martin Sims Award for Bus Boy by Rorschach Beast. This year the Summer […]
The Blue Room Theatre appoints Julian Hobba as Executive Director
The Blue Room Theatre board has announced the appointment of Julian Hobba as Executive Director of The Blue Room Theatre. “The board are so happy to appoint Julian as our new Executive Director. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from across the country and we are excited to have him join the team,” Chair […]
Call for nominations to the board of Performing Arts Centre Society (trading as The Blue Room Theatre)
There are four positions open for election on the board of Performing Arts Centre Society (trading as The Blue Room Theatre) at the next Annual General Meeting which will be held on the 24 April 2017. The board is made up of six elected positions and up to four co-opted positions. After the elected members are decided, PACS […]
PIAF MASTERCLASS: Theatre As A Remake Of The Past With Lola Arias & Lucila Piffer
Theatre as a Remake of the Past with Lola Arias and Lucila Piffer (The Year I Was Born) Can art be a way to revive the past? How do reality and fiction overlap? What can we understand under the expression documentary art? What kind of writing processes enable these type of projects? In which ways […]
Australian Cultural Fund Clinics and Information Session
Free one-on-one fundraising clinics with the Australian Cultural Fund The Australian Cultural Fund, a fundraising platform for Australian artists, is offering a limited number of free one-on-one fundraising clinics for members of The Blue Room Theatre on Wednesday 1 March. ACF fundraising specialist Esther Gyorki will provide targeted advice on fundraising and the many ways artists […]
The Architects of Sound: Arena Spectacular Interview
The Architects of Sound: Arena Spectacular Interview with Valencia Low-Fi, Amaro Mayfair & Sutro 1. Is it true that you are actually the best band in the world? A: Well I wouldn’t go that far, but I would definitely say we’re in the top 1% in the Herstory of the world. V: Us one percenters […]
Summer Nights opens with a bang
The Blue Room Theatre’s handcrafted program of theatre and performance at FRINGE WORLD 2017 has opened with a bang, with more than 1700 people coming through the doors in the opening weekend. Summer Nights continues this week with: aMoment Caravan Bus Boy BLANK THE ONE by Jeffrey Jay Fowler Price Tag iOTA in The Average […]
Fill in the blanks with… Mallika Macleod
PERFORMER: MALLIKA MACLEODallika // SHOW: BLANK // DATE: WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY// TIME: 6PM // VENUE: STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THEATRE CENTRE Our fourth performer to take on Nassim Soleimanpour’s BLANK is Mallika Macleod, The Arts Manager at DADAA, the national Chair of Arts Access Australia, and an inter-country adoptee! Having acquired a disability in childhood, Mallika’s […]
Fill in the blanks with… Ron Bradfield
PERFORMER: RON BRADFIELD // SHOW: BLANK // DATE: TUESDAY 24 JANUARY 2017 // TIME: 6PM // VENUE: STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THEATRE CENTRE Our third performer to take on Nassim Soleimanpour’s BLANK is Ron Bradfield Jnr, a Bardi man who grew up on Yamatji lands in and around Geraldton and now calls Whadjuk Boodja (country) home. Ron is […]
Centre Stage with… Jo Randerson
NAME: Jo Randerson // ROLE: Performer/Writer // SHOW: Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong What’s the best show you’ve ever seen? The best show I have ever seen was called ‘Nuts Coconuts’. It was in the Edinburgh Festival. The actual show started half an hour before the doors opened for the audience, so the show ’finished’ about […]
Centre Stage with… Harriet Gillies
NAME: Harriet Gillies (my friends call me Hat 😉 slutty emoji) // ROLE: Co-creator and performer // SHOW: They’ve Already Won What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Google. even though it’s the thing that bugs me the most in the rehearsal room it’s also the thing that gives me the most material. […]
Centre Stage with… The best band in the world!
