We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

Wednesday, July 28, We All Deserve To Be Loved begins with DJ sets from Paranoid Tarantula DJs and some live goods from The Wednesday Society & Kabouter's Forest. It’s true! ..if you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar with this all new all encompassing select underground indie night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

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Going Solo at the Moon late night café

Wind down with woodruffe

Wednesday, July 28, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Ruby Boots, Grace Woodroofe and Andrew Ewing. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

Fremantle Blues and roots club

GET A BIT OF SQUID IN YOUR EARPIPES

Wednesday, July 28, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club is presenting Shontay Snow, Brian Addict, Seth Lowe (Squid) &The White Lanterns. Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.

Photo of Seth Lowe by Mihaila Lukic

Sidewalk Diamonds Present

BACK TO SCHOOL STUDENT NIGHT AT THE ROSEMOUNT

Wednesday July 28, Michael Swann & The Fox Fantasy, Art In Algebra, Sidewalk Diamonds and My Mad Flow will be playing their more than awesome tunes for you while you cling to the last days of those things we like to call holidays. As semester wears on it gets harder and harder to get pissed in the middle of the week so make the most of this fantastic opportunity and see some fantastic bands.
 

Art Show Opening

214 William St, Northbridge

More info here.

Star Wars Episode 1: Prince V Stevie

Spinning Dick's - First floor, Clarence House

Colored Purple V The Wonderfuls:
Richard Sylk V Robert McManus
V Prins Nikke I V Phillip Caspar
V M. Benjamin V Ben Taaffe
Free entry, $5 bar - till 1:00 AM

PIGEONHOLE'S SALE !

Pigeonhole
Barrack Street :: Shafto Lane :: London Court

From Monday 28 June till Saturday 3 July the staff at Pigeonhole will be running around clearing stock like headless pigeons!!

- 25% off selected jewellery and 20% off all clothing in ALL stores!!
- 20% off ALL Jewellery in ALL stores
- Rather large savings on a selection of shirts, t shirts, shorts, pants PLUS a limited selection of womens fashion, leather bags, and headphones in Cabin Fever (right next to the Bon Marche Pigeonhole store)

See you there!!!

the Fix

jazz night at the Moon Cafe

A whole crew of ace jazz musicians have been jamming at the Moon for years now under the name the Fix. The night is very chilled out and the playing is exceptional. Entry is always free to the moon.

JON MADDS ROCK'N'ROLL KARAOKE

Devilles Pad

Every thursday at Devilles Pad is getting bigger and better each week, all you budding Nancy Sinatras and Elvis shower singers get down and strut your stuff on the Devilles stage plus Happy Hour in Hell Drink Specials 6 to 7pm and Great Valued Scrumptious $10 DEMON DINNERS till late

Dont Miss it, One Hell of a Night Out with your Vocal Cords

Doors open 5pm - Free Entry

Manhattans

Manhattans is 10 minute cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, July 29, Straight outta Byron originally from Israel Raz Min San is ready to send out big peaceful reggae jams at Manhattans. More information about the reggae-jammin' man can be found a little further down the page when he plays at Mojo's on Sunday. Support on this fine night come from Sensi Sound. Entry is $10 from 8pm.

Stillfire plus special guests at Mojos Bar

Weekend starts here

Thursday, July 29, Stillfire headline Mojos Bar. These guys play classic rock kinda Black Crowes Rollings Stones vibe. Astounding progressive psyce rock wonder kids Hunting Huxley support along with the Witches Promise & the Yokohomos. Entry is $5 from 8pm.

ISOLATION

The Velvet Lounge

July 29 · 8:30pm - 9:30pm

In typical Rock-Star style, Travis & Koe will be heading off for our Melbourne mini-tour on Friday morning right after Isolation! That means they'lll have to bail out at around midnight to check in at the airport, leaving you in the capable hands of their guest DJ A...ARON MAIN aka AMNESIA (Jack In The Box) and his heavily 90's leanings!

So Travis & Koe will have to pull out all the stops as you wont see them again 'til late August - expect a wild bunch of tunes!

