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Madeleine Hammond takes a bow for WASO's Composition Project at Studio Underground.

Classical livePremiumFive find fame in Composition Project

Chamber ensemble premieres young composers’ work at Studio Underground for WA Symphony Orchestra’s Composition Project.

David Cusworth

Local artist Catherine McKinlay with some of her work.

Life in colourPremiumMcKinlay’s journey to mental health recovery in full colour

Catherine McKinlay’s colourful life is reflected in her colourful art, detailing a journey full of happiness and struggle of equal measure.

Claire Middleton

Giuseppe Fausto Modugno and Elyane Laussade in Piano Fortissimo at WA Museum Boola Bardip Hackett Hall.

Classical livePremiumPiano Fortissimo meets Otto the whale

Music on the Terrace moves to WA Museum Boola Bardip during roof repairs at Government House.

David Cusworth

Eva Forster pictured with her artwork ‘The Mourning’ at The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, on Monday. She is one of the artists selected for The West Australian Pulse 2026. Carwyn Monck

The West Australian PulseCommentsPremiumFinalist named for oil painting exploring anxiety

Like many young people navigating the stress of their final year of high school, Eva Forster worried about losing those close to her, but she turned her anxiety into a large scale oil painting. 

Kirsty Lichtenstein

James Huntingford, Jet Kye Chong, Krista Low, Sarah Papadopoulos, Bonnie de la Hunty, Alexis Chin and Eliza McCracken take a bow for HIP Company's Festa Italiana at Victoria Hall, Fremantle.

Classical livePremiumFesta Italiana serves Italian fare

An evening stroll through early Baroque with HIP Company at Victoria Hall, Fremantle

David Cusworth

The Almighty Sometimes playwright Kendall Feaver.

TheatrePremiumSearching for self in mental illness story

Contemporary Australian playwright Kendall Feaver’s debut play The Almighty Sometimes is heading to the Subiaco Arts Centre stage with Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Tanya MacNaughton

Landscape artist and historian Margaret Sanders at the Vancouver Arts Centre.

inspirePremiumHistory and paint combine in unique art practice

Albany landscape painter Margaret Sanders is bringing Albany’s history to life through art, tracing the footsteps of the city’s first European arrivals to re-imagine what they saw. 

Jacki Elezovich

Year 12 visual arts graduate Lauren Branch pictured with her artwork Life’s Ephemeral Dance at The Art Gallery of WA.

The West PulsePremiumDragonflies dance in remembrance painting by Year 12 grad

Seton Catholic College Year 12 visual arts graduate Lauren Branch explores beauty in the grief of losing a loved one in her artwork Life’s Ephemeral Dance, part of The West Australian Pulse 2026 exhibition.

Tanya MacNaughton

Art therapist Serena McLauchlan with pieces from the Taking Flight exhibition at Albany Library.

Art showExhibition demonstrates the positive power of art therapy

Art for art’s sake, they say but the works now on show at Albany Public Library demonstrate that picking up a paintbrush can lead to much more than a simple, pretty picture.

Claire Middleton

Akiko Miyazawa, Siobhan Makinson, Anika Collins and Ellie Malonzo play for the season launch of Grove Classics at the Grove Library on Sunday.

Classical livePremiumWinter draws on at Grove Library

Romantic violins launch Grove Classics June season on Sunday.

David Cusworth

John Keene conducts WA Symphony Orchestra woodwind, horns and bass in Mozart's Serenade No.10 for the Resonance chamber series concert at Perth Town Hall.

Classical livePremiumTown Hall timely home for chamber series

WASO’s Resonance concert relocates after Government House Ballroom closed for repairs.

David Cusworth

Joseph Nolan and Jenna Smith at St George's Cathedral for the Sir Francis Burt Memorial Concert.

Classical livePremiumTrumpet and organ a timeless combination

Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary rings out to launch this year’s Sir Francis Burt Memorial Concert at St George’s Cathedral.

David Cusworth

Profile pics of father and son artist duo Peter Farmer Jnr. and Peter Farmer. They have made history with the first Indigenous artwork on Olympic uniform for the LA Olympics in 2028.

