Polifemy lets the sounds of spring take flight
Polifemy's finely balanced voices and BlockSounds' beguiling birdcalls filled Wesley in Robyn Mellor's inspired celebration of spring, reviews DAVID WHITBREAD.
Arts & Entertainment
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MICHELLE POTTER reviews Canberra's dance community devoting an evening at The Street Theatre to exploring Viennese-born Gertrud Bodenwieser's technique and legacy as her influence lives on in Australian dance.
Simon Tedeschi plans to place the evening’s repertoire entirely in the hands of the audience when he returns to Canberra for an unscripted concert of musical requests, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The Cat Empire's infectious rhythms met the lush sounds of Canberra Symphony Orchestra in a musical marriage that proved an overwhelming success, reviews IAN McLEAN.
Music
Baroque concert blossoms with colour and wit
Led by violinist John Ma, Musica Da Camera delivered a sparkling program of Baroque favourites that put spring firmly in the air, reviews LEN POWER.
Streaming
Mini-drama does justice to Lockerbie air tragedy
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is one of the finest drama mini-series of its kind since 2019’s Chernobyl, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Music
Shortis, Simpson and Potger rewind to 1966
The Beatles, The Seekers, miniskirts and political satire collide in a nostalgic trip back to 1966, reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
LEN POWER reviews theatre company Bloomshed's take on George Orwell's Animal Farm, setting the story in rural Australia and giving the animals a voice that sounds "uncomfortably like the language of Australian labour politics".
ROB KENNEDY reviews English artist David Hockney's works in the latest exhibition at National Gallery of Australia that shows how his use of portraiture functions as an aesthetic anchor in his art.
COLIN STEELE reviews six books, whose authors featured recently in the Australian National University Meet the Author series, that cover a wide range of important issues in Australian and global politics.
The biggest arts fair event in Australia has returned and many of the contemporary artists involved have taken umbrage at the digital era they work in.
Two Chinese migrants return to their homeland with cameras in hand, capturing the strange territory between belonging and displacement, reviews CON BOEKEL.
From Wakakirri’s student storytellers to Orwell with an Australian twist, arts editor HELEN MUSA surveys what’s on in this week’s “Artsweek” column.
"From its inception in 2017 under the name Contour556, named for the height above sea level of Lake Burley Griffin, the Canberra Art Biennial has been driven by place," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
A fire on Monday at the National Theatre in Braidwood has necessitated a change of venue for the coming show, 1966 And All That.
Some of Canberra’s funniest actors, comedians and musical theatre performers are coming together for the second instalment of the revue Multiple Skit-osis, this year titled Multiple Skit-osis – The Relapse.
Dolly Parton leaves behind countless hits, but three songs reveal the true genius of her songwriting, writes music researcher WENDY HARGREAVES.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Netflix has become known for its audacious marketing spectacles in recent years, but what it conjured up for its new thriller film might just take the cake, writes streaming c columnist NICK OVERALL.
