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Good Food & Wine Show 2026: New Hands-On Cooking School Comes to Perth

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Perth food lovers have something special to look forward to this July, with the Good Food & Wine Show returning to the city with an exciting new addition. The event, which draws over 90,000 visitors nationally each year, is introducing a hands-on Cooking School where guests can create dishes alongside celebrity chefs in intimate 45-minute sessions.

About The Show – 2026 Good Food & Wine Show

What is this show about?

The Good Food & Wine Show is coming to Perth 17-19 July.

For more than two decades, the Good Food & Wine Show (GFWS) has brought Australia’s top culinary experts, winemakers and producers together with tens of thousands of food lovers.

The show draws more than 90,000 visitors nationally each year across its Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane events. Confirmed talent for 2026 includes Miguel Maestre, Kirsten Tibballs, Warren Mendes, Chat Meats and Nat Thaipun to name a few.

This year, there will be two new attractions. The new Cooking School offers intimate, ticketed sessions for up to 40 guests, who cook hands-on alongside celebrity chefs in 45-minute classes. Four sessions run daily, and every guest leaves with something they’ve made. Bakers Alley features WA’s top bakers who will all be creating an exclusive item for the show

What else is on?

Good Food Kitchen; Live cooking demonstrations hosted by Alastair McLeod, featuring Australia’s top chefs sharing techniques and recipes that audiences can recreate at home. Included with general admission.

Wine Selectors Tasting Rooms; Join us for a guided tasting led by a Wine Selectors expert and discover how food and wine work best together. As you taste Australian wines alongside matching bites, you’ll learn the art of pairing in a relaxed, hands-on way. Choose from three different rooms, ranging from premium experiences to top-shelf wine and food pairings. It’s an engaging, enjoyable way to learn, taste and elevate your wine knowledge.

Smooth FM Drinks Lab presented by RIEDEL; Free daily tasting sessions led by one of Australia’s top sommeliers Shanteh Wale, exploring Australian wine varietals in a relaxed educational setting. Each session features wine you can buy directly from winemakers at the show. You taste 4 x wines in each session and learn about the wine directly from the winemakers themselves.

Brittany McLeod

Wine Pavilions; Tour Australia’s major wine regions without leaving the building, tasting wines from the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Limestone Coast, as well as a twenty-strong contingency of WA wineries, including ten from Margaret River.

Riedel Wine Glass Experience; An expert-led sensory masterclass from Riedel, who have been crafting precision glassware for more than 260 years, demonstrating how different glass shapes affect the aromas and flavour of wine.

Cheese Corner; Sample and shop from respected cheesemakers, including Meredith Dairy and Ashgrove Cheese. Cheese Specialist and Educator Valérie Henbest, born and raised in Normandy, France, will host a dedicated cheese, caviar and champagne pairing experience as part of the Cheese Lover Ticket experience

VIP Lounge Presented by Singapore Airlines; A premium all-day experience inspired by Singapore Airlines Business Class dining, featuring curated menus by Australian Chef of the Year 2021, Andrew Ballard. Includes priority entry, front-row seats at the Good Food Kitchen, five complimentary beverages, and an exclusive VIP gift pack.

How would you describe this show to someone who has never seen anything like it before?

An epic day out where you can explore some of the best food and wine that Australia has to offer

What is the moment in the show you most look forward to performing?

The Good Food Kitchen! It is lots of fun and there is a lot to learn

Who is this show for? Who is going to have the time of their life?

Those who love to wine, dine and discover new things

What is going to genuinely shock or delight people?

Some of the cooking demonstrations are very fun. Kirsten Tibballs, internationally acclaimed pâtissier and founder of Savour School’s chocolate bark class will be one to watch.

With plenty of highlights to watch, this year’s Good Food & Wine Show promises plenty of delicious discoveries. For anyone who loves to wine, dine and explore Australia’s finest culinary offerings, tickets are available now at goodfoodshow.com.au.

 

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Baskerville: Five Actors Transform Into Forty Characters at Breakneck Speed

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Ken Ludwig’s comedic take on the classic Sherlock Holmes tale brings the legendary Baskerville curse to the stage with a theatrical twist that promises equal parts mystery and mayhem. The Guild Theatre Rockdale Director Tim Dennis shares what makes this adaptation such a thrilling theatrical rollercoaster.

About The Show – Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

What is this show about?

When Sir Charles Baskerville dies under mysterious circumstances, his heir arrives at Baskerville Hall amid rumours of a monstrous hound that has haunted the family for generations. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must unravel a web of secrets, suspects and superstition before the legendary curse claims another victim.

How would you describe this show to someone who has never seen anything like it before?

The Baskerville curse has never been this hilarious.
Join Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they race across the moors to solve their most bizarre case yet. Five actors play more than forty characters in a whirlwind of disguises, accents and absurd surprises. This is Sherlock Holmes as you’ve never seen him before.

Yolanda Regueira

What is the element of the show that is hardest to explain but unmissable in person?

Five Actors. (Nearly) Forty Characters. One Legendary Mystery.

Who is this show for? Who is going to have the time of their life?

The show will appeal to all ages from teenagers to senior citizens.

Is there anything else you would like to share?

Director Tim Dennis said, “Ken Ludwig has taken one of the greatest detective stories ever written and turned it into a thrilling theatrical rollercoaster. The audience will see five actors transform into dozens of characters at breakneck speed, and I think they’ll be laughing as much as they’re trying to solve the mystery.”

Many thanks to Tim Dennis and The Guild Theatre Rockdale. With its breakneck pace and ingenious character transformations, this promises to be a night where audiences will be laughing as much as they are sleuthing; tickets are available now at trybooking.com for anyone keen to experience Sherlock Holmes as they have never seen him before.

 

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Bull: The Dark Comedy That Denies You Any Comfort

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Mike Bartlett’s Bull takes the familiar territory of office politics and transforms it into something far more unsettling; a razor-sharp examination of workplace bullying that somehow manages to be wickedly funny. Director Aoife Gregory brings this confronting work to life with Rational Animals, staging audiences on all sides of a triangular playing space designed to make the theatre itself feel hostile.

About The Production – Bull by Mike Bartlett

What is this production about?

On the surface, Mike Bartlett’s Bull is about three sales agents facing a performance review, where one of the three will lose their job. Behind this synopsis, Bull examines the secret systems behind workplace bullying – how social stratification and a lack of empathy can turn normal people into unrelenting beasts.

Why did you want to be involved in this production?

Reading Bull was unlike any script I had read before – I was both shocked at its unflinching look at bullying, and absolutely enamoured with how Bartlett manages to make such macabre material so funny. I would have been happy to see the show as an audience member, but getting to shape such a sharp narrative as director has been an unexpected joy.

What is challenging about bringing this script to life?

Bull is unique in that the vast majority of characters (if not all) don’t actually grow or change – it doesn’t have the same traditional arc that most plays do. Keeping the characters dynamic and dimensional without betraying their lack of development has been a fun challenge.

Samantha Lambert (Article by AOIFE GREGORY)
Samantha Lambert (Article by AOIFE GREGORY)

What sort of person is going to love this show?

I think anyone who enjoys a dark comedy will get a lot out of it – it has the problematic characters you just love to hate, like in ‘Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.’ Fans of series like ‘The Thick of It’ or ‘Veep’ will appreciate the sheer artistry of some of the insults in this script as well! It’s divinely written.

What will the audience be thinking about on the drive home after this show?

If we’ve done our job right, they’ll feel guilty for laughing so hard at something so horrible.

What is going to surprise people about this production?

I think most theatre productions aim to give their audience a ‘complete’ experience, letting them walk away satisfied with their evening. Bull revels in denying an audience any comfort – it’s part of its twisted charm.

How is this production bringing something new to this story?

We’re doing everything we can to make the stage a hostile space – our playing space is triangular, with audiences surrounding our actors on all sides. We’re also taking some different approaches to scenarios in the script – and adding some unique flourishes of our own. You’ll just have to come and see to find out what I mean!

Call someone out by name. Who absolutely must come and see this?

If you have a HR rep at work, they need to see this.

Who has the best costume?

Matt Graham’s ‘Tony’ has the most interesting costume change, but not in a way that you could ever anticipate…

Is there anything else you would like to share?

