It’s going to be disco hits down by the river
Concerts have made a big start to the year as HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column reveals...
Arts & Entertainment
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Continuing its impressive run of refreshingly lesser-known musicals, Queanbeyan Players is about to present an unlikely show about a boy who grows up in a bubble, reports HELEN MUSA.
One of Australia's most articulate photographers has just released a 348-page book that traces the progress of Aboriginal activism in Australia mostly through photographs, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Friends gathered at the Canberra Repertory Theatre on Wednesday to celebrate and reminisce about the life of one of their most admired and respected members, Norma Robertson, reports BILL STEPHENS.
Music
Keith Urban pops up at a country pub, accepts honour
Global country star Keith Urban surprised fans with unannounced appearances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, the place he was first discovered.
Streaming
Bizarre and bloody, millions flock back to Squid Game
This month millions of people around the world have returned to the bizarre, bloody and brightly coloured corridors of Squid Game, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Art
Lucy takes the reins in a big year for M16
There was quite a buzz on Thursday evening at M16 Artspace in Griffith when its board chair, Kishwar Rahman, introduced the organisation’s new general manager, Lucy Chetcuti.
The ANU’s Glass team has been busy hand-crafting the 36 intricate glass sculptures that will be Australian of the Year Awards, made every year at the ANU Glass Workshop.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Endless Horizons: The Art of Hiroe Swen at the Canberra Potters Gallery.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Mojo, Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play set in the sleazy shallows of the 1950s British music scene.
Netflix contender Emilia Pérez has picked up the largest number of nominations for Academy Awards.
Annual music