Live Arts
Up late and after hours, experience an evolving program of live arts, music and film.
Designed for those looking for a new way to visit WA Museum Boola Bardip, explore programs taking place in interesting and exciting locations often out of bounds to our daytime visitors.
Prepare to embrace aesthetic pleasures, sounds, and a totally new experience.
Celebrate WA Museum Boola Bardip's record-breaking exhibition coming to a close in a festival atmosphere observing Lunar New Year with food, music, performances in the City Room and extended hours to view the exhibition.
Tuesday 17 February - Friday 20 February
Closing Festival | 5pm-9pm
Extended exhibition viewing times from 4pm, last entry 7.30pm, exhibition viewing ends at 9pm
Experience the Terracotta Warriors like never before—after dark with dynamic talks and performances at our bar.
Fridays | 5.30pm - 9pm
See location schedule.
Experience an extraordinary immersive experience with the Illuminate night projections at Boola Bardip.
Night projections at Boola Bardip
Daily | Sunset till late
5.30pm – late
Presented as part of Perth Festival, experience Passenger, an award-winning 360° VR film that takes you on a surreal journey of migration, identity, and belonging. Don’t just watch - feel the story unfold.
Tuesday 3 February - Monday 9 February
Screening daily | 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm
Sessions | 45 mins
Presented as part of Perth Festival, experience The Man Who Couldn't Leave - a haunting 360° VR journey through Taiwan’s White Terror era.
Tuesday 3 February - Monday 9 February
Screening daily | 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm
Sessions | 45 mins
Join The Lost Quays for an evening of music under the whale. You’ll hear standards of the shanty world, plus originals about the days of sail.
Saturday 7 February | 7pm - 8pm
Sunday 8 February | 7pm - 8pm
Perth's monthly family and community choir is led by Queency from the WA Bad Ass Gospel Choir.
Second Wednesday of the month | 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Step inside the world's oldest tropical rainforest. Gondwana unfolds over 6 days, blending art, science, and climate data in an immersive VR experience.
Thursday 12 February - Tuesday 17 February
Sessions daily | 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm, 4pm
An immersive experience created by the renowned, award-winning London-based art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, that lets you explore the ocean through the senses of its giants.
Monday 23 February - Friday 12 June
Sessions daily from 9:30am, Museum closes at 5pm
Zoology is a subverted performance lecture and dance work about wildness and extinction, as experienced by one woman and two children.
Wednesday 25 February - Friday 27 February
8pm - 9.15pm
The Australian String Quartet returns to Hackett Hall with their national tour of 'Interwoven'.
