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The 2008 Festival was held 8 Feburary - 2 March 2008.
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Welcome to Country

Welcome to Country

Noongar elders and artists welcome audiences and artists from around the world

Perth Foreshore, end of William St

8 Feb

FREE EVENT

Children's Cheering Carpet
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Children's Cheering Carpet

See a magic carpet burst into life and reveal a playground of colour and fun for children

Bradley Studio, UWA

Tue 19 Feb, 2.30pm
Tue 19 Feb, 12.30pm

Tickets $15

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A sexy, daring, ravishing new production of Shakespeare's popular comedy

His Majesty's Theatre

All dates available for school bookings

Tickets $15

Trad

A laugh-out-loud Irish comedy about families and their traditions

Octagon Theatre, UWA

All dates available for school bookings

Tickets $15

Australia vs South Africa

Australia vs South Africa

Sport comes to the stage in this funny and thought-provoking story of the world's greatest fans

Subiaco Arts Centre Theatre

8 Feb-23 Feb

Tickets $15

Jandamarra

Jandamarra

The true story of one man's life that has become legend

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre Pavilion 6

9 Feb-23 Feb

Tickets $15

Borrowed Light

A strikingly original dance work from one of the world's most exciting choreographers

His Majesty's Theatre

All dates available for school bookings

Tickets $15

Metadance in Resonant Light

Metadance in Resonant Light

A dance experience that crosses the boundary between movement, architecture, performance and installation

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

14 Feb-21 Feb

Tickets $15

New London Consort: Vivaldi Gloria

Astonishing insight and exquisite style bring Baroque classics to life

Perth Concert Hall

13 Feb, 7.30pm

Tickets $15

Brodsky Quartet

A masterful quartet perform a beautiful selection of their favourite works

Perth Concert Hall

20 Feb, 7.30pm

Tickets $15

Chris Potter Underground

Chris Potter Underground

One of the world’s hottest jazz talents premiers his new album

Perth Concert Hall

Sat 1 March, 8pm

Tickets $15

James Angus

James Angus

When the Ordinary Isn't .

Art Gallery of Western Australia

16 Dec-2 Mar

FREE EVENT

The Moth

An evening of mesmerising ten-minute tales from New York's hottest and hippest literary sensation

Octagon Theatre, UWA

23 Feb, 8.30pm

Tickets $15

America

Consider the future of the free world through the eyes of three very different authors as they reflect on their personal and global impressions of the empire that is USA today

Octagon Theatre, UWA

22 Feb, 6.30pm

Tickets $15

 

Perth Writers Festival Schools Day :: Lower Secondary  

Perth Writers Festival Schools Day :: Yrs 7-10

Kick-start the school year by bringing your classes to a day of inspiring author talks and current affairs discussions designed especially for lower secondary students. Full programme

Festival Tent, UWA

Thurs 21 Feb

Full day $15, Single session $3

 

Perth Writers Festival Schools Day :: Upper Secondary  

Perth Writers Festival Schools Day :: Yrs 10-12

The Schools Day offers a mix of author talks, illustrators and journalists who will be discussing the writing process, graphic novels, current affairs and much more! Full programme

Octagon Theatre, Riley Oval, UWA

Thurs 21 Feb

Full day $15, Single session $3

The Dinner Guest

The Dinner Guest

A laugh-out-loud French farce that showcases France's greatest comic actors - Daniel Auteuil, Valerie Lemercier and Thierry L'Hermitte

Somerville

3 Dec-9 Dec

Joondalup Pines

24 Dec-30 Dec

Outsourced

Outsourced

In this hilarious and touching film - Indian telemarketers meet American kitsch full on. It will strike a chord with everyone in this globalised and changing world

Joondalup Pines

3 Dec-16 Dec

Somerville

17 Dec-23 Dec

War/Dance

War/Dance

An uplifting and compelling documentary celebrating African tribal music and dance - Sundance Film Festival Award Winner

Joondalup Pines

17 Dec-23 Dec

Somerville

7 Apr-13 Apr

Molière

Molière

A thoroughly irresistible and lavish story of intrigue, love, comedy and artistic inspiration in the tradition of 'Shakespeare in Love'. A bewigged and wonderfully witty Romain Duris plays Moliere

Joondalup Pines

31 Dec-6 Jan

Somerville

24 Dec-30 Dec

The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit

A small Egyptian police band get lost in the Israeli desert - this gem is a delightful take on cross cultural relations

Somerville

18 Feb-24 Feb

Joondalup Pines

25 Feb-2 Mar

Deep Water

Deep Water

This remarkable documentary draws on Donald Crowhurst's original footage and actual accounts of the disastrous 1968 non-stop round-the-world yacht race - an absorbing drama of unbelievable courage and tragedy

Somerville

17 Mar-23 Mar

Joondalup Pines

24 Mar-30 Mar

Conversations with my Gardener

Conversations with my Gardener

A sun-drenched and slightly melancholic take on the lives of two men who share so much because of - not in spite of - their differences. Stars Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Somerville

24 Mar-30 Mar

Joondalup Pines

31 Mar-6 Apr

Hula Girls

Hula Girls

A family-friendly take on The Full Monty in grass skirts - an uplifting true story of defiance as a rural Japanese town struggles to cope with changing times when the forced closure of a coal mine leaves 2000 workers unemployed

Somerville

31 Mar-6 Apr

Joondalup Pines

7 Apr-13 Apr