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Category: Arts & Culture
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Published: Sunday, 18 November 2018 09:27
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Written by Lee-Ann Khoh

When I read that Frankie’s was completely unscripted, I thought: “This will either be amazing or terrible.” Fortunately, it was not the latter.
Frankie’s is the name of the dive bar where this unique play (Is it still called a play if there’s no script?) is set.
Each show is another night at Frankie’s, where we – the audience – get to hang out, observe and engage with the banter between the staff and regular punters.
If you attend multiple shows, you can see where the main characters have gotten to in their lives since you last saw them.
Each show is also illustrated, with the artwork displayed at the Blue Room Theatre during the show’s run, so you can catch up on what happened on previous nights.
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Category: Arts & Culture
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Published: Saturday, 27 October 2018 16:37
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Written by Nita Teoh

After the fun we had watching In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play at the Heath Ledger Theatre a few days ago, we eagerly returned to the State Theatre Centre of WA – this time to watch Xenides at the Studio Underground.
As we waited for the performance to start, we were greeted with a glitzy background set straight out of the popular TV game show The Wheel of Fortune.
The play is about the life of Adriana Xenides – the game show co-host of The Wheel of Fortune. An iconic figure for many Australian families as they watched the box each night, she lays claim in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest running TV show game hostess, with an 18 year run.
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