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Upcoming productions are listed below — grab tickets and catch the shows when they hit the stage.
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WA YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY / PERTH FESTIVAL
SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA
Jam-packed with info, humanity and truth, but never wagging its finger in your face, Scenes From the Climate Era is a play about now, performed by the leaders of the future.
Director: Amelia Burke
Assistant Director: Natasha Pearson, Clea Marion
Lighting Designer: Matthew Erren
Set and Costume Designer: Charlotte Meagher
Sound Designer: Rebecca Riggs-Bennett

STRUT DANCE / HARRISON COOK
MATA MATA
MATA MATA is an offering through the act of solo dance. A summoning of the ancestral spirits that reside deep within the awa. As the taniwha stirs just beneath the surface, memory begins to flow from skin into whenua. Awakening the blood memory that is present here. Becoming a sacred ancestral ritual, allow yourself to slip into this journey of returning. Acknowledging the physical body as a vessel to conjure spirit, mana, and memory. MATA MATA is the honouring of Whakapapa and identity and the holder of space to witness the sacred act of awakening this reclamation.
Lead Artist: Harrison Cook
Lighting Designer: Matthew Erren
Sound Designer: W. Sze Tsang

JO OMODEI
THE FUTURE SOFTLY
Between life, love, and death
The Future Softly is a new contemporary dance solo created and performed by Jo Omodei, premiering at The Blue Room Theatre Studio as part of FRINGE WORLD Perth 2026. This live, improvised solo dance explores life, love, and death through movement. Guided by a shifting choreographic map, each performance is unique, blending delicate gestures and powerful phrases. Experience a poetic journey of presence, connection, and transformation
Lead Artist: Jo Omodei
Lighting Designer: Matthew Erren
Stage Manager: Natasha Pearson

LAZY YARNS
THE BALLOON DOG BITES
Paulie Accio has had a big night. And his big night is followed by an even bigger day, performing at the birthday party of a nine-year-old self-identified angel Constantina Levesy; a necessary but humiliating gig for an otherwise serious clown.
Nursing a particularly queer injury and a come down that could fell a wollemi pine, he faces a relentless trial of pretentious desserts, errant blow torches, and heinous conversations with employees of Deloitte; culminating in a shocking and senseless murder.
The Balloon Dog Bites is a one-act, one-man comedy unfit for the whole family. It’s Christos Tsiolkas’ The Slap meets Children of the Corn. It’s The Wicker Man as directed by John Waters.
And above all else, it’s an angry gay clown in a life-or-death battle with an innocent child.
Director: Mitch Whelan
Lighting Designer: Matthew Erren
Sound Designer: Isaac Diamond