Magazine 6000

22/09/2026

"WASO brought a raw sincerity to the emotionally taxing piece under the baton of WASO Chorusmaster Hugh Lydon."

Darcy Lewis reviews The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra:

Written at the turn of the millennium to commemorate what had been the most violent and war stricken century in recorded history, Sir Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace expressed hope for a new century of peace and compassion. With no disrespect for Jenkins’ optimism in a time that wa...

03/09/2026

"Villains are always so fun to watch and to play. I think they’re really interesting, because often times they are presented with moral dilemmas, and choose in the end the less moral option, which sometimes is quite justified...I would say more often than not in music, they get the best songs!"

Holly Ferguson interviews Perth based tenor and director Noah Humich about Enchanted Encounters, his concert bringing together some of music's best villains:

Sometimes it feels a little good to be bad and revel in the devilishly delightful. Perth based tenor and director Noah Humich has brought together some of musical theatre and opera’s greatest villains to create an enchanting concert experience. With music from Les Miserables, Hansel and Gretel, Sa...

03/09/2026

"As the narrative progresses, we are left wondering… is it just bad luck? Or is it the tick-box, CAPTCHA verification that ‘I am human’ by reason of our imperfections?"

Danica Lamb reviews Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company:

There is something unsettling about watching a play that feels absurdly exaggerated one moment (read: lemonade-selling child robots) and uncomfortably familiar the next (getting fish and chips with your mum’s new boy toy). Black Swan’s premiere of Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless achie...

30/08/2026

“Shamray’s two encores were full of delight, performing an Etude by a composer I was unable to catch and an excerpt from Cinderella. Something about Shamray’s presence in these encores put the audience at ease. There was a feeling of relaxation following the intensity of the concertos in which both performer and audience were having fun.”

Darcy Lewis reviews Beethoven’s Seventh presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Winthrop Hall saw a tale of two WASO’s at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony on Saturday the 22nd of August. Under the baton of Chief Conductor Asher Fish with pianist Konstantin Shamray, the orchestra moved through its program of romantic orch...

30/08/2026

"Wilson’s writing is clever, detailed and deeply relatable. The confessional songs and stories, remind me of the darkly comic nature of Fleabag, skilfully blending the serious with the absurd. The humour is often outrageous, sometimes uncomfortable and unafraid to venture into taboo territory."

Ella Peeters reviews Gabby Goes to Hollywood on now at The Blue Room Theatre

Who hasn’t dreamed of being famous? Of being adored, celebrated and showered with love? But what happens when that dream becomes a facade for something deeper? Gabrielle Wilson wows audiences with her brilliantly hilarious and unexpectedly heartbreaking new cabaret at The Blue Room Theatre. Gabby ...

10/08/2026

"In this powerful, harrowing and unrelenting production by Boorloo playwright and director Evan Rickman, history folds in on itself as the past and present collide."

Ella Peeters reviews So It Comes To Dust:

https://magazine6000.com/review/new-play-questions-the-possibility-of-lasting-peace-so-it-comes-to-dust/

10/08/2026

"Samuel Dundas was incredible in his titular character’s transition from arrogant and cynical through to devastated and inconsolable. His sobering turmoil as a result of the duel with and subsequent death of Lensky, played by Paul O’Neill, was piercingly emotive."

Holly Ferguson reviews Eugene Onegin presented by West Australian Opera:

Where are we? A 1800s country mansion or a dark, decrepit aged care home. Cameron Menzies’ production of Eugene Onegin, remounted for the West Australian Opera, sparks intrigue at first sight. Niall Mckeever’s set cleverly melds a current place with fragments of another setting through tilted an...

27/07/2026

"The idea to demonstrate the breadth in interpretation of even the same text created fascinating source of interest as a listener. These pairings were accompanied by insightful and informative introductions of the works by Lydon. These introductions are often banished to pre-concert talks or program notes, but their inclusion gives audiences a way into the composition of the program and the minds of the performers. This is particularly relevant where pieces have no words or in the case of this choral program, words in a language likely not spoken by much of the audience (unless I sorely underestimate the number of local Latin speakers)."

Darcy Lewis reviews WASO Chorus Sings: Devotion:
https://magazine6000.com/review/breadth-in-interpretation-waso-chorus-sings-devotion/

27/07/2026

"I feel like there is a lot of me in the character. Always trying to do the right thing, but not always succeeding. I think when one can identify with the character they are playing, or even in parts of them (lots of opera characters you wouldn’t want to identify with), then there is an honesty and vulnerability that becomes available which gives a broader, more robust characterisation."

Magazine 6000 speaks with Samuel Dundas about playing the titular role in Eugene Onegin presented by West Australian Opera:

From an aloof flirt with a senseless streak to a remorseful and regretful soul, across the three acts of this gripping opera the story of Eugene Onegin unfolds. From Northern Ireland to Western Australia, director Cameron Menzies brings his adaption of this classic tale to Perth’s audiences. Austr...

19/07/2026

“Singing, sounding, screaming, shouting, wailing, breath, crying, calling: there are so many vocal textures that have become integrated in the way I move and have added such range to my artistic expression. It’s a cathartic and healing activity on an individual level, and the mouth is a key place of transmission between our inner and outer worlds.”

Ainslie Allan speaks to Magazine 6000 about their work CALL presented by STRUT Dance at PICA – Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

📸: STRUT Dance