Loved theatre personality dies after short illness
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.
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"This concert was a great showcase for the flute in the hands of Ana de la Vega and a reminder of the steadfastness of skilled accompanists, in this case pianist Grace Kim," writes music reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
This month marks the return of one of Netflix’s biggest fantasy hits but its days be numbered, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Midnight Oil's drummer, who has stage four pancreatic cancer, still has songs pinging around his brain at night, while he rages against the dying of the light, reports ANDREW STAFFORD.
Music
AC/DC gig so loud it shook the earth… literally
AC/DC managed to literally shake the earth, with their Melbourne concert detected by earthquake monitoring equipment three kilometres away.
Art
Cathy Freeman portrait centre in summer exhibition
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.
Music
‘Unmissable’ Minchin’s humanity shines through
"Tim Minchin's show is a remarkably personal reminiscence presented on the scale of a Cecil B DeMille movie with a red-hot band, pyrotechnics and a stunning light show," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
Georgia Hendy, currently CEO of the Darwin entertainment centre, is the new director of Canberra Theatre Centre.
"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.
Aussie fans got exactly what they wanted as AC/DC blasted back onto home soil with a powerhouse performance to kick off their long-awaited tour.
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.
British-Hungarian writer David Szalay has won the Booker Prize, the UK's most prestigious fiction award.
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.
"The eclectic works and the varied musical voices made for a captivating concert." ROB KENNEDY reviews The False Prophet, a performance by BlockSounds.
The pioneering Kiwi band Split Enz will take centre stage as the iconic Byron Bay Bluesfest is resurrected for Easter 2026.
Music, art and poetry are in the mix of HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
