FRINGE WORLD 2020 Festival Guide

Further to Fall
Presented by Open Lid Ensemble
Gone Girls
Presented by Patrick Livesey
Heathers the Musical
Presented by HAMA Productions
Enter a cold world of confusion
and despair rendered from what
seemed like the perfect beginning.
Witness the unexpected
fall and grueling climb back to
rediscovering one’s self worth. Accompanied
by a live soundscape,
this physical theatre piece explores the turmoil of falling in
love with a narcissist.
Tickets: $26 | PG | WA | World Premiere
RHUBARB RECORDS VINYL CAFE • INNER METRO • MAP E
5-9 FEB @ 7:00 PM • 50 MINS
Julie Bishop and Julia Gillard rose
to the top of #auspol until it all
came crashing down. They may
have left politics, but that doesn’t
mean they’re over it. United by
rage. Spurred on by revenge. Men
ruined their dreams, now they will
kill everyone. Canberra has it coming...
Tickets: $15 - $28 | PG | VIC | WA Premiere
COOKERY • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
4-16 FEB @ 9:30 PM • 55 MINS
HOME ECONOMICS • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
8 FEB @ 4:00 PM • 55 MINS
Tickets: $46 | M | WA
Heathers The Musical is the
darkly delicious story of Veronica
Sawyer, a teenage misfit who
hustles her way into the most
powerful clique at Westerberg
High. This Black Comedy is full of
sex, 80’s angst and murder.
STATE THEATRE CENTRE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
8 FEB @ 5:00 PM , 6-7, 9 FEB @ 7:30 PM , 8 FEB @ 9:00 PM • 120 MINS
Theatre
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Heritage Perth Presents:
The Ghosts of Perth
Presented by Heritage Perth
After the three sold-out seasons
at Fremantle Prison, The Ghosts
are finally coming to Perth for
FRINGE WORLD! Join experimental
music/arts collective Genrefonix
in the atmospheric East Perth
Cemeteries for a multimedia show featuring gothic music,
stories, heritage, live theatre and immersive soundscapes.
Tickets: $25 | PG | WA | World Premiere
EAST PERTH CEMETERIES • PERTH • MAP C
14-15 FEB @ 7:00 PM , 8:15 PM , 9:30 PM • 45 MINS
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Homebrand
Presented by Mandurah Performing Arts
Centre & Riptide Youth Performance
Company
Homebrand invites you into both
real and imagined family rooms,
exploring how you can be related
to people that you often feel the
furthest away from. It’s the first
time you see dad cry or tell your
mum she ‘just doesn’t understand’. Your sibling is your BFF.
A show that is part heartbreaking nostalgia, part awkward
hug.
Tickets: $13 - $20 | M | WA | World Premiere
THE LIBRARY • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
27-31 JAN, 1-2 FEB @ 6:15 PM • 50 MINS
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It’s About Time
Presented by Blurbs by Bres
A whimsical romp through time
discovering.... time. From the Sumerians
to Einstein, from talking
clocks to Royal Astronomers, ‘It’s
About Time’ is an amusing and
engrossing look at our obsession
with time - a dimension we’ll
travel through together. You’ll never look at a clock the
same way again. This is your time to find out about time.
Tickets: $20 | G | WA | World Premiere
RONNIE NIGHTS • FREMANTLE • MAP D
30-31 JAN, 6-7 FEB @ 8:00 PM • 60 MINS
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JUST WAIT!
Presented by University Dramatic Society
Patricia is waiting. In this dingy
doctor’s office, with it’s horrid
wallpaper and its stench of bandaids
and big news. She doesn’t
have an appointment. Not yet.
Don’t rush her. What she does
have is a story. For you. And trust
her, it’s one worth waiting for.
Tickets: $15 - $20 | 18+ (Restricted) | WA | World Premiere
LAZY SUSAN’S COMEDY DEN • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
24-27 JAN @ 5:30 PM • 50 MINS
Kafka’s Ape
Presented by The Blue Room Theatre
Summer Nights and Yililiza
The multiple award winning
Kafka’s Ape is a solo about a
primate’s struggle to overcome
the confines of captivity. Based
on Franz Kafka’s short story, A
Report to an Academy, the play
highlights the complexities of identity in post-apartheid
South Africa. “Someone has stuck their fist in our gut and is
turning it” The Critter, 2019.
Tickets: $23 - $28 | M | ZA | AUS Premiere
THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
17, 19 JAN @ 6:30 PM , 18, 21-25 JAN @ 7:30 PM • 50 MINS
Kravgi: A Sci-Fi Choose-
Your-Own-Adventure
Presented by Tentacular Entertainment
Monsters, meteors and mysteries
await in this science fiction
choose-your-own-adventure play,
in which an audience member’s
choices and actions determine
the plots progression. Each
story contains unique dialogue, settings, props, music and
projected videos, resulting in one of fifty endings. Some are
happy. Some are bittersweet. Many are gruesome.
Tickets: $25 | PG | WA | World Premiere
COCKBURN YOUTH CENTRE • GREATER METRO • MAP F
23 JAN @ 7:30 PM • 60 MINS
SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE • INNER METRO • MAP E
25 JAN @ 7:30 PM • 60 MINS
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PREVIOUS
AWARD
WINNER
LEAVING THE NEST
Presented by Daniel Dosek & Tremayne
Gordon
A comedic one-man show that
follows Andrew’s first few moments
after flying the coup.
Andrew discovers that there’s a
difference between his expectations
and his reality. Featuring
a talking suitcase, too much caffeine and a little too much
self-deprecation. LEAVING THE NEST is a celebration of the
tiny steps we take towards independence.
Tickets: $20 | 18+ (Restricted) | QLD | WA Premiere
LAZY SUSAN’S COMEDY DEN • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
7-9 FEB @ 5:30 PM • 50 MINS
Lipstuck
Presented by PICA & Daley King
Experience an intimate queer
kaleidoscope, fusing live alchemy,
participatory performance, and
verbatim storytelling. Vividly dissecting
the zeitgeist of lipstick,
Lipstuck examines its history as
both a tool of body politics and a
weapon of oppression. A bright rainbow light in a black and
white world, Lipstuck fights back against the binary.
Tickets: $22 - $26 | M | WA | World Premiere
PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS • NORTHBRIDGE •
MAP B
28-31 JAN, 1 FEB @ 7:30 PM • 60 MINS
LONELY MARS
Presented by ART IN PROCESS
Power - Guilt - Sacrifice - Isolation
- Infertility - Suffering - Liberation:
we write the year 2242. Mars
has been explored and prepared
enough to send test females to
breed a new generation that will
preserve humankind. Witness
how well they get trained, possibly selecting one of you to
join their mission. Are you a chosen one?
Tickets: $36 | PG | WA | World Premiere
THE ART ROOM • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
10-16 FEB @ 8:30 PM • 70 MINS
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