Perth CBD & Northbridge

Sometimes we’re dressed in black playing Mozart and sometimes we’re breeding raptors and in cosplay! We’re bringing old favourites and new surprises for our third year running. You told us what you wanted to hear and we’ve answered the call in a concert program of pure magic with your favourite scores from movies like Jurassic Park, How to Train Your Dragon and Jaws, video games like Final Fantasy and even more pop-culture fun from the wizarding world and beyond.

Whether you’re a Wonder Woman warrior or a fully-armoured Thor, grab your mates, dress up and come along to this fun fantasy night with WASO!

Christopher Dragon conductor

Ben Elton exploded onto the comedy scene over 30 years ago, hosting Channel 4’s groundbreaking Saturday Live. Since then Elton has achieved huge success as a stand-up comic, author, playwright, actor and director. He's written television shows such as The Young Ones, Blackadder 2, Blackadder The Third, Blackadder Goes Forth, The Thin Blue Line and many more, as well writing and directing two feature films. He has published 16 best-selling novels, three smash hit West End plays and the global phenomenon We Will Rock You based on the music of British rock legends, Queen.

A serial award winner, he has won three BAFTAs, two Laurence Olivier Awards, The Royal Television Society Writer’s Award, The Golden Dagger UK Crime Writer of the Year Award, The Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and the Eurovision Golden Rose D’Or Lifetime Achievement Award.

See Ben Elton at the Perth Concert Hall in April next year as he returns to Australia after 14 years.

Andy and Terry's Treehouse has reached an amazing 91 Stories! It's now more fantastically dangerous than ever, with a deserted desert island, a whirlpool, and a giant spider!

But Andy, Terry and Jill have no idea they're about to face their biggest challenge yet! Mr Big Nose has sent his grandchildren to the Treehouse, and they don't want to just sit quietly. Can Andy, Terry & Jill master this extreme babysitting challenge? What does mysterious fortune teller Madam Know-It-All really want? And will the Big Red Button really destroy the world?

The team behind the 13-, 26-, 52- and 78-Storey Treehouses Live on Stage return with a fantastical trip through this wild, weird and wonderful world for children 6-12 and their adults. Just beware of the Fortune Teller…

Fresh from placing #3 in the Hottest 100 with Charlie, Mallrat brings her Driving Music Tour to some of the best venues in Australia. Having scored Platinum and Gold accreditations for every single she's released, and toured her Driving Music EP around the world, Mallrat is back to launch a new batch of raucous, joyful singalongs.

This is an 18+ show.

Be inspired by the latest fashion trends heading down the runway while enjoying drinks and canapés overlooking the stunning Elizabeth Quay. The event will feature the works of talented Australian designers, both established and emerging, as well as a host of other entertainment. Stay tuned to find out which designers are joining us on the night!

Rotary Elizabeth Quay are proud to be donating 100% of the proceeds of the event to Copelands LGBTQI+ Youth Emergency Accommodation Service, provided by Perth-based not-for-profit Assisting Your Life to Achieve (AYLA) Inc.

Immerse yourself in Western Australia's Noongar culture as Aboriginal dancers perform traditional song and dance and share stories of our rich culture and history.

Visit the Yagan Square amphitheatre to enjoy free Aboriginal performances every Friday evening.

Grab your hamper from the house, relax in the glorious surroundings of the Government House Gardens and soak up the Jazzy vibes of some of Perth’s best Jazz musicians. There is simply no finer way to enjoy your time in the heart of the city than with sunshine and shade, friends, fine food, laughter and sensational music.

Ticket includes a picnic hamper and a glass of bubbles on arrival.

This is Music on the Terrace 2020’s Governor’s Choice.

March 15: Featured artist Ali Bodycat with her Jazz Trio.

November 8: Featured artist to be announced.

To cure self-isolation blues, Simply Cocktails will this Friday launch their first Home Five O’Clock-tails video tutorials and virtual mini masterclass on their Facebook Page, so cocktail lovers can shake and stir their favourite tipple in the comfort and safety of their own home.

Get your mates together for the first of Simply Cocktails’ Facebook Live cocktail mini masterclass this Friday (3^rd April) at 5pm AEST with Australia’s Scotch Whisky Brand Ambassador of the Year (2019), Mark Hickey teaching you how to create a Cointreau Fizz. For those looking to take the team virtual drinks to a whole other level, jump on the House Party app to the team while you all stream the mini masterclass on Facebook from your computers, allowing you can see how your colleagues’ cocktail making skills fare with hot tips from some of Australia’s leading mixologists.

This series of live mini masterclasses will take place every Tuesday and Friday until the 30^th of June. So for those, like many of us, enjoying a cheeky weekday drink, next Tuesday night (7^th April), Danilo Migliorini, mixology maven from Eau De Vie Sydney, will teach you how to shake up the ultimate Tia Maria Espresso ‘Quarantini’.

Luke Hanzlieick will teach you how to make a Chartreuse Green Chaud - a soothing winter warmer drink for those cool autumn nights. Andy Buntine, former manager at Katuk in Melbourne will showcase the incredibly decadent Mozart Choc-tails (Thursday 9^th April) for those looking to really treat themselves.

Followed by a ‘Tom Collins’ workshop by ambassador Josh O’Brien on Tuesday 14^th April featuring The Botanist Gin, the perfect 5pm drink for after work.

In addition to the live mini masterclasses, the team behind Simply Cocktails will recruit 100 Australian bartenders from around the country, that are currently out of work due to the current lockdown restrictions, to submit their cocktail tutorial videos. That’s one cocktail per weekday for 100 days! So whether your missing the famous Remy Martin VSOP at Bar Lafayette by Nathan Arias  or the Ginger 43 by Murray Walsh at Mechanics Institute, it’s time to ensure your liquor cabinet is well-stocked with a diverse selection of premium spirits from Cointreau to The Botanist Gin, or Sierra Tequila to The Macallan Whisky.

