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Gripping stuff from WAAPA
28th of August 2008
'Sweeney Todd' is Stephen Sondheim's darkest musical and a challenging final production for WAAPA's third-year music theatre students. (review by Rosalind Appleby for the West Australian).... [ read more ]
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Fleet Street's demon barber
28th of August 2008
Tim Monley is bringing 'Sweeney Todd', one of the stage's great troubled souls with a penchant for exotic baking, to life. (story from the Stirling Times)... [ read more ]
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Greek satire a play for all time
28th of August 2008
Director Chris Bendall calls 'Lysistrata' the play that keeps on giving. (review by Stephen Bevis for the West Australian)... [ read more ]
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Phantom's new leading lady another Marina
28th of August 2008
With a name like Marina, the leading lady in the return of the blockbuster musical 'Phantom of the Opera' was always off to a good start (story by Stephen Bevis for the West Australian)... [ read more ]
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Dirty Dancing
28th of August 2008
DASH, a program of new pieces choreographed and performed by WAAPA's dance students, opens at PICA in Northbridge, from today Tuesday (August 26), and runs until Saturday, (August 30). (story from the Guardian Express)... [ read more ]
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A creative hat-trick
28th of August 2008
The front window of the Black Swan Theatre Company in Nedlands has been a hive of activity recently with a hat display promoting the show 'Far Away' attracting plenty of attention. (story from the Western Suburbs Weekly)... [ read more ]
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Taking plunge into unknown
28th of August 2008
At 20, actor Andrew Bibby was faced with a life-changing decision. He had a long-running role on Neighbours as Lance Wilkinson and was offered a contract for another two years but, with five years on the soap under his belt, he chose the uncertainty of a career in theatre (story by Alex Lalak for th... [ read more ]
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Dream part for graduate
28th of August 2008
Girrawheen actor Shakara Walley is touring for the first time in her career as a cast member in the stage production In the Nyitting Time (story from the Joondalup Weekender).... [ read more ]
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Students set for close shave in gory musical
28th of August 2008
Stephen Sondheim's gory, macabre tale of revenge Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is one of the past 30 years and probably the bleakest ever to be greeted with such enormous success. (story by Pier Leach for the West Australian).... [ read more ]
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WAAPA 2008 Dance Auditions
05th of August 2008
A chance for dancers from around Australia to audition to be part of WAAPA's intensive, rewarding and highly specialised program where students have the opportunity to cross core studies in ballet and contemporary techniques with alternative disciplines.
See the link below for the dates and venues ... [ read more ]
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Fun, games - and some jubilant music
05th of August 2008
The Barber of Seville is often described as the greatest of all comic operas. It was written by a 24-year-old Rossini who already had 16 operas under his belt and whose mastery of comic timing was without dispute (reviewed by Rosalind Appleby for the West Australian).... [ read more ]
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Concert line-up jam-packed
05th of August 2008
Two local musicicians will join trumpeter James Morrison when he plays at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday (story for the Stirling Times).... [ read more ]
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Set and Match
05th of August 2008
Perth Set Designer Leon Krasenstein says music is his inspiration. Three years ago the young designer, then just two years out of a degree at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, reinterpreted the setting of a classical opera to reflect the warped, surreal architecture of Antoni Gaudi.... [ read more ]
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Konrad IS jazz, says Morrison
05th of August 2008
It was a case of third-time lucky when 19-year old pianist Konrad Paszkudzki won the James Morrison jazz scholarship this year (story by Ron Banks for the West Australian).... [ read more ]
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Workshop was no drama
05th of August 2008
Budding actors were given their chance to shine last week during a visit from the WA Academy of Performing Arts (Story by Courtney Bertling for the Pilbara News).... [ read more ]
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Comedy in the shopping malls
05th of August 2008
Local school holiday activities were recently given a boost thanks to the performances of WA Academy of Performing Arts students (story from the Southern Gazette).... [ read more ]
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Horn blast
05th of August 2008
Being last in line when musical instruments were handed out has proven lucky for Hami Hill's Sam Reed, who's joining jazz legend James Morrison on stage next month (story by Brendan Foster for the Fremantle Herald).... [ read more ]
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WAAPA 2008 Dance Auditions
04th of August 2008
A chance for dancers from around Australia to audition to be part of WAAPA's intensive, rewarding and highly specialised program where students have the opportunity to cross core studies in ballet and contemporary techniques with alternative disciplines.
See the link below for the dates and venues... [ read more ]
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E-News Online - Upcoming WAAPA Events - 1 August 2008
04th of August 2008
State Library Concerts for August
Victoria Newton in concert
Slava and Leonard Grigoryan in concert
and much more!... [ read more ]
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