21 + 22 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Direct from the Bangkok Theatre Festival, Hunger is a new movement work exploring love, happiness and our constant desire for more.

18 - 22 Feb 2015 // 9pm

Direct from a hit Melbourne Fringe run, best friends Tee and Alex had big plans, but their ultimate road trip dream was totalled when Tee fell pregnant. Fifteen years later, they’re finally getting on that bus… a surreal black comedy where the stakes are high and the brakes are off!

18 - 22 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Every woman has five men that shape their lives- family members, lovers, chance encounters and celebrity crushes. Meet one impetuous woman and five of the men that have shaped her… and how she shaped them. From the creators of the Fringe World 2013 hit See Ya Sailor Man.

18 - 22 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Careful what you wish for – when the devil comes a calling he may be in the oddest disguise…

Don’t miss your chance to see the return of this award-winning blues-infused hit about one man, stuck at the crossroads, given one tempting and terrifying offer.

Presented in association with PICA

18 - 22 Feb 2014 // 8pm

Don’t miss this absurdly funny yet sad story of working the graveyard shift on a suicide-prevention hotline in New York.

“Engaging, hilarious and… disturbing.” – TimeOut New York

A comedy… about suicide. Written & performed by Brian Finkelstein (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Moth, NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien).

10 - 22 Feb 2014 // 8pm

Winner: Best Performance, Auckland Fringe 2013.

Trygve Wakenshaw delights in this critically-acclaimed physical comedy about an imaginary friend who makes imaginary friends who make imaginary enemies who make imaginary armies out of imaginary Scotsmen. A stream of consciousness comedy adventure. What will happen? Nobody knows. Not even the squid.

Presented in association with PICA.

18 - 22 Feb 2014 // 7:30pm

Maps, diaries, napkins, passports, receipts, parking fines, movie tickets… where does your paper trail lead? In three short dance works, Unkempt Dance, Emma Fishwick and Toyi-Toyi Theatre consider our relationship with paper as they trace, sketch and map their way to meaning.

18 - 22 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

A new pair of hands is the perfect complement to a woman who exudes self-confidence. Bolstering professionalism while radiating magnetism, fashion hands add panache to any ensemble. Witness this delicately interlocking story about suburban ennui, the staleness of monogamy, and the ceaseless desire for a new pair of haute-couture hands.

Presented in association with PICA

18 - 20 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Abe is in trouble with Juvenile Justice. Forced to complete a Community Service Court Order at a local Men’s Shed, he reluctantly attends. He even survives it. Sometimes hope, mateship and joy can be found in the most unexpected of places.

11 - 14 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Barefaced brings you a new round of fresh faced Perth storytellers armed only with their true tales straight off the back of workshops with LA Moth host and Emmy Award-nominated writer Brian Finkelstein (The Ellen Show, The Moth, NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien).

10 - 15 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Winner of Montreal Fringe’s Next Stage Award, get ready for this surrealist-psychedelic tale about Sex Pistols punk icon Sid Vicious, and the tug of war for his life between bandmate Johnny Rotten, his manager Malcolm McLaren, and his junkie girlfriend, ‘Nauseating’ Nancy Spungen, at New York’s Chelsea Hotel.

Presented in association with PICA

11 - 15 Feb 2014 // 8:30pm

Direct from a 5-star season at the Edinburgh Fringe, multi-award winning theatremaker Stuart Bowden (The Beast, The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) returns with his prototype invention – a lo-fi, DIY, offbeat, sci-fi, storytelling experience.

A surreal, soulful comedy about a cosmic visitor and a decomposing world.

11 - 15 Feb 2014 // 8pm

How can I be absolutely right every time?

Join an introverted perfectionist as he embraces strategy, dreams and toilet paper on a quest to avoid the big fall. A playful and surprising personal story of overcomplicating the simple things in life from the award-winning creator of When Harry Met Harry.

6 - 15 Feb 2014 // from 7pm

For one night, for one hour, the city is yours.

Step outside of the familiar. Head out of the theatre and into the streets of Northbridge, through hidden corners, everyday streets, and one-on-one encounters.

See your home anew. Leave your baggage at the door. You are it.

4 - 15 Feb 2014 // 7pm

The sell-out smash of 2013 is reborn with all new performers in four packed programs sticking to one very simple rule…anything goes for 600 seconds!

Comedy. Theatre. Dance. Performance. Storytelling. Illusion. Whatever.

10, 11, 13 - 15 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

A boy. A girl. A fin.

