The second episode of Your Arts Playground – Seesaw’s new monthly podcast – is here, with dance in the mosh pit, a chance to see inside artists’ studios, great music collaborations, theatre that tackles tricky topics with a light touch, sheep as film stars… and more!

This month Nina Levy is joined by guest host Claire Coleman, filling in while Rosalind Appleby is on annual leave.

Show notes

Dance

Cry Babyby Parkin Projects at the Rechabite Hall, 4-6 August.

Read Seesaw’s reviewof the Fringe World season of Cry Baby.

Dracula by West Australian Ballet, at Crown Theatre, 19-24 August

Archives of Humanity by Co3 Contempory Dance, available online until 15 August

Read Seesaw’s review of the Perth Festival season.

Music

Star Navigator, WA Opera, 13 August – Sadly this event has been cancelled since we recorded, due to the suspension of the travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia. Read more here.

Breaksea @ the Rechabite, 7 August

Djinda Boodja NAIDOC Day at Djinda Boodja, 295 Manning Rd, Waterford WA, 4 August

Petrushka, WA Symphony Orchestra and UWA, at Winthrop Hall, 10 August

Visual arts

Margaret River Open Studios, 11-26 September

“The Archaeology of Loss” by Stanislava Pinchuk at Fremantle Arts Centre until 7 September

“Beating Heart” by Jacobus Capone at Fremantle Arts Centre, until 7 September

Film

CinefestOz Film Festival Western Australia, 25-29 August

Oops! We made a boo-boo with our coverage of CinefestOz - Rams was actually the opening film for the 2020 Festival. There's a whole swathe of exciting new films in this year's Festival, however, so do check it out!