Perth Festival has given audiences an exciting sneak peek into its 2020 season, the first to be programmed by new Artistic Director Iain Grandage.

Iain Grandage. Photo © Jessica Wyld 

“I am thrilled to be able to share just a taste of my first Perth Festival program for 2020,” said Grandage. “These five brilliant productions are some the finest circus, music and theatre you will see anywhere in the world, and they are all grounded here in the West by Perth Festival.”

“I can’t wait to share the full 2020 Perth Festival program with you soon – one that celebrates our time, our place and our home here on Noongar Boodjah.”

Christiane Libor © Stefan Fuertbauer

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, one of the centrepiece offerings of the Festival will be the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and West Australian Opera’s concert presentation of Fidelio. To be conducted by Asher Fisch, Fidelio will be performed in a new adaptation by acclaimed Australian writer and librettist Alison Croggon, with narration by...