Work by a line-up of Australian artists will illuminate the facades of the city’s cultural institutions in the National Triangle during Enlighten 2026, Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced on Wednesday.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Murrumbateman sculptor Stephen Harrison has won the $6000 Highly Commended [second] prize for Outdoor Sculpture from 76 entries at Sculpture in the Valley in Kangaroo Valley.
Greek Theatre Now has announced it will present Sophocles’ Oedipus the King in Canberra over the Easter long weekend in April, replacing the previously announced production of Euripides’ The Trojan Women.
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The original English translation of Dario Fo’s most famous play Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! became so well known that its title entered the English language. But the upcoming production is using a newer translation titled Low Pay? Don’t Pay!
HELEN MUSA reviews A Song Each Way, a performance by baritone David Greco and pianist Roland Peelman.
The 30th annual Canberra Short Film Festival celebrated in style on Saturday night at Dendy Cinemas, where audiences enjoyed a program of selected short films before the awards ceremony, reports HELEN MUSA.
"Petite but fiery as a performer, Marcela Fiorillo began calmly and quietly... but she was biding her time," says reviewer HELEN MUSA.
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.
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.
