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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Rosamund Brennan

Off limits for 44 years, Perth’s historic power plant erupts with a new kind of energy

An aerial image of the East Perth power station
East Perth power station is being transformed into an arts space for the first time for this year's Perth festival. Photograph: Frances Andrijich/The Guardian

A mudlark is foraging in the grass beneath the imposing brutalist facade of the East Perth power station, unbothered by the clamour of staging being set up around it.

The afternoon south-westerly rattles the crowns of eucalypts on the riverbank, their roots burrowing deep below the Derbarl Yerrigan as it meanders towards the city.

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