In a theatre year of feel-good productions and comfortably contained stories, Bull is the perfect shock to the system to put the danger back into your theatre experience. Come be horrible people with us!

A huge thank you to Aoife for sharing insights into this deliciously uncomfortable production. For anyone ready to laugh guiltily at something genuinely horrible, tickets for Bull are available now at trybooking.com; your HR rep might want to take notes.

 

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A Twist of Fate Season 5: When Silent Film Characters Step Through the Screen

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A silent film that breaks through the screen and spills into the theatre is just one of the surprises waiting in Scary Goats Theatre’s latest anthology season. Chloe Towan, who serves as the narrator, director, and writer for A Twist of Fate Season 5, shares insights into this production, which promises shocking twists wrapped in quirky humour.

About The Show – A Twist of Fate Season 5

What is this show about?

A Twist of Fate is an anthology series inspired by The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. The show features four short plays, each with a devastating twist or reveal.

Season 5 features the following plays:

Not So Black and White by Chloe Towan
Come with us back to the Silent Era as we present a silent comic melodrama, where not everything is as it seems…

We Live to Serve by Charlie Simmons
In a world ravaged by global warming, an outmoded butler vies for the last ticket on a transport to a better place.

Muffin Day by Richard Mealey
In a modern office, Ronnie is forced to re-live the worst day of her life. But, is there way she can find forgiveness?

Two Characters in Search of a Memory by Chloe Towan
When two people wake up in a dark void with no memory of who they are or what happened to them, they must work together to uncover the truth.

How would you describe this show to someone who has never seen anything like it before?

The show is like The Twilight Zone meets Black Mirror, but with a lot of campy humour!

What is the moment in the show you most look forward to performing?

I play the Narrator and do little introductions to each play which are always a lot of fun. I’ve also directed one of the plays and written two of them.

This season we’re really experimenting with genre and form and have some really exciting concepts we can’t wait to get in front of an audience. There are some really shocking twists this season, and I can’t wait to see the audience reacting to them!

How did this show come together? What was the creative starting point?

I originally came up with the idea of A Twist of Fate in 2024 at Halloween, when I thought an anthology show would be a great way to get some cool and experimental theatre on the stage. We launched A Twist of Fate in January 2025, and have now performed four main seasons and two specials.

Chloe Towan

What is the element of the show that is hardest to explain but unmissable in person?

This season features a silent film story. It starts off as a silent film we’ll project onto the screen, but when it reaches the halfway point the characters discover a portal that leads into the theatre. It’s like nothing we’ve ever done before and we think people will be really surprised by what we’ve created.

Who is this show for? Who is going to have the time of their life?

SGT pride on ourselves on making ‘theatre for misfits, by misfits’. Anyone who likes their theatre a little on the dark, kooky or unhinged side will have an absolute blast at the show.

What is going to genuinely shock or delight people?

Each of the four plays has its own twist (or, in some cases, twists). The fun in A Twist of Fate is always in trying to guess the twist as you watch the show, and I think audiences will have a ball trying to work out what’s going on in these three plays.

How long have you been developing this material, and what has changed along the way?

We operate on a two-month turnaround. Our writers meet up to create their plays, we go through a workshopping process, and then we rehearse the plays with our talented ensemble of actors.

What do you want the audience to feel in the final moment?

The plays we have this season, despite their unusual premises, each tell stories of hope, forgiveness and perseverance, and we hope our audiences can leave the theatre feeling inspired in these dark times.

What is the best reaction you have ever had from an audience to a moment in this show?

In our last season, we had the audience cheer when a particularly nasty character was defeated. We’re particularly hoping to get some very loud audience interaction in our silent film play.

Is there a story behind one of the key routines or segments?

My silent film play I’ve written is a deep love letter to silent cinema and features many visual call-outs to some of my favourite silent films.

Is there anything else you would like to share?

We hope audiences come to and enjoy A Twist of Fate!

Thanks to Chloe for pulling back the curtain on what sounds like the most genre-bending season of A Twist of Fate yet; that silent film portal concept alone sounds unmissable. If you like your theatre dark, kooky and delightfully unhinged, grab your tickets through Eventfinda and see if you can guess the twists before they hit.

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