In June 2013, The Skeletal System delivered this killer tale of blood and heartache in the deep blue sea. Don’t miss the anticipated return of one of the year’s most talked-about shows: reworked and restaged for Fringe World.
It’s every swimmer’s worst nightmare…

Presented in association with PICA

11 - 15 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Weaving between ancient and modern, this fresh take on Romeo and Juliet approaches Shakespeare with a healthy dash of humour. Jackets come to life, puppets are poetic and violent, and anachronisms abound as four actors adeptly unravel the classic for a contemporary audience.

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 9pm

A duet for a musician and a man on the run.

Guided by love, terror and stupidity, he runs from God-knows-what to God-knows-where. He doesn’t know his past or future, but he knows he’s gotta run…

“Davies’ performance is astounding… the most successful actor musician collaboration I have seen.” – 3MBS

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 8pm

Roz Hammond (ABCTV’s Mad as Hell, The Librarians) plays all eight characters in this uplifting story about a community gym class.

“Theatre at its most powerful – intimate and superbly crafted” – Stage Whispers

24 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 8pm

Bickering snails, neurotic snakes and a restless baby bird…welcome to a swamp like no other! Following sell-out seasons in Edinburgh, Berlin and London, puppeteer Jeff Achtem presents this shadow puppet adventure about life in a swamp. A live cartoon adventure with an eye-popping 3D finale. Watch out for jellyfish!

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Girl, you better work. After a sell-out season at Melbourne Fringe Festival and performed entirely on treadmills, multi-award winning ensemble Grit Theatre bring their unique brand of performance to Perth for the first time.

Presented in association with PICA.

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Two choreographers share one stage for a vibrant and diverse double bill of contemporary dance. Claudia Alessi /Company Complesso and Brooke Leeder team up with eleven of Perth’s finest dancers to present two new works filled with humour and grace, intricacy and power.

Presented in association with PICA

24 + 25 Jan 2014 // 9:30pm

The Bruce is back!

Straight from a completely sold-out season here at The Blue Room Theatre, Bruce returns for two-nights only.

“Its dizzying audacity is a marvel” – The West Australian

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 7:30pm

The sun bears down on Oliver and Elsie at an abandoned bus stop.

They’re stuck, the heat is unbearable and the boredom is worse.

Then the smoke appears…. As the day wears on, Oliver and Elsie learn more about their family than they ever wanted to know.

24 Jan // 6pm

A night of unexpected delights, sweet treats and summer fun as we throw open the doors to celebrate the start of Summer Nights.

We are here for four massive weeks of the best theatre, performance, dance and more at Fringe World 2014.

Let’s start with a bang.

28 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Jane’s dad disappeared a year ago. Now she has the most important job at her sister’s elaborate wedding: she’s the pigeon handler. But she needs some birds first.

Armed only with a pool scooper, Jane finds more than just pigeons when she ventures into the real world.

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

Sweat and sinew, strength and danger –how do you keep stable and steady when you defy death for a living? A portrait of a clown in crisis, told through circus, spoken word, and hip-hop. See this fresh, dynamic, visceral style of storytelling that’ll make you laugh and hit you hard.

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 9:30pm

3 days. 27 footy players. 10,000 beers.

Alex Broun’s ferocious and darkly funny tale takes us on a blurry weekend in the company of extreme males… with extreme drinking and extreme consequences.

Presented in association with PICA

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 9pm

Grandma’s dead, after the three hour funeral, it’s the wake. Drinks are flowing, stories are coming out and the aunts are uncomfortable.

Hidden in the loo, Stephanie and Veronica are preparing for the excruciating evening ahead. You can’t choose your family…

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 8pm

People keep secrets on average for 32 minutes.

Think yours are safe? Call The Pigeons –they’ll listen to your darkest secrets and file them away for safekeeping. This is, until they start to escape… Funny and frenetic, The Pigeons is a fast-paced romp through the minefield of professional secret keeping.

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 8:00 PM

The abandoned baby of verbatim & documentary theatre, commercial news broadcast and dogme95 films. The truly true story of a small boy spending his days chained to a lamppost outside his parents’ one room slum. And then the cameras come.

4 - 8 Feb 2014 6:30pm

In post-war Perth, your safety is the Justice Department’s top priority. Government-trained superhero The Night Guardian is here to protect you. But renegade journalist Dr Chaos threatens the peace. Is our hero blind to what’s really going on, or is Dr. Chaos just another madman in a mask?

Presented in association with PICA

4 - 8 Feb 2014 // 6:30pm

Kaitlyn Plyley loves to talk.

So it came as a shock to realise she was being silenced. With a unique fusion of poetry and storytelling, Not Much To Tell You examines the small acts, the quiet prejudices, and the unspoken power-plays that occur every day in mainstream Australia.