Electro goth, proto industrial, dance rock and the noisy, the synthy, the reverby, and heaps of stuff with that chorus bass sound. They love that!

You beautiful monsters have been impressing everyone with your non-stop midweek party ability and they'll be really looking forward to seeing you again on Thursday 29! Free Entry + Free Hugs from Travis & Koe 'til 9!
 

Oh Snap, Colour The Sky & I,Said The Sparrow.

Black Bettys

So, after kicking Perth in the face with the launch of Oh Snap, we keep the party going on July 29th w/COLOUR THE SKY and I,SAID THE SPARROW.
Not content to just serve up the audible goods, we turn up the radical and drop a stack of giveaways from KILLYOURSTEREO.COM & throw in a bunch of copies of Avenged Sevenfolds latest longplayer - 'Nightmare'.

New kids on the block I,SAID THE SPARROW are making waves across the Perth music ...scene. See what the fuss is all about when the stage lights are fixed firmly on them on July 29th. www.myspace.com/isaidthesparrow

Seasoned performers COLOUR THE SKY are bringing their ever popular brand of emotive pop-rock to Oh Snap. If you are yet to discover the musical stylings of Keira Jane + Co, then make sure you pencil this night in. www.myspace.com/colourtheskyband

Entry is $15 or $12 if you know someone that knows someone and doors are @ 9pm.

For more information, check out www.destroyalllines.com

Opening Night of 8 Days

Perth Centre for Photography

Dear PCP Members and Friends,

We would like to invite you to the Opening of '8 days' on Thursday 29th of July, 6pm-8pm.

We at PCP are pleased to present to you this group exhibition by local artists Juha Tolonen, Mike Gray, Graham Miller & Kevin Ballantine.
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This exhibition opens on Thursday 29th of July, continuing until 22nd August.

Exhibition hours: Thurs + Fri 12-5pm, Sat + Sun 12-4pm
 

Red Cross by Sam Shepard

The Blue Room Theatre

The Blue Room Theatre and The Wet Weather Ensemble present Red Cross

Carol fears her head will explode, so she promptly decides to go shopping. Jim, her boyfriend, suspects he has bugs crawling under his skin, so he stays home and works out. The couple's blissful paranoia is interrupted by the Maid, who embarks on a series of swimming lessons, despite her fear of drowning.

"It'll be in the snow somewhere. Somewhere skiing on a big... white hill... then it will snap. My whole head will snap off and roll down the hill and become a huge snow ball and roll into the city and kill a million people!"

Enter a world in a constant state of alarm: a flailing world on the slippery slope to disaster. This hysteria-fuelled ride takes Jim and Carol out of their bug-infested cabin, down an out-of-control ski slope, and into the heavenly realm of deep sea creatures.

Red Cross is a tale of terror and irresponsibility for the whole family.

The Wet Weather Ensemble vividly re-imagine one of Sam Shepard's earliest and most experimental works. Previous work by the company include A Reptile Dreamed (2009) and The Bearskinner (2009, a co-production with The Duck House).

Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by Sarah McKellar
Performed by Caris Eves, Alicia Osyka and Ian Sinclair
Lighting design by Karen Cook
Sound design by Will Slade

Tickets: $25 full, $20 concession. Blue Room Theatre members $20 full, $15 concession.
Preview and groups 8+: $15

Tickets from http://www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/redcross or call 9227 7005

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, On Behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd. London.

Blue Shaddy at Mojos Bar

with the mighty joe kings' support

Friday, July 30, Blue Shaddy return to their mecca, their supreme court, the jewel of North Fremantle Mojos Bar! These travelling surfers who just so happen to have a kick arse band are renowned for their charisma and the intimacy of Mojos compliments them to no end. Blues rock juggernaut the Joe Kings are the main support and they are set get the party started – for real! Entry to this exclusive show is $20 from 8pm.
 

