While everyone in Perth is busily focused on the final preparations for the opening of The Sapphires, our sellout season for the Perth Festival, Artistic Director Kate Cherry is equally hard at work in Melbourne preparing for the first preview of a new World Premiere commissioned by Black Swan as part of the Rio Tinto Black Swan Commissions, called the The Swimming Club. Kate is directing this latest work from well known Australian playwright Hannie Rayson, a co-production with Melbourne Theatre Company. It will have its initial season in Melbourne before it comes to Perth, opening here in late March. We wish Kate and her cast all the best for the Melbourne season opening on 4 February.
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