Local sculptor Philip Spelman has scored a gong for his work at Sculpture by the Sea, reports HELEN MUSA in her latest Arts in the City column.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
One of Canberra’s most-loved theatre personalities, Graham Robertson, has died at Clare Holland House after a short illness, surrounded by family. He was 94.
A new three-panel work commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery showing athlete Cathy Freeman lighting the Olympic cauldron is at the heart of the big summer exhibition titled Super Kaylene Whiskey.
"Equus is a hell of a play. A boy inexplicably blinds six horses. A psychiatrist sets out to find out why," writes theatre reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, looking at what's happening where and when around the Canberra arts scene.
English actor Richard Griffiths once famously said of Peter Shaffer’s Equus: “It’s not a whodunnit. It’s a why-dunnit”. And it's playing at ACT Hub reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Michael Simic, one of the most colourful stage personalities ever to emerge from the Canberra region, is the 2025 Canberra CityNews Artist of the Year.
The 2025 Helen Tsongas Award for Excellence in Acting goes to a performer who began as one of Canberra’s best-known TV and radio presenters before turning to the stage in the early 2000s.
At the end of a triumphal tour through regional NSW, Luminescence Chamber Singers’ Red Dirt Hymns will come home to roost at The B, Queanbeyan, on Sunday.
Music, art and poetry are in the mix of HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews Shortis and Simpson’s satirical show, Well May We Say.
Canberra Repertory Society, about to step into its 94th year, has unveiled its 2026 season before subscribers, members and friends with everything from dangerous liaisons to an encounter with Dracula, reports HELEN MUSA.
