HELEN MUSA rounds up a week's worth of art and rolls it all out in this week's busy "Artsweek" column.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Any thought that Suzanne Hawley’s play "Wild Thing", coming to The Q soon, was a kids’ play, is much mistaken, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The Canberra Circus Festival is back, this time in the Big Tops at Chifley Oval right near the Warehouse Circus headquarters, reports HELEN MUSA.
When piano player Sine Winther arrives soon to perform Alexander Scriabin’s “blue” concerto, it won't be a homecoming, yet her Canberra connections are very strong, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Stroke survivor and theatre-maker Gretel Burgess has been nominated as a finalist in the National Stroke Foundation’s Creative Award, reports HELEN MUSA in this week's "Arts in the City" column.
Despite some vocal shortcomings, Don McLean performed a terrific concert that was enjoyed immensely, writes reviewer IAN McLEAN (no relation!).
A groundswell of support can be expected for Wednesday’s Canberra Bach Ensemble fundraiser at St Christopher's Cathedral in Manuka, with tickets selling out fast, reports HELEN MUSA.
"This is neither a Greek tragedy nor a gentle, sentimental homecoming play. There is no uplifting experience achieved through pain and suffering," writes HELEN MUSA in her review of Lieder Theatre's confronting production of "Hir".
“Cahoots Lab is a season of unfinished art,” goes the promo, and it’s kicking off this weekend, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
US music legend Don McLean will be in Canberra this weekend with his “ American Pie” 50th anniversary tour, supported by Aussie singer/songwriter, Andrew Farriss.
"This year the folk festival was openly focused on recapturing the character and essence of earlier years and there was a marked sense of community, exhibited by happy artists, volunteers and staff," writes reviewer CASSIDY RICHENS.
There was a distinctly different flavour to this year’s Four Winds festival at Bermagui and it had a lot to do with the fact that its new creative director, Matthew Hoy, is a working instrumentalist, reports HELEN MUSA.
