Members of Canberra’s theatre community have been saddened to learn of the death in Cairns on August 17 of theatre identity Camilla Blunden after complications from a lung infection. She was 81.
After nearly six years at the helm of the Canberra Theatre Centre, director Alex Budd will step down to take up the role of CEO at Opera Australia later this year.
Puppeteer Jenny Ellis, of Little Wings Puppets, will be at Tuggeranong Arts Centre this weekend to stage a shadow play puppet show, The Owl’s Apprentice, and a workshop for children.
Visitors to the National Film and Sound Archive’s first art commission can expect to go on a weird descent through the circles of a modern-day hell before reaching their ultimate destination, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Well-known poet and visual artist Jacqui Malins is the open category winner of MARION Ink’s Science + Storytelling Prize for her poetry-film script for Lutruwita.
If you’ve never heard of Skyhooks, it’s obvious that you weren’t living in the '70s, as their song went. Not to worry. The National Library is about to make up for that, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Now marking its 20th year, the Latin American Film Festival is one of the most joyous events on the Canberra calendar – and it’s entirely free to the public, rejoices arts editor HELEN MUSA.