Ten unmissable shows at Perth International Arts Festival

From dance and theatre to contemporary music and visual art, here are our picks of the shows to see at PIAF 2015.
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As with any major arts event there’s a plethora of works to choose from at Jonathan Holloway’s fourth and final Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF), regardless of whether your tastes run to classical or contemporary, intimate or extravagant.

To help you navigate the program – or to make you jealous of what you’ll be missing – here are our recommendations of this year’s must-see shows, exhibitions and performances (not including those we’ve already written about such as The Rabbits). If you’re a Perth resident, you’ve surely already booked your tickets months in advance. For everyone else – are you sure it’s not too late to jump on a plane?

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts