Author: Emily Smith
Review: WAAPA Takes A Brutal Look At Teenage Life in Punk Rock
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Simon Stephens’ play Punk Rock is set amongst the anxieties and social hotpot of a posh English grammar school. Presented by the 3rd year Acting students at WAAPA, it is as depressingly relevant today as when it premiered in 2009. Punk Rock takes place almost entirely within the confines of the…
Review: Perth Raises Its Voice For The Joyful Sister Act
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On Wednesday night, Perth’s Crown Theatre said its prayers and renounced its hedonist ways for the opening night of Sister Act the Musical. While Whoopi Goldberg made the singing nun iconic in the 1992 film, the stage version features all-new original music and a fresh take on the story. This…
Blessed With Talent: Raphael Wong’s Star Turn In Sister Act
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Sister Act the Musical has less than a week left of its Adelaide run before it comes to Perth for four weeks only. It will mark the last leg of a national tour that has been running since mid last year. The Scoop had the pleasure of chatting to Raphael Wong,…
Review: Freaky Friday Finds The Funny In Family Life
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You, like me, may be surprised to learn that the 2003 Disney Channel film starring Jamie-Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan is, in fact, not the original iteration of Freaky Friday. Upon reading the program for WAAPA’s production of the musical by the third year Music Theatre students, I discovered that there…
Film Review: Paddington in Peru at Moonlight Cinema Perth
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Normally, when I see a weather forecast of 36°C I have my complaints ready to go. But with tickets to Moonlight Cinema to look forward to on Sunday, I held them in. The warm evening air after a sticky day was the perfect environment to trot over to Kings Park…