With the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry closing bars across the nation and leading to 689,800 people already out of work and no doubt many more to lose their jobs, the team behind the Simply Cocktails Facebook Page has stepped in to offer a helping hand to some of our local bartenders who have recently lost their jobs with a new virtual cocktail workshop initiative.

All ingredients for the Simply Cocktails Home Five O’Clock-tails are available in store and online from Dan Murphy’s, BWS, Liquorland, online retailers, Boozebud, HelloDrinks and hundreds of independent liquor retailers.

Simply Cocktails Facebook

The work of 24 recent visual arts graduates from every State and Territory will be presented across all of PICA’s gallery spaces from 2 May to 5 July, as part of the 29th Hatched: National Graduate Show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). For the eleventh consecutive year, the Schenberg Art Fellowship of $50,000, the most significant prize for emerging artists in Australia, will be awarded to one exceptional Hatched artist during the opening night event.

The Hatched: National Graduate Show 2020 features arts graduates with an exciting and diverse range of practices rigorously selected from 20 tertiary art schools nationally. Fifty-six students were nominated by their schools and the final selection was made by a panel of artists and arts professionals from around Australia. This year’s panel included: Nathan Beard, Artist; Hannah Presley, Curator Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria; and Megan Monte, Director Cement Fondu, Sydney.
 

Got Grit? Now get in the game! West Coast Fever are set to play all seven home games in the RAC Arena Fever Fortress in 2020, starting with a clash against Giants Netball on Saturday May 9.

The WA netball super stars first took to the Arena court in 2013. Since then, the Fever has continued to sweep the city, gaining larger crowds every season.

With our girls in green looking stronger than ever, there’s never been a better time to support WA’s elite netball team.

RAC ARENA     Saturday          09/05/20         West Coast Fever v Giants Netball

RAC ARENA     Saturday          23/05/20         West Coast Fever v NSW Swifts

RAC ARENA     Sunday            31/05/20         West Coast Fever v Adelaide Thunderbirds

RAC ARENA     Sunday            21/06/20         West Coast Fever v Collingwood Magpies

RAC ARENA     Saturday          11/07/20         West Coast Fever v Sunshine Coast Lightning

RAC ARENA     Saturday          18/07/20         West Coast Fever v Queensland Firebirds

RAC ARENA     Saturday          01/08/20         West Coast Fever v Melbourne Vixens

Tickets go on sale at 12pm (AWST) Thursday 12^th March 2020 through Ticketek.

PERTH singer-songwriter Mel Kay is releasing a song for our times, giving hope to those in lockdown life.

The Inbetween is her reminder that being physically alone is not the same as being lonely and there are sparks of beauty even in the darkest moments.

“It’s about overcoming the need to cling to the past and learning to accept the present,” Mel said.

“The song is about the moment before you heal, when you are still broken by what life has thrown at you – when you are stuck in the pause between pain and redemption.

“In society, we all seem to be constantly rushing to the next big milestone moment in our lives but forget that each step is finite but so important.

“The Inbetween is about learning to breathe and accepting things the way they are; learning to love yourself, even in the middle of having nothing.”

While The Inbetween might be a reflection of 2020 so far, Mel actually wrote the song five years ago.

“I was moved by what we are all facing and wanted to bring this song to light because I felt the message would relate to a lot of people,” she said.

“In 2015, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and lost everything so I wrote the song when I was in a lot of pain.

“With a world so full of fear, I wanted to create art that would bring light into life and inspire people to be more of who they are.

“I feel many people are now probably feeling how I did back then so I recorded the song recently and re-arranged it with producer Jordan Azor.”

With a vocal style comparable to Adele and Regina Spektor, Mel has been involved with music since age three.

The WA Academy of Performing Arts graduate has made a name for herself over the past five years with her 10-piece band Liberté, scoring international airplay with the singles Upside Down Town, Let It Burn and Phoenix – the latter one of six finalists for electronic song of the year at the 2018-19 WA Music Awards.

Mel also collaborated with UK producer Backfall on the track You, which came 12th out of 6000 in the international Unsigned Only music competition.

With a percussive style reminiscent of Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love, Mel said she wanted the music of The Inbetween to build behind her vocals during the recording session but be sparse enough to show space and represent a pause.

“Through the song, I am hoping to create art that other artists around the world can take a spark from,” Mel said.

“I would love to film a music video with multiple artists from around the globe acting, dancing and painting as the song plays.

“I want this song to help people feel peace and know that we are all in this together.

“Most of all, I want The Inbetween to help people be brave and seize the moment because life is now.”

The Inbetween is available on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube. An online launch with Mel playing her music live will be held via instagram.com/mel.kay.music at 7pm, Friday, June 5.

Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the finest ballroom in the state at our Winter Tea Dance! The Government House Ballroom is open for you to enjoy an afternoon of dancing to lively DJ sounds on the first three Sundays of June. The Gala event is on the last Sunday, featuring the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra and professional ballroom dancing demonstrations.

DATE & TIMES:
Friday 12 June 2020 | 7:00pm
Saturday 13 June 2020 | 10:00am, 1:30pm and 5:30pm
Sunday 14 June 2020 | 10:00am and 1:30pm

Dare to Dream features Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Frozen, Tangled, Cinderella and Pixar’s Coco. Plus, for the very first time all the way from Hundred Acre Wood, we will be joined by special guests Winnie the Pooh and Tigger!

Dare to explore, imagine, and believe when Disney On Ice skates into town!

Tickets go on pre-sale from 9am (AWST) Wednesday 6th November 2019 through Ticketek. To access the pre-sale, sign up via http://bit.ly/FeldDOI2020