Mister and Sunbird at Manhattans !

gypsies and the groovesmiths

Friday, July 30, Mister and Sunbird play Manhattans. These guys play gypsy music with a gusto and precision that you only see from touring acts – but they’re from here! Supporting will be the big groove oriented double bass touting Groovesmiths. A night of authentic folk with big grooves ! Entry is $5 from 8pm. 
 

The Den

Heartless Robot releases will be onsale.
 

Injured Ninja, Pex, Steve Matzkov, Super Games, Quick and Ducks on a String.
Heartless Robot Productions presents a night of juicy experimental lashings of sonic tastiness at a stupidly affordable price. Headlining the night will be hedonistic noise-blenders INJURED NINJA fresh from the studio after laying down the tracks for their debut LP, this will be their first headline show in a long time and first since taking out the WAMi for 'Most Popular single/ep' for their 12" split with French Rockets. They'll be supported by PEX (Folk loop bliss), STEVE MATZKOV (lush guitar and otherworldly atmospherics), SUPER GAMES (earnest plolitical punk), QUICK (warm-hearted ambient vibes) and DUCKS ON A STRING (manic post-hardcore). Noise begins at 8pm Friday July 30 at the Den. $5 Entry.

JOHNNY NANDEZ HAMMOND EXPLOSION

Devilles Pad

Las Vegas superstars JOHNNY NANDEZ HAMMOND EXPLOSION hit the stage this friday at Devilles Pad, these guys lay down the Coolest and outa sight instrumental grooooves known to man, music for your dancin' pleasure plus the MONDO INFERNO Disc Jocks laying spinning vintage vinyl platters till late,

60's GoGo action with the LES SATANIQUES and tap sensation TEAGAN the TEASER struts her stuff on stage. Happy Hour in Hell Drink Specials 6 to 7pm, Great Food available and Cooooooool Cocktails

Doors open 5pm - $10 after 8pm

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Selk and the Bone Singers w/These Shipwrecks, Cat Black and Maurice Flavel.

The Velvet Lounge

Come and hear some new songs.

SELK AND THE BONE SINGERS
THESE SHIPWRECKS
CAT BLACK
...MAURICE FLAVEL (MF AND HIS TRUCKLOAD OF HOPE)

Music from 8PM.

Grim Fandango, Golden Staph and Bermuda at Beat Route Records

Beat Route Records, 37 Barrack Street - Basement

Killer punk gig not at a pub.

Hear Grim Fandango play new ones from their upcoming full length on Poison City Records. Watch Golden Staph play their last show before a lengthy hiatus. Catch the mysterious Bermuda in a rare sighting.

Support Beat Route Records, independent record store dealing in the coolest.
... Oh and it is free entry, that's bloody cheap as!

Manhattans

the grooviest joint in vic park!

Saturday July 31 at Perth’s coolest new night spot Manhattan’s Bar on Albany Highway in Victoria Park. Zombies Attack!!! It’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Cavefire Cinema launch their hilarious new video featuring a heart wrenching zombie love story. As well as Cavefire Cinema playing this houlish and angelic night catch Ol’ Boganvillia, Krankenstein + DJ Razor. Dress Good or Evil, featuring themed Cocktails all night! Entry is $10 from 8pm.

Fremantle Records first anniversary at Mojos Bar

get your fill of kickass local live music this saturday from 5pm

Saturday, July 31, at Mojos Bar sees the celebration of Fremantle Records first anniversary. It's been one year since Fremantle Records started its mission to simply and passionately support the local music scene... they believe in the talent of WA musicians and have been working (and partying) hard so that more people know about the surplus of emerging talent. Playing this enormous event are Hand Stands For Ants, Sugarpuss, Sonpsilo Circus, Piano Donkey , Oh! You Pretty Things, Grace Woodroofe, Seams, The Reductors, Helen Shanahan . Plus, visual arts wise - on the walls - Photography Exhibition by Tom Cramond & Stencil Artwork by Johnny Ma (KRSMA) And more! On the tables, free gourmet pizzas from 5 to 6pm (dear Mojo’s courtesy). On the door, some of these artists’ material available to purchase for special prices AND some free samples for the beautiful people who join us early in the night! Now, to complete the party, we’re here to invite YOU! Entry is $12 from 5pm.

