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Giles Watson with Eungedup: A Wetland Summer Diary.

Secret utopiaPremium‘Places like Eungedup give me this little island of hope’

Giles Watson is a teacher, writer and poet and his latest work is a book which transports the reader from everyday life into the wetland around the Wilson Inlet — a secret, nature-infused utopia.

Claire Middleton

Sarah McLeod stars in 27 Club at Fringe World Perth in 2026.

Fringe WorldPremiumCome as you are to this live rockumentary

Aussie rockstar and The Superjesus frontwoman Sarah McLeod is making her Fringe World debut in the electrifying live rock experience, 27 Club, saluting its legendary ill-fated musician members.

Tanya MacNaughton

Forest Landscape, by Jarrad Martyn, from The Mirror, an exhibition at Albany Town Hall from January 23 to February 14.

Art expoPremiumMartyn re-imagines and reflects on Albany’s whaling industry

An exhibition running at Albany Town Hall from January 23 to February 14 re-examines archival photographs connected to the city’s whaling industry.

Claire Middleton

Artrage chief executive Jo Thomas with The Lady Boys of Bangkok at the Fringe World 2026 launch.

Fringe World CommentsStepping out in style for Fringe World 2026

After entertaining audiences from Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s West End, renowned cabaret show The Lady Boys of Bangkok is getting the Fringe World 2026 party started in a Perth season debut.

Tanya MacNaughton

Mizuki Shinagawa's show Gasha will make its world premiere at Fringe World 2026.

Fringe WorldPremiumJapanese tradition, future and chaos on Fringe stage

Cirquework artistic director Mizuki Shinagawa is bringing a new wave of Japanese contemporary circus to Perth when the company launches the world premiere season of Gasha at Fringe World 2026.

Tanya MacNaughton

Dave Taylor is a man of many talents.

Heavy metalPremiumPorongurups’ blacksmith and musician forging his own path

There’s always a beat of some sort coming from Dave Taylor’s place

Claire Middleton

Red Bluff Shark Bay - Pastel chalk and pastel pencil on Arches paper

Big Wide Land PremiumJoel Smoker’s newest exhibition hits Collie Art Gallery

Enter a Big Wide Land with renowned Bunbury artist Joel Smoker’s newest exhibition, which is coming to Collie Art Gallery.

Craig Duncan

Casey Filips is heading to Fringe World 2026 with hit show Virtuoso.

Fringe WorldPremiumIn the pursuit of lofty Hollywood dreams

Casey Filips will make his Fringe World debut in part clown, part character comedy solo show Virtuoso, playing a pretentious yet lovable actor seeking Hollywood stardom.

Tanya MacNaughton

The events have recieved $150,000 in funding.

LIVE @ THE TOWN HALLTown Hall’s live music festival earns $150k for expansion

Five live music events will be held in Albany Town Hall next year after the City of Albany was awarded a huge swathe of funding to expand the program.

Melissa Sheil

Balloons rain down on Vienna Pops Orchestra's New Year's Eve Gala at Winthrop Hall for Perth Rotary.

Classical liveCommentsPremiumViennese gala toasts New Year

Vienna Pops Orchestra winds up the old year where it started, at UWA’s Winthrop Hall – the home of Perth classical music through 2025.

David Cusworth

The Lester Prize will bring 40 portraits for a South West exhibition.

Lester Prize PremiumAustralia’s richest portrait prize to visit Manjimup

The Lester Prize is set to tour the Manjimup Art Gallery from April 11 to May 16, bringing 40 of the nation’s most compelling contemporary portraits to the South West.

Craig Duncan

Perth’s beloved Sculpture by the Sea exhibition is returning later this year, following a year-long absence sparked by a funding debacle.

ArtCommentsHuge update on Sculpture by the Sea after shock axing

Art will once again line the shores of Cottesloe this summer.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Kirsty Mann returns to Fringe World with new show Corpse.

Fringe WorldPremiumCampfire-style comedy set to scare

UK comedian Kirsty Mann’s background in medicine meant she had never believed in ghosts but find out what changed her mind in new Fringe World 2026 show Corpse

Tanya MacNaughton

Perth-raised performers Samantha Jade and Ben Hall co-star in Pretty Woman: The Musical.

ArtsPremium2026 set to come alive as a thriller on Perth stages

Following a jam-packed 2025 that saw Perth audiences descend on a range of entertaining offerings, 2026 looks set to be just as crowded on the arts calendar with a cavalcade of stage options touring this way.

Tanya MacNaughton

Reach For The Sky will be entertaining early years audiences this summer as Spare Parts Puppet Theatre artistic director Philip Mitchell announces his retirement.

TheatrePremiumGiving kids the freedom to express themselves

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre artistic director Philip Mitchell has always been inspired to Reach For The Sky, inspiring the title of the arts company’s first major work for early childhood audiences this summer.

Tanya MacNaughton

Charis Postmus, Caitlin Cassidy, Michelle Pryor and Hattie Marshall harass Sam Claxton in Santa Baby.

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A Merry, Quarry Christmas from FFO

A kaleidoscope of operatic faves and festive raves fill up Bold Park for Freeze Frame Opera’s Christmas at the Quarry.

David Cusworth

Bonnie de la Hunty sings for Christmas with HIP Company at St Mary's, South Perth.

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HIP Company ba-rocks Christmas celebration

Traditional tunes, dark reflections and a rollicking finale for Christmas with HIP Company at St Mary’s, South Perth.

David Cusworth

Nicholas Dinopoulos conducts Giovanni Consort and Australian Baroque in a Christmas Concert at St Mary's, South Perth.

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Bach to tradition with festive favourites

Australian Baroque hosts Christmas Concert with Giovanni Consort at St Mary’s, South Perth.

David Cusworth

Fisherman's Friends are getting ready to tour Australia for the first time.

MusicPremiumSea shanties to hit Aussie shores

Jon Cleave has no qualms about giving former fast bowler Merv Hughes a run for his money for the best moustache in the country when Fisherman’s Friends tour Australia for the first time in January.

Tanya MacNaughton

Award-winning landscape photographer Christian Fletcher and Casey Jacobs at the opening of Narrogin and the South West exhibition after their year-long mentorship.

Dream come true PremiumNarrogin and South West photography exhibit opening

A young landscape photographer saw his dreams come to fruition as large crowds marvelled at his work in his first exhibition opening.

Hannah Whitehead

Malcolm Traill, Thel Symons and Bob Symons.

Albany HistoryPremiumIN PICTURES: Albany exhibition opens as part of bicentenary

Albany’s Then and Now exhibition is giving locals a fresh look at the city’s history at the Museum of the Great Southern. 

Amy Towers

Internationally renowned cabaret show, The Lady Boys of Bangkok, is making their Perth Fringe World debut next year. ANDY PAYNE

Fringe WorldCommentsLady Boys of Bangkok to dazzle Perth Fringe

Get ready Fringe World festival-goers because The Lady Boys Of Bangkok are coming to Perth. 

Hannah Cross

Escapologist Andrew Basso is one of the Four Horsemen in Now You See Me Live.

StagePremiumFour Horsemen magic bound for Perth

Keeping audiences on the edge of their seats with extra elements of danger is all part of what Italian escapologist Andrew Basso refers to as “the Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible” aspect of his job.

Tanya MacNaughton

AGWA Director Colin Walker pictured with Studio interior by Bernard Hall from the exhibition Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in Modern and Contemporary Art. Ian Munro

Iconic art PremiumIconic WA art goes on new display

They have been safely in storage for a time to allow some of the gallery’s more than 18,000 other works space to shine

Malcolm Quekett