Perth festival embraces communal confrontation

In Our Town, Sunset and Boorna Waanginy, the city’s past is remembered, present celebrated and future forewarned

Waiting outside the abandoned men’s asylum, I’m about to be led hand-in-hand to Sunset hospital, where I’ll become one of its first new intakes in more than 20 years. I’m not going alone.

A few dozen other men and women are also stepping back in time for the world premiere of Perth festival’s interactive theatre piece Sunset, which is inspired by the actual sanctuary-turned-heritage site that once housed forgotten men and became forgotten itself.

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