AFRICAN BOOGALOO

Devilles Pad

A night of Pan-African Rhythms this saturday as Devilles Pad presents AFRICAN BOOGALOO, get down a groove with the catchy African dancefloor soundz of SHANGARA JIVE plus Disc Jocks Dr AFRICA & JUMPIN JOSH spinnin' classic African grooves till late, Gogo Afro with the Les SATANIQUES

Fantastic Bar Food available and Cool Cocktails

Doors open 6pm - $10 after 8pm.

FABULOUS DIAMONDS II PERTH LAUNCH

The Bird

Buy tickets here.

Manhattans

Sunday arvo jams

Sunday, August 1, the Butchers play some casual jams as a part of the sublime Sundowner jazz influenced session that only Manhattans can present. This kicks off at 3:30 thru to 6:30. Entry is free!

Raz Bin San at Mojos!

hear the Reggae, eat the pizza, get down tonight 

Sunday, August 1, Straight outta Byron originally from Israel Raz Bin San is ready to send out big peaceful reggae jams at Mojos Bar. Bin Sam moved to Australia to produce his works in English aiming to spread the Israelite truth internationally. In July 2007 Raz Bin Sam has signed with Jamaican label ‘DasVibes’ to become one of their team artistes alongside some of the biggest names in the game such as Daddy Rings, Gentleman, Elijah Prophet and Raz Bin Sam’s highly anticipated album OWN THIS LIFE was released Australia / NZ wide July 2nd through Planet / MGM / South Bound, with tour dates across the country to support this exciting and dynamic release, stopping for the first time in WA for 4 shows. The album features productions by Melbourne producer Mista Savona, Israeli producers Sabbo & Kuti and English producer Stephen Mosco of Jah Warrior Records. [NP] Internationally, the track ’Something To Remember’ of the album was released as a single through DasVibes in 2009 and went straight in at No.1 on the US Independent Reggae Charts. It remained at this position for 4 weeks running before staying at No.2 for another 3 weeks. The second single from the album ‘Life Is A gift’ featuring Jamaican reggae artist Ray Darwin was released in a little later that year and was selected for the CD compilation of the April 09 edition of Riddim Magazine, the number one reggae magazine in Europe. [NP] After years of live performances at some of our most popular festivals including ‘Splendour In The Grass’, and countless solo performances, Raz has established a strong and dedicated live following. Teamed up with Selecta Major Krazy to form Blaze Fire Sound, a traditional dancehall style sound system. The pair will be playing all original roots reggae and dancehall tunes. Supports on this fine night are Sabata Sound comprising of Simo T and Prince Isis as well as Sensi Sound. Entry is $10 from 5pm.

Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, August 2, performing at Mojo's for the Wide open mic will be a bunch of ambitious cats who will simply rock up on the night. This night is hosted by Justin Walshe 0408 755 233. Justin and the crew are looking for mymes, small skits, comedians and interpretive dancers - as well as songwriters - as this is the Wide Open Mic - wide open to all manner of performance! Entry is always free at Mojos on Monday’s.
 

Perth Jazz Society @ The Charles Hotel

'THE SCENE' - Featuring PAUL PAX ANDREWS - A Jazz windows event

Monday 2 August 2010 @ 8:00pm

Admission Members $10 Student members $8 Non-members $15

FORMERLY from Sydney and now living in Perth for over six years, jazz musician, composer and writer, Pax Andrews was a finalist in the prestigious National Jazz writing Awards in 2009 and came third in this competition with his book, ‘The Scene’ - based on his personal and professional journey through jazz and his Heroin addiction while living in Sydney and overseas.

Pax is an outstanding jazz artist, with virtuosic skill and outstanding musicality, particularly on all reed instruments including the bass clarinet. His life and music are intrinsically linked and this performance will explore this through narrative excerpts from his award winning book along with readings from his printed essays.

