"Indispensable" is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Oliver Raymond, about to step down after 29 years at the helm of Art Song Canberra, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Any notion that the 2024 National Folk Festival will be a tame event was exploded when Shortis and Simpson burst into a round of the ditty, Bob Menzies’ Balls, the launch at Smiths Alternative on Wednesday morning.
The 29th CATs – Combined Area Theatre Awards – whizzed by at The Q on Sunday afternoon in what was reckoned to be the fastest such event ever, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra playwright Dylan Van Den Berg continues his winning streak with the announcement at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s 56th Annual AWGIE Awards that he had won three prizes.
The ACT is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the country and the natural home for the International Mother Language Movement, which every year celebrates the UNESCO-designated Mother Language Day, writes HELEN MUSA.
Reviewer HELEN MUSA says Gary Starr's Greece Lightning is zany, over-the-top stuff, but one of the fascinating aspects was not so much Starr as his followers, in a theatre packed to the rafters with willing victims.