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Evan Rickman’s So It Comes to Dust is a thoughtful, atmospheric meditation on violence, loyalty and the moral cost of war, writes Darcy Lewis.

https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/08/war-guilt-and-ghosts-in-the-dust

New Music can be baffling, noisy, delicate, thrilling – and sometimes all at once. Jonathan W. Marshall offers a guide to opening your ears to Perth’s most adventurous sounds.
https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/08/how-to-listen-to-perths-weirdest-music

The stage is set as it will remain for more than two hours, visible as theatregoers enter the auditorium: a bare stage, a cone of light dividing the backdrop down the middle, and two large, floor-mounted spotlights at the front on either side. Around this space Izzard roams, playing 23 parts alone, accompanied only by two spotlit shadows that mimic his every move...

https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/08/eddie-izzards-solo-hamlet-is-a-daring-act-of-theatrical-storytelling

“There’s a lot of catharsis that comes through that exchange, not just between the comedian and the audience, but amongst the audience themselves. because it's really signalling to other people in the audience, ‘Hey, I understand this as well. Do you get it too?’ “ Ronan Freeburn
https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/start-laughing-this-is-serious

WASO Chorus turns sacred text into a resonant debate on voice and meaning
https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/waso-chorus-turns-sacred-text-into-a-resonant-debate-on-voice-and-meaning

Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s rendering of Nathan Maynard’s At What Cost? finds a way of lightening our hearts with humour before sharpening our minds to the reality that sometimes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and efforts made on a bureaucratic level, divorced from lived experience, have impacts that are painful and harmful and that can drive families apart.

https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/a-charged-funny-and-urgent-interrogation-of-aboriginality

Silversun Pickups’ Perth return was a towering reminder that shoegaze, grunge and post-rock can still hit with euphoric, full-body force. Review by Harvey Rae. Images by De Williams.

https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/silversun-pickups-show-off-sledgehammer-sweetness

"The Blue Room Theatre’s 600 Seconds short works program returned earlier this month to remind us exactly what makes it so special. 600 Seconds supports local emerging and established creatives in creating new or experimental pieces, allowing them to test out new ideas under a mentor. Each piece lasts 10 minutes (or 600 seconds), covering five distinct categories: Moves, Makes, Montage, Music and Menagerie." Read Alicia Patrick's review: https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/600-seconds-finds-fresh-charge-in-three-distinctive-musical-worlds

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PICA & STRUT Dance’s Restore brings together Ainslie Allan’s tender, atmospheric CALL and Brooke Stamp’s gloriously unhinged Mickey — a double bill that moves between improvisation, uncertainty, humour and repair.

📖 Article by Nina Levy
📸 Images supplied⁠ / Rebecca Mansell
🔗 Read the full article >> https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2026/07/review-restore-improvising-repair-in-uncertain-times