NAME: Valencia Low-Fi, Amaro Mayfair, Sutro// ROLE: Sonic geniuses // SHOW: The Architects of Sound: Arena Spectacular What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? V: The Macbook pro. Without it we simply would not be the iconic indie musicians you know and bow down to today. S: A soy decaf latte on […]
Centre Stage with…. Salty
NAME: Jayde Harding, Shannan Lim & Tye Norman// ROLE: Writers & devisors // SHOW: SALTY What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Shannan: UberEATS on those long days stuck inside. It’s funny when the three of us just stop working to wait for our UberEATS delivery of fried chicken sandwiches. What’s the […]
Centre Stage with… Michael Abercromby
NAME: Michael Abercromby // ROLE: Writer/Director/Producer // SHOW: LUCIDITY What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Rubber balls. You know the really bouncy ones you can get from Kmart for about $3? They are a fantastic object to use for acting exercises, for actors to incorporate into warm ups, and to use […]
Fill in the blanks with… Ofa Fotu
PERFORMER: OFA FOTU // SHOW: BLANK // DATE: SATURDAY 21 JANUARY 2017 // TIME: 6PM // VENUE: STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THEATRE CENTRE Better known to most as Odette Mercy, front woman of Perth’s freshest soul/funk act Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics, Ofa Fotu is a unique artist who regularly brings the house down with her […]
Centre Stage with… Gavin Roach
NAME: Gavin Roach // ROLE: Writer/Performer/Producer // SHOW: The Measure of a Man What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Coffee. I know it’s a cliché but during rehearsals I usually start the session of with a large soy cap with one and then once that’s done, I find any excuse I can […]
Centre Stage with… Anneliese Kirk
NAME: Annelise Kirk // ROLE: Co-Producer of Topographs and Director/Choreographer of fuite pt. deux // SHOW: Topographs What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? I absolutely can’t live without my choreography journal in the rehearsal room. Although, I actually think I pretty much carry it everywhere. There’s rarely a time that it’s […]
Centre Stage with… Samantha Maclean
NAME: Samantha Maclean// ROLE: Producer/Director // SHOW: Well Mannered What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Pen and paper. Just the basic stuff, although at least 12 different types of pens live in my bag at all times. I kind of compulsively collect them. I do run into problems though – my […]
Centre Stage with… Thea Fitz-James
NAME: Thea Fitz-James // ROLE: Creator, writer & performer // SHOW: DRUNK GIRL What item can’t you live without in the rehearsal room? Um… my body? Honestly, as an indie theatre maker with very little money, I’m used to jumping around from space to space and rehearsing out of living rooms and hallways. So all I […]
Fill in the blanks with…. Dr Anne Aly MP
PERFORMER: DR ANNE ALY MP // SHOW: BLANK // DATE: FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017 // TIME: 6PM // VENUE: STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THEATRE CENTRE Dr Anne Aly, the Federal Member for Cowan and an internationally renowned expert in counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation, is first cab off the rank to dive head first into Nassim Soleimanpour’s BLANK. Part of […]
Summer Series 2017: Workshops
This summer, we’ll be hosting a series of workshops and conversations with artists from the Perth International Arts Festival and FRINGE WORLD throught February and March. You can learn from visiting artists in the following sessions: For more information or to book a workshop, head here. Stay tuned for the details of the PIAF workshop, to […]
Summer Nights Christmas Gift Ideas
Looking for last-minute Christmas gift ideas? Summer Nights as part of FRINGE WORLD 2017 will soon be here and brings with it 36 events we’re sure your friends and family will love. We know the amount of shows over festival season can be overwhelming so we’re making it easy by listing some ideas for you. Butt […]
Behind-the-scenes on the Summer Nights photo shoot
The photo shoot for Summer Nights 2017 took place at Stackwood with photographer Tanya Voltchanskaya, who we’ve worked with for the past three Summer Nights campaigns now. We featured Summer Nights artists Jo Morris (Alone Outside, Price Tag, The Book of Life), Zal Kanga-Parabia (Topographs), Clare Testoni (West of the Moon) and Sean Guastavino (Bus Boy, West […]