Indigenous AustraliansCommentsNoongar artists behind new Aussie Olympic team artwork

Well-known Noongar artists Peter Farmer and Peter Farmer Junior are incredibly proud to represent WA after their artwork was selected to feature on the Australian Olympic team uniforms.

Kellie Balaam

Director Tom Healey with WAAPA third-year acting students Holly Samaniego and Griffin McLaughlin starring in Romeo And Juliet at Heath Ledger Theatre.

TheatrePremiumContemporary take on Shakespeare classic

Tom Healey almost declined the invitation when Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts acting course director Shane Anthony asked him to direct third-year acting students in Romeo And Juliet

Tanya MacNaughton

MJ The Musical star Ilario Grant at Crown Theatre Perth.

Startin’ somethingPremiumHow MJ The Musical brings a legend to life

From a Georgia bedroom to the dazzling lights of the Australian stage, 23-year-old Broadway breakout Ilario Grant is slipping on the glove of the world’s greatest entertainer.

Caitlin Vinci

Sam Dennison at Vancouver Arts Centre.

inspirePremiumPottery and still life go hand in hand for Albany artist

Albany artist Samantha Dennison is deeply connected to the stories of the landscape and the people who inhabit it, and it shows vibrantly through her artwork.

Jacki Elezovich

Benjamin Stack with his The West Australian Pulse 2026 artwork Moort Boodja.

PulsePremiumConnecting with Noongar culture in artwork

Benjamin Stack’s many experiences of dancing in Alton Walley’s Welcome to Country ceremonies — from West Coast Eagles games to Perth Christmas Pageant — reached a new level at Pulse Fashion Show 2026.

Tanya MacNaughton

Mark Alderson, Liz Staite, Evelyn Taylor and Bill Biggins at the One Tree Art Prize exhibition.

TREE-MENDOUS TALENT PremiumOne Tree Art Prize puts forest in the spotlight

An art exhibition celebrating the significance of trees and their importance to the planet took place at the Ludlow Gallery over the WA Day long weekend

Madelin Hayes

Jenna Smith stepped up as principal trumpet at WA Symphony Orchestra in 2025.

Classical livePremiumMusic of the ages in a sacred setting

Three centuries of musical tradition are set to ring out when Jenna Smith and Dr Joseph Nolan combine for a trumpet and organ recital at St George’s Cathedral.

David Cusworth

Ryan Twomey pictured with his artwork ‘Portrait of a Rich Swine’ at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

The West PulseCommentsPremiumExhibition finalist uses ‘punk aesthetics’ to talk politics

Art is the best way to talk about politics, says The West Australian Pulse 2026 exhibition finalist Ryan Twomey.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

WA Ballet principal artist and photographer Juan Carlos Osma.

ExhibitionPremiumFreezing a dance moment in time

While dance is intrinsically entwined in WA Ballet principal artist Juan Carlos Osma’s identity, the Havana-born artist has discovered an extension to his dance practice — photography.

Tanya MacNaughton

Ruth Halbert is a textile artist working on a series of works with longtime collaborator Elisa Markes-Young for the Works in Progress exhibition.

inspirePremiumQuestions of belonging a common thread for textile artist

Textile art has drawn a long thread through Ruth Halbert’s life, from learning to knit on a sheep farm to restoring historic looms and weaving tributes to immigrant lives lost in Australian detention centres.

Jacki Elezovich

Company director Sonya Suares with WAAPA third-year music theatre students Cooper Williams and Josh Condon, who both play the character Bobby.

StagePremiumBeing alive in WAAPA’s latest musical

WA Academy of Performing Arts graduate Sonya Suares has returned to her alma mater to direct the current cohort of third-year music theatre students in Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award-winning show Company.

Tanya MacNaughton

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen will launch their Oceania tour in Perth.

Classical livePremiumProdigy fiddlers reset classical agenda

TwoSet Violin launch the Oceania leg of their Sacrilegious Games World Tour in Perth.

David Cusworth