HELEN MUSA finds a lot to pack into this week's Artsweek column.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
What on earth does Canberra have to do with Julius Caesar, some may ask? A great deal it seems, as HELEN MUSA discovers when she catches up with Caitlin Baker, who’s directing Shakespeare’s “masterpiece of political machinations".
American corporation Enron’s involvement with the investment bankers Lehman Brothers and its subsequent collapse in 2002 is the subject of a ripping satire by British playwright Lucy Prebble, and it’s coming to the Mill Theatre.
Provocative and funny are the two words that come to mind when looking at the 2025 Scandinavian Film Festival’s selection from Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland and, prominently, Norway.
In an impressive coup for Canberra Theatre, the newest theatrical offering from Iranian-born playwright Nassim Soleimanpour is coming to The Playhouse as one of only two stops in Australia.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column of news and performances.
A packed crowd of well-wishers from as far as Sydney and Ulladulla packed into the former Queanbeyan Council chambers on Friday for its renaming as the Frank Pangallo Heritage Library.
The Alma Moodie Quartet, which has been wowing Canberra audiences since its modest debut at the Campbell Scout Hall in 2021, has announced new members and a new management.
The National Gallery of Australia has joined Tate Modern to present Europe’s first major solo exhibition dedicated to artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, who died in 1996.
Tribute act Abbalanche are returning to Queanbeyan for their 30th Anniversary Tour with harmonies, dazzling costumes and high-energy performances.
A teacher-librarian at Hughes Primary School has been announced as the 2025 Reading Australia Fellow at the Australian Association for the Teaching of English/Australian Literacy Educators' Association National Conference.
The provocative character of Musetta in Puccini‘s La Bohème is a perennial crowd-pleaser and the perfect role for Aboriginal soprano Sarah Prestwidge, making her Opera Australia debut, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
