Australia's longest running arts event, the Perth Festival, opened at the weekend with outdoor music, a series of light sculptures and social media videos in which people share "what rests in their ...

In the Perth Festival exhibitions brochure, artistic director Anna Reece noted that the city is “uniquely positioned in relation to Southeast Asia considering proximity and shared time zones”.

After taking the reins in 2025, this year's Perth Festival was a chance for artistic director Anna Reece to consolidate the ideas she set in motion last year. The festival continues to break out of ...