This performance will include jazz standards and original material, images of his jazz heroes, the Sydney and New York ‘scene’ and

will also feature: Steve Elkins (piano), Phil Waldron (bass), Toby Anning (drums), Sam Graham (trumpet), Bazil Psanoudakis (turntables), with narration by Tim Hooper.

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising at Mojos Bar

the 2nd semi final of the biggest band comp in town - talent is here!!

Tuesday, August 3, Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising present the second Semi Final – Grand Final August 10!!!!. Playing a kick ass show with a view to winning first prize in August 10’s Grand Final earning themselves a recording session with Blackbird engineer Dave Parkin and a $1,500 gift voucher at Kosmic Sound are the Spitfires, the Moltens, SonPsilo Circus, Hang On St Christopher and the Escape Artists . The five criteria that judges will be focussing on throughout this band comp are 1. Musicianship 2. Level of innovation 3. Richness of influences 4. Crowd response 5. X factor. Entry to these Tuesday’s for the next 11 weeks including the Grand final is always $5 from 8pm.

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

AT METROPOLIS, FREO

Tuesday 3rd August

Get tickets here

 

OPEN PIANO NIGHT AT X-WRAY

EVERY TUESDAY

Tuesday August 3 brings you Open Piano Night at X-Wray, in Fremantle. The talent is high and the entry is free on these relaxing nights.

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

Wednesday, August 4, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents Ray Beadle, Lightning Jack & Heath Marshall. Entry is $10/$15 for non members from 8pm. 

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

Wednesday, August 4, We All Deserve to Be Loved the mid week indie night of the century presents the Kill Devil Hills and Blackmilk. DJ’s on the night are the eight limbed Woody Allen watching Paranoid Tarantula DJs . If you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar. Those of you attached with a lover need not suppose that this night is not for you- to the contrary many couples have come to this night and left even more in love with each other – what a night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

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Going Solo at the Moon

next wednesday!

Wednesday, August 4, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Grace Woodroofe, Mike Swann & Will Stoker. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!
 

Midlake

play Capitol

Wednesday August 4

Get tix here

Whitley plays solo at Manhattans !

Friday August 6

yepp check it out here

Unstoppable Glue at Manhattans

the dancefloor awaits you

Saturday August 7, Unstoppable Glue at Manhattans. It will be a smorgasboard of styles, a Sizzlers bouffet of party tunes (and don't forget the cheesy toast!) for all of your enjoyment. Come across the Courseway and shake your groove thang and help us cause a natural disaster. Laying sticky black vinyl this week are Cale Herbert plus regulars FKN MIDAS & Tom Fom. Entry is free from 7pm.

Make Friend V - Make Girl Friend

Make girlfriend for one night only!

Saturday August 14 is a very special edition of the Norfolk Basement's quarterly exhibition series.

Four very talented ladies have been brought together for an eclectic show featuring a range of styles and techniques. Accomplished New South Wales tattoo artist Millie Love knuckles will join Perth-based impressionist Chloe Tupper, local installation artist Caitlin Talijanich's and the very talented Sydneysider Bridge Stehli.

Make Girlfriend is for one night only. No second chances!

The event will feature some of Perth's finest Lady DJs as well as live tattooing from Miss Loveknuckles.

The show runs between 8-11pm and entry is FREE!!!!!!

Chris Abrahams (The Necks) - Sydney

Life is Noise presents...

Play Scar Perth Album Launch
Wednesday September 1, 8pm
The Ellington Jazz Club, 191 Beaufort St, Perth

"Abrahams may be challenging expectations, but in Play Scar he has produced a record which will certainly exceed them." Mapsadaisical

"A magnificent piece of experimental music which is so vast and complex in scope that it never appears twice in the same light." 5/5 The Milk Factory

Chris Abrahams launches his new album Play Scar (Room 40), at Perth's premier jazz venue, The Ellington Jazz Club, on Wednesday September 1 from 8pm. Support comes from local guitar/noise maestro Craig McElhinney.

Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as the pianist for The Necks. In addition to his work with the Sydney-based jazz trio, Abrahams has a career stretching back over 25 years, including solo albums, several collaborations with Melanie Oxley, as well as in soundtrack composition.

Play Scar rolls from minimalism to musique concr�te as Abrahams builds sweeping aural landscapes and hypnotic rhythm. Despite being full of diversity and juxtaposition, the record still manages to form a complete and coherent whole. Play Scar has rightly received brilliant reviews - it is a challenging, complex and breathtakingly beautiful body of work.

Craig McElhinney's new album Be Water My Friend is a stunning mixture of shimmering folk and mesmerising drone that confirms his reputation at the forefront of Perth's musical innovators.

Book presale tickets at http://www.ellingtonjazz.com.au
$20 Standing/$25 Seated /more on the door on the night if available.
 

Exhibitions Opening

Fremantle Arts Centre

Friday 23 July, 6:30pm
To be opened by Josh Byrne, Environmental Scientist and Presenter/Writer for ABC’s Gardening Australia.

Exhibitions continue until Saturday 19 September.

Fashioning Now: changing the way we make and use clothes

Australian designers Romance was Born, Issey Miyake and other high-profile practitioners prove that sustainability and fashion can coexist in this international exhibition.

Sustainability is becoming integral to the way clothing is produced, used and discarded. Fashioning Now explores various methods that are rooted in low-impact production. Fashioning Now includes garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and video.

Curated by Alison Gwilt, Course Director, Fashion and Textile Design, University of Technology, Sydney, and Timo Rissanen, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and

Sustainability, Parsons the New School of Design, New York. With contributions by Alex Martin; Alison Gwilt; Bijan Sheikhlary; Helen Story, Issey Miyake (from the collection of Dr Gene Sherman); Jennifer Shellard; Kate Fletcher; Mike Betts and Mark Holt, Better Thinking; Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, Romance was Born; and Timo Rissanen.

Nairn Scott: The Glomesh Project

Gold is the ultimate status symbol which resonates across history and all cultures. Valuable gold fob watches and lavish candelabra sit alongside gloriously cheap nick-nacks from the Two Dollar Shop. Meticulously printed on hand-gilded paper, Scott bestows an elegance on the enduring and the disposable, the real and fake. The playful interchange of Scott’s ‘pick-and-mix’ aesthetic exposes the folly of equating good taste with social status.

Scott is represented by James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney

Mark Parfitt: Dream Bore

Inspired by the humble bore, Perth artist Mark Parfitt celebrates the life supply of more than 80,000 suburban backyards. His own bore made redundant, Parfitt seeks alternative uses for this Western Australian icon. Assuming the self-reliant mindset of so many ‘can-do’ homeowners, Parfitt converts his home-made bore into an underground garden. Dream Bore is a fond and humorous application of recycling and reinvention to this backyard staple. The garden is accompanied by his exploratory drawings and diagrams and an artists’ book by Jamie Macchiusi (WA) and Gemma Weston (WA).

Parfitt is represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth. Supported by the Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant which is a NAVA initiative, mad e possible through the generous

sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes à Court and through the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts

Vera Möller: darkrooming

Vera Möller (VIC) creates an eerie and luminous installation in which over 3,000 components glow and oscillate. In what Möller has characterised as a ‘museum of fictional species’, strange, organic forms are withered and calcified, accentuating the alien qualities of nature. Informed by her studies in theology and microbiology, Möller’s fantastical work is simultaneously bathed in an atmosphere of decline while predicting the emergence of new aberrant life.

Represented by Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne; and Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

gasp

blue room theatre

Begins Thursday August 3rd.

More info here.

Young Enough to do it anyway

August - November 2010, proudly supported by the City of Perth

Key to the City: 21 years of adventurous WA theatre making

The Blue Room Theatre, celebrating 21 years as Perth’s home to independent theatre, continues its milestone year with a brand new season of original, risk-taking performance: Young Enough to do it anyway, proudly supported by the City of Perth, launching on 22 July 2010.

Following the current season, Old Enough to know better..., Young Enough to do it anyway (August - November 2010), cements The Blue Room Theatre’s place as a leading performing arts resource organisation in Australia with six world premiere productions and multiple cross-continent collaborations by established and emerging professional theatre makers.

In August we start by welcoming back locals Hook in Eye Productions (Alaska, 2009) with the debut of Gasp by WA playwright Suzanne Rofe - award-winning designers combine steampunk stylings with Perth’s hottest acting talent to spotlight the flaws and fiction in our mental health system; while Perth’s own Zack Adams (Shane Adamczak) reacquanits himself with The Blue Room Theatre in his solo exploration of love, loss and ginger beards LOVE SONGS FOR FUTURE GIRL - a comedic musical journey in search of ‘The One’.

September begins with The Pride, a surreal and dark domestic comedy by Side Pony Productions (Heart of Gold, 2009, Scarecrow, 2006) that projects the characteristics of lions onto humans, co-created by director Zoe Pepper and an ensemble cast; and Jack & Jill by writer/director Jessica Craig-Piper brings a new team of creatives together in a portrait of morality and obsession - when a father dies, the small-town son seeks out the urban-dwelling sister he’s never met, only to be adopted by her friends as their latest art project.

October brings an exploration of extended lifespan and A.I. technologies by Canberra cross-artform collective Last Man To Die in their self-titled blend of drawing, percussion and performance - transforming the theatre into a museum from the future where your interaction with each ‘exhibit’ determines a unique performance; and celebrating Pride month is John Aitken’s latest offering R & J as performed by William Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, seeing the Bard and his muse lock horns workshopping a tale of ‘star-crossed lovers’.

November rounds out the season with Dawn Albinger’s solo No Door On Her Mouth - a philosophical answer and performative response to the question of how to say “I love you” without it meaning “I wonder if I am loved”, featuring dramaturgy by Margaret Cameron (VIC) and video art by Sam James (NSW); and drawing it all to a close, emerging writer/director Nate Doherty’s House of fun! incorporates real-life stories into a humourous new play that mirrors and dissects the modern phenomenon of share-house living.

Subscriptions to this 21st birthday season are available from as little as $48 and can be purchased through The Blue Room Theatre’s new online ticketing system which attracts absolutely no booking fees!

Still with some of the lowest priced drinks in Northbridge, The Blue Room Theatre bar (cool in summer, heated in winter) is the place to hang out before and after shows. Make your night complete with our drink and toasted sandwich deal for only $8! And yes, you can take your drinks into the theatre.

Break the rules, not the bank, and take your friends on a theatrical adventure to The Blue Room Theatre: Old Enough to know better... Young Enough to do it anyway, August – November 2010, proudly supported by the City of Perth.

Bookings & info: www.blueroom.org.au / 9227 7005
Media contact: Dianah Star 9227 7005 / di@blueroom.org.au

Schvendes have a new vdeo clip

It's for their new tune Lay the noose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnYFo_Ys3I

Schvendes are a bunch of ghostly murder balladeers from Western Australia. This time round, they're offering a creepy tale set in one of Australia's most notorious worker's clubs. If you think you know where this clip is going, I assure you a surprise awaits. Delightful or damming - whatever you make of this, we hope you enjoy.

PICA's Winter Exhibitions

loads coming up at pica ..

PICA is pleased to present three exciting new exhibitions over the winter months.

Rounds is a group exhibition, featuring works by some of Western Australia's most exciting young artists. Curated by Sarah Rowbottam, this exhibition takes over PICA's ground floor and deals with the idea of peer influence.

Upstairs in the Westend Gallery is a solo exhibition by respected WA artist Bevan Honey, which include massive structures knitted out of cray pots, drawings and a burn-out machine!

In the screen space is the first ever screening in Australia of Spanish/German artist Ignacio Uriate's work: The History of the Typewriter Recited by Michael Winslow. Winslow may be familiar to some as the star of the 80s Police Academy films with the unique 'sound effects' talent. This film is accompanied by a series of prints.

i demand to know the dates of these exhibitions!