An explosive feature by two Canberra filmmakers has achieved pride of place at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, and it’s bound to get up plenty of noses, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"An afternoon of music by internationally acclaimed Polish pianist Lucas Krupiński is an afternoon of technical and emotional pleasure," says reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Three silly sisters singing in close harmony and a major-general with a 21st century patter routine are just the beginning of what audiences can expect from Queanbeyan Players’ 60th anniversary production of The Pirates of Penzance.
It was such a special day at the Canberra Theatre, that Chief Minister Andrew Barr took time out of Budget Day to attend its official 60th birthday cake-cutting ceremony.