In another musical coup for Snow Concert Hall’s artistic director Ana de la Vega, a German orchestra with a unique conductor-less model is coming to Canberra next week.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
LEN POWER reviews the debut performance of the Penta Harp Ensemble.
Director Karen Vickery, who is rehearsing Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, The House of Bernarda Alba, believes he is "one of the great voices of the Spanish world in terms of literature, art and theatre."
A spectacular lyrebird costume designed by Sidney Nolan for the Australian Ballet was the centrepiece of the launch at Canberra Museum + Gallery of an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of his gift to the Australian people.
Artworks by Cézanne, Braque, Giacometti, Klee, Matisse and Picasso are coming from Berlin to the National Gallery of Australia this winter.
A Canberra artist whose unusual muse is his rescue greyhound is about to unveil his debut exhibition, which he describes as “a cultural statement”.
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, roll call of a what's what, where and when around the local arts scene.
HELEN MUSA previews the new production of Willy Russell’s seminal 1986 play Shirley Valentine, starring screen identity and pop singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte in the title role.
Newsboys, remember them? In Arts in the City this week, HELEN MUSA reports there's a new musical about them coming up. But first the auditions.
Contesting the oft-repeated phrase that "women aren't funny", a group of Canberra comedians are taking the stage together for the Canberra Comedy Festival with a menacing-sounding show called Why Women Kill… at Comedy.
Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield has carried off the $6000 SOHO Art Prize for 2025, reports HELEN MUSA.
One of Canberra's most flamboyant personalities is about to bid farewell to her adopted home. Arts editor and friend HELEN MUSA salutes Coralie Wood on last time.
