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Perth Festival TV: Of all the People in all the World: Time Zone GMT +8

Stan’s Café Theatre Company is a group of UK based artists from a variety of disciplines who make a conscious effort to break the mould of traditional theatre.  Of all the People in all the World is an interactive production which has been adapted specifically to relate to Perth and  Australia in general. Piles of …

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Perth Festival TV: Greyworld

British art collective Greyworld, create installations that respond to the history and currency of the sites they are placed in. Whether it is a  massive sun hovering in the middle of Trafalgar square on a cold winters morning or simply a flowering telephone box,  Greyworld continue to push the boundaries of public installation art and…

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Perth Festival TV: LUMINOUSnight

The facade of the beautiful  University of Western Australia building was spectacularly decorated to mark the centenary of the university while also serving as one of the opening events for the Perth Festival.  UWA chose to embrace technology and light by projecting dramatic and vibrant images  representing the history of the school over the past…

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Perth Festival TV: The Truth 25 Times A Second

The Truth 25 Times A Second is an extraordinary collaboration between Ballet National de Marseille’s choreographer Frederic Flamand and renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei.  Flamand’s company has gained recognition worldwide for their contemporary dance pieces as well as the partnerships between Flamand and other notable artists or architects. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel, The…

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Perth Festival TV: The House of Dreaming

Melbourne’s revolutionary Arena Theatre Company have constructed an incredible interactive playground that creates an immersive journey into the landscape of dreams for children and their families. Constructing the interior of a fantasy house in the ABC Perth studios the team at Arena Theatre wanted to create a world for children that allowed them to, without…

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Perth Festival TV: Grazia Toderi

In her first solo exhibition in Australia, award-winning Italian artist Grazia Toderi has created digital visions of  mesmerising cityscapes on film. Grazia has always been fascinated by the use of images taken from preexisting shots and the dynamics of spectacle, which she understands as “an occasion for encounter and coming together”. Toderi’s  focus is largely …

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Perth Festival TV: The Secret River

The Secret River sees playwright Andrew Bovell , director Neil Armfield and an illustrious cast, working together to bring Kate Grenville’s award-winning novel to life. The play explores the emotional clash between Indigenous Australians and European settlers on the Hawkesbury River in the early 19th Century. The Secret River plays at His Majesty Theatre, Perth…

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Perth Festival: PICA Hijacked

Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia and the UK is a contemporary photography exhibition which showcases over 24 artists from opposite sides of the globe. Presented by the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), the artists offer unique photographs, ranging from oblique portraiture and collage to snapshots of society at its best and worst. Now…

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Perth Festival: Place des Anges

Brazilian-French circus troupe Les Studios de Cirque has been creating unforgettable aerial spectacles around the globe for a decade. For the opening night of Perth Festival 2012, the company created oversized angels which released feathers onto the crowd. Watch in awe as heavenly bodies glide, float and careen through the air, leaving bursts of feathers…

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Perth Festival: Jack Charles V The Crown

Perth Festival 2012 presents Jack Charles v The Crown, a veteran actor, Koori elder, activist and – until recently – heroin addict and cat-burglar. It runs from 15-23 February at the State Theatre Centre of WA. Watch more STUDIO ArtBreaks here.

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Perth Festival: Beautiful Burnout

From 10-25 February at Perth Festival 2012, the most controversial sport of our time is examined in this explosive piece of physical theatre by the National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly. Set to the pulsuing music of Underworld, the production had it’s Australian premiere at Sydney Festival 2012 where it wowed audiences with its…

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