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Perth Walkabout August Monthly Wrap

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Published: 11 September 2013

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The Perth Walkabout Monthly Wrap is published at the start of each month to provide a snapshot of articles that hit the headlines in the last 4 weeks.

Here is Perth Walkabout's Monthly Wrap for the month of August:

Frances Ha - Luna

Frances Ha showing at Luna follows the life of two 20 something girls living in New York – ballet dancer Frances Ha (played by Greta Gerwif), and her best friend and housemate Sophie (Mickey Sumner), who is in publishing. The movie follows the ups and downs of their lives as they face different challenges relating to their careers, relationships, friendships, money, and flatmate issues.

Frances Ha is showing at Luna Leederville and Luna SX in Fremantle.

Perth Walkabout June Monthly Wrap

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Published: 26 June 2013

The Perth Walkabout Monthly Wrap is published at the start of each month to provide a snapshot of articles that hit the headlines in the last 4 weeks.

Here is Perth Walkabout's Monthly Wrap for the month of June:

Day One, A Hotel, Evening by Black Swan State Theatre Company

Details: Written by: Greg Letts; Published: 22 June 2013

Joanna Murray-Smith is quoted in the program for Day One, A Hotel, Evening as wanting this play to be "a fast-paced near-farce about love, sex, competition, long-distance marriage, money and friendship".

And boy does she deliver on the pacing - when you are trying to pack all that into a mere 90 minutes, it's no wonder that you have to keep things moving.

Black Swan State Theatre Company's production of Day One fairly zips along, with no intermission and barely a breather between scenes, with actors often making their exit past the players of the next scene.

Day One is a breezy look at the middle class - their jobs, relationships, passions, desires and jealousies - where the audience gets to watch a game of What If? played out in front of our eyes.

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand at The Flying Scotsman

Details: Written by: Chris Thomas; Published: 19 June 2013

Catch the hugely popular1990s cult novel He Died with a Felafel in His Hand on stage this month at The Flying Scotsman's Velvet Lounge in Mount Lawley.

It's a must see cult classic that explores the madness of sharing house with the good, the bad and the ugly.

Written by John Birmingham and adapted by Simon Bedak, Steve Le Marquand and Michael Neaylon, Groovy Boots Theatre is bringing it to life and taking the show back to its pub origins at The Flying Scotsman.

Described as one of the funniest Australian novels ever written with sales of more than 300,000 copies and counting, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand also has the record of the longest-running stage play in Australian history.

Zeitgeist by Just Improvise - Improv Theatre with a Cabaret Twist

Details: Written by: Felicity Glencross; Published: 11 June 2013

Just Improvise, the specialist theatre improvisation company based in Perth, will titillate you with an intimate evening of creepy cabaret, in the spirit of 'The Times' with its latest show Zeitgeist.

Imagine a chance encounter between playwright Bertold Brecht and legendary musician Tom Waits, workshopped and performed as part of the 2012 Impro Melbourne Classic, Zeitgeist follows on from the unscripted success of "In a New York Minute" and "The Locker Room".

Just Improvise is using this notion as inspiration for its latest show Zeitgeist, an intimate evening of creepy cabaret using real newspaper headlines as the catalyst for each performance.

Review - Still Mine at Cinema Paradiso and Windsor

Details: Written by: Nita Teoh; Published: 10 June 2013

Still Mine now showing at Cinema Paradiso, Northbridge and Windsor, Nedlands is a poignant movie about an elderly couple in their eighties and the challenges that they are faced with living on their farm in New Brunswick.

Based on a novel by Michael McGowan, the movie was nominated for Best Motion Picture and the lead actor James Cromwell’s moving performance won him “Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role” at the Canadian Screen Awards 2013.

We follow the story of Craig (James Cromwell) and Irene (Genevieve Bujold) as they battle the local council to build their new home on their farming property in New Brunswick.

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Perth Walkabout August Monthly Wrap

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Day One, A Hotel, Evening by Black Swan State Theatre Company

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand at The Flying Scotsman

Zeitgeist by Just Improvise - Improv Theatre with a Cabaret Twist

Review - Still Mine at Cinema Paradiso and Windsor