Arts editor HELEN MUSA is back with her latest Artsweek column of everything arts, music, theatre, and creative happening around Canberra.

Led by Aussie muso Zac Coombs, with a hand-picked international band on accompaniment, The Sweet Caroline Tour taps into a world-wide Diamond revival with a celebration of the singer’s greatest hits in a concert packed with audience favourites like Sweet Caroline, Cherry Cherry, Red Red Wine, Crunchy Granola Suite, Shilo, Cracklin Rosie and Song Sung Blue. The Playhouse, June 29.

The documentary Common Wealth receives its ACT premiere with a special screening followed by a live Q&A featuring director Kane Guglielmi, Senator David Pocock and other guests. Kambri Cinema, June 26.

National Opera’s The Don blends comedy, drama and tragedy in an exploration of the many faces of powerful noblemen in Italian opera, featuring staged scenes from works including Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Don Pasquale, La Gioconda and Attila. The Street Theatre, June 27-28.

Stage

• Pino’s life is thrown into turmoil when his wife throws him out and he is forced to move back home in The Italian Divorce, a comedy that explores family, relationships and cultural expectations. Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, June 27.
• Canberra comedian Tanya Losanno returns with an encore season of her Canberra Comedy Festival show, Boulevard of Broken Bonbonniere. The Street Theatre, June 27.
• The newly formed Performative Theatre Company presents Albert Camus’ classic drama Caligula, conceived by Isaiah Prichard, following the notorious Roman emperor as he confronts the meaninglessness of existence. ACT Hub, July 1-4.

Concerts

• Marcela Fiorillo presents a recital celebrating the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, showcasing two of France’s most influential composers. Wesley Music Centre, June 26.
• Musica da Camera presents Movement: Strings in Motion, a program spanning Baroque masterpieces to contemporary works under the baton of Brad Tham. Holy Covenant Church, Cook, June 27.
• Pianist Mark Jurkiewicz returns to the Wesley Lunchtime Concert series with a program of works from the period of Frédéric Chopin’s relationship with George Sand. Wesley Music Centre, July 1.

Galleries

• Colleen Linfoot’s Nightscapes explores stars, clouds and atmospheric haze as fleeting gestures rather than fixed forms, creating evocative impressions of the night sky. The Q Gallery, Ainslie Shops, June 26-July 9.
• Platform brings together artists Maggie Douglas and Sandy Ma in an exhibition examining the haunted promises of the so-called Australian Dream, using craft practice as an act of resistance within capitalist and colonial systems. Platform, Furneaux Street, Manuka, June 26-July 19.
• Megalo Print’s newest exhibition, Bootlegs, invites 35 contemporary artists to explore fan art through the lens of printmaking, celebrating creative reinterpretation and popular culture. Megalo Print Studio, June 30-July 4.

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