The show Promise and Promiscuity, described by the Irish Times as “a posthumous collaboration with Jane Austen”, is the brainchild of actor Penny Ashton, reports HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Alan Frederick Jessop, best known to Canberrans as the "Salvo Man", has died peacefully at Canberra Hospital. He was 95.
Here's the latest Arts in the City column from HELEN MUSA.
Internationally respected artist, educator, researcher, graphic designer, and ecological and human rights warrior, John Reid, has died. He was 78.
As Australia’s live music sector continues to shift away from large-scale festivals, Berry on the NSW South Coast is showing how smaller regional music events might help fill the gap.
The National Museum of Australia has announced both its winter and summer blockbusters for 2026. And first up in July is Antarctica, taking visitors to a frozen world in an exploration of one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Australian Dance Party is gearing up to celebrate its 10-year coming of age with its new work, Sphere, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA rocks up to a Queanbeyan Players' rehearsal in a local church hall as they prepared for their coming production of Les Misérables.
Movie and music lovers are in for a treat in Canberra, finds the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Members of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery celebrated 125 years of the gallery at the Old Parliament House Monday night with the launch of a new exhibition curated by the Museum of Australian Democracy’s Amy Lay.
The Australian String Quartet is busy working up a program that combines the very new, the very old, some exciting Russian virtuosity and a dash of the romantic, writes HELEN MUSA.
The Australian National Eisteddfod is about to launch its 2026 season with Bands & Orchestras.
