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Helping young artists shine

MANDURAH Performing Arts Centre launches the Lesley Couzens Fellowship this year. more »

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WRITER/director Aidan Fennessy uses his family relationship with sound recordist Tony Stewart (21), who was part of the Channel 7 team of three killed by Indonesians at Balibo in 1975, to the full in his production of National Interest. more »

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True crime book a hit

AUTHOR Rochelle Jackson has made her name interviewing some of Australia’s most notorious criminals including Martin Bryant, Carl Williams and Mark “Chopper” Read. more »

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Local author pens new novel

WESTERN Australian writer Fiona Palmer has penned her third novel, The Road Home. more »

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Indigenous history inspires artist

Perth artist Patrick Doherty who is exhibiting his new works, dubbed Tales of Hierarchy. IMAGE: Andrew Ritchie

JANUARY 26, 2012, elicited an emotional response from Patrick Doherty. more »

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Comedy throwback

Ventriloquist David Strassman with his evil partner Chuck Wood.

DAVID Strassman is a master of ‘throwing’ his voice but when it comes to speaking his mind on the obscure and dwindling art of ventriloquism, he is loud and clear. more »

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Zanik serves up cheeky role in Austen’s timeless love story

Former Mandurah resident Cally Zanik, left, is the cheeky housemaid Mary in Jane Austen’s <I>Emma</I> this May, with Penny Searle as Bess.

FORMER Mandurah resident Cally Zanik is taking to the stage next month in a timeless love story from one of the most widely read writers of all time. more »

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Gavin case probed

Dawn Pascoe, Steven Finnegan and Nick Candy in John Gavin.

ACTOR, writer and producer Nick Candy discovered the tale of John Gavin in a very modern way – the Fremantle Prison website. more »

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Circa has the world at its feet

<I>Circa</I> is a large-scale work remixed from three of the company’s most acclaimed works.

CIRCA has reinvented circus the way Cirque de Soleil did decades ago. more »

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Troupe ready to raise the roof

Chris Isaacs, Tom Vowles and Gita Bezard are in fine form preparing to raise funds for Save the Children WA.

THE members of Perth improvisational comedy troupe The Big Hoo-Haa! are a giving bunch. more »

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Sculptures with an air of fun

Carol Clitheroe with an inflatable whale that will float in MPAC’s foyer next month. Picture: Jon Hewson www.communitypix.com.au d377164

INFLATABLE sculptures reflect this year’s Stretch festival theme in a playful and colourful way. more »

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Winton’s tale returns

<I>Blueback</I> returns to the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre for the holidays.

THE Mandurah Performing Arts Centre is again presenting Tim Winton's Blueback for the next school holidays from April 18. more »

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Magician’s mastery unusual

RAYMOND Crowe is Australia’s only Unusualist — a master of intricate shadow puppetry, dancing jackets, ventriloquism, world-class magic and brilliant audience participation. more »

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Rallying to help out

Constable Andrew Osenton with comedians (from left) Sam Longley and Damon Lockwood. Picture: Marcus Whisson www.communitypix.com.au d376918

PERTH Constable Andrew Osenton has never met fellow police officer Ryan Marron, who contracted the potentially fatal disease Murray Valley encephalitis after being bitten by a mosquito last year. more »

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Dickens' Women, His Majesty's Theatre

PERFORMING an encore Australian tour of her incredibly successful one-woman show Dickens' Women is the icing on the cake for BAFTA award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes. more »

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