Reviews

Perth Cabaret Collective’s Brassy Broads played to sell-out crowds at the Ellington Jazz Club, featuring the music of some of history’s most stunning female jazz singers.

The music is top notch, with the nine piece jazz ensemble, led by Jess Herbert, a pleasure to listen to, even without the singers. Special mention to trumpeter Matt Smith, who on the evening I attended suffered from a bleeding nose mid-show and continued to play.

Death in the Golden Triangle is a new, locally written comedy set in one of Perth’s most salubrious suburbs, that explores power and ambition.

Cleverly written, with some beautifully drawn characters - very nicely brought to life by a hard working cast, I am loathe to reveal too much of the plot, which includes at least one twist that elicits an audible gasp from the audience. Death in the Golden Triangle deals with power shuffles and deals among a fictional version of the Liberal Party, after the death of leading powerbroker Peter Kenklemont.

Of course you know David Suchet from his role in Agatha Christie’s Poirot. With 70 episodes from 1989 to 2013 and much loved by a fan base who know every detail that Christie wrote, Agatha Christie’s Poirot has been so successful that it’s impossible to think of the character without picturing Suchet in the role. What you might not know is that prior to his television career, David Suchet was a successful actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company with multiple Olivier nominations.

It took me a while to warm to the experience that is Stormwater. This multi-sensory dramatic experience is at first both a little overwhelming and disjointed, but I found myself completely drawn into this story of a family reunited under stressful circumstances.