West Australian painter Abdul Abdullah has won the coveted Archibald’s Packing Room Prize with a portrait of his best friend perched on a loose-tongued horse. SEE ALL THE FINALISTS
Sebastian Tan
This years floral trail will be made up of 15 installations connected by one central theme - Roots to Bloom.
Artemisia Blythe
Perth audiences don’t need a conclave to elect Sister Act as the most joyous, heaven-sent musical in town.
Tanya MacNaughton
The Vicar of Dibley opens on Thursday night at the Bridgetown theatre with a cast of adults and children re-creating the TV show’s best moments.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Organisers estimate more than 10,000 people enjoyed an arty adventure during the ArtSouthWA Easter Festival.
Claire Middleton
Giovanni Consort’s Anzac Day tribute, Lest We Forget, saw brass beautifully utilised as an extension of the human voice at St Mary’s, South Perth.
David Cusworth
It may have taken him four decades, but Melbourne-based comedian Sammy J has finally come to know what it feels like to be embarrassed, the incident inspiring his latest stand-up show, The Kangaroo Effect.
A new bit of kit will take a meaningful chunk out of set-building costs for WA’s top theatre company and other arts outfits as the industry looks to lure audiences away from Netflix and towards live drama.
Simone Grogan
Touring to Perth with a convent of nuns is not a prophecy Casey Donovan would ever have believed would become a divine truth.
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s first mainstage production for 2025, the world premiere of feel-good play Thirst, marks a trifecta for its playwright Barbara Hostalek.
Two premieres extol women of faith amid a celebration of salvation in WASO’s Easter offering, with St George’s Cathedral Consort, Joseph Nolan at Winthrop Hall.
The Collie Art Gallery and Collie Art Prize exhibition celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a Business Connections event hosted by the Collie Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Sofia Fimognari
A surfer, documentary producer and activist will return to Denmark this weekend, hoping to inspire her hometown to use its voice for change with her latest film.
Melissa Sheil
A Sydney artist has used skills he learnt as a tradesman to win an art prize commemorating soldiers who fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
Rachel Jackson
A Busselton quilting artist is exhibiting a “memory” piece in Manjimup reflecting her time at Lake Ballard near the Shire of Menzies where she discovered artist Antony Gormley sculptures in the desert.
The Narrogin Repertory Club sold out the last four nights of its first production of the 2025 season at the town’s Thornton Theatre.
Here You Come Again is now on its way to Australia with a Perth season at the Regal Theatre from August 22.
Fremantle International Street Arts Festival is proving to be a full circle moment for Hands Some Feet artistic director and founder Jeromy Nuuk.
Art in the Porongurups is returning to the granite hills of the Porongurups in the Shire of Plantagenet for its 23rd year to exhibit and celebrate local artistry.
Georgia Campion
The Denmark Mill Art Group’s Easter show opens on Saturday featuring the work of 13 local artists and covering a variety of genres.
Canning artist Claire Billie Bushby is debuting their Meet Me in the Garden art series on April 9 at Rockingham Arts Centre.
Ava Berryman
The Blue Room Theatre has upheld its reputation as a creative hub of Western Australia’s independent theatre scene with 11 awards at the 2025 Performing Arts WA Awards ceremony going to shows at the venue.
A masterclass from uber-tenor Paul O’Neill and a showcase of rising stars for Operatic Splendour at Government House Ballroom.
“We can’t go back,” artist Philomena Baadjo from Balgo says as she strokes burnt orange paint onto her canvas.
Natasha Clark
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