‘Phew’: Kath and Kim star announces cancer remission
Magda Szubanski, best known as Sharon Strzelecki from the sitcom Kath and Kim, says she is in remission after battling a rare blood cancer.
Arts & Entertainment
Canberra’s best coverage of local arts news plus reviews, including dining, film, theatre, music, visual arts and dance
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column.
Queanbeyan author Omar Musa has won the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction for his novel Fierceland.
“Being published is amazing, but I treated it as a bonus – all I wanted was to write something that I could look at and go: 'I’m really proud of what I’ve created'." TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT meets excited debut author Scott Woodard.
Music
Saxophonist Mackey’s got a new gig… in real estate
Jazz saxophonist John Mackey, who, after departing the ANU School of Music in June, has retrained and transformed himself into a real estate agent on the Sapphire Coast, reports HELEN MUSA.
Music
The King’s: Six voices making ‘a special sound’
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews the upcoming visit by famed a cappella ensemble, The King’s Singers.
Music
Book launch to salute community orchestra’s founder
One of Canberra’s community music treasures, Maruki Community Orchestra, will celebrate its 20-year anniversary and the legacy of the late violist John Gould with a film screening and book launch on Sunday, reports HELEN MUSA.
Canberra’s longest running community radio station will be turning up the volume on a golden milestone when 2XX celebrates 50 years on air, reports HELEN MUSA.
The black comedy action thriller One Battle After Another has won six prizes, including best picture at Britain's BAFTA film awards.
Here is arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
"In all the works there’s a sense of survival going on and the ever-present questions, who can help us? How can we help ourselves?" ROB KENNEDY reviews The Hurt Business, an exhibition of lithographs and woodcuts by Omar Musa.
"Both performers exceeded their audience’s expectations, providing a highly entertaining evening of personal revelations and good music." Reviewer LEN POWER reports from the Canberra Cabaret Festival.
Despite only being released in October , Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl has been named the best-selling album globally for 2025.
SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews Canberra Rep's latest production of Alan Ayckbourn's 1975 play Bedroom Farce.
"From the first moments, it was obvious that this was going to be a first-rate evening of theatre." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews the Lakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Bangarra Dance Theatre has made history by becoming the first Australians, and the first company, to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance from the Venice Biennale.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews a travelling exhibition from Adelaide's JamFactory by metalsmithing artist Julie Blyfield titled Chasing a Passion.
"The six actors give fine ensemble performances, bringing their individual characters to life. The overlapping dialogue is skilfully presented, giving each character a convincing naturalness." LEN POWER reviews Never Closer.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at the lives of two very different people.
