With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion's direction of Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.
Fremantle Theatre Company's production of The Effect, by Succession writer Lucy Prebble, is as intelligent and engrossing as David Zampatti has come to expect from this local outfit.
With a touch of performance rock, The Last Great Hunt takes audiences to the galaxy and beyond via the iconic rotary-dial telephone and it's a dizzying and dazzling ride, says David Zampatti.
Barking Gecko, Tim Watts and Arielle Gray make wonderful theatre out of Cicada, Shaun Tan's parable for all ages, write David Zampatti and junior reviewer Pippa Turnbull.
From an exquisite performance by Lior to mashed up anthems of gender equality, the opening weekend of the Perth International Cabaret Festival provides plenty of reasons to come hear the music play, writes David Zampatti.
WAAPA's music theatre headliner this year is the little-known Mack & Mabel, and David Zampatti says that while it's easy to find its flaws, it's also easy to overlook them.
The Last Great Hunt's Bite the Hand is as hilarious as a puppy and as dangerous as a pit bull. It also leaves its meaning for you to uncover – a good thing according to David Zampatti.
David Zampatti checked out the staged concert version of the Benny and Björn/Tim Rice rock opera Chess at the Perth Concert Hall and found it a chequered experience.
Children of the Sea, Perth Festival, Encounter / Performing Lines WA · Subiaco Arts Centre, 17 February, 2021 ·On rare occasions, the intentions of a piece of theatre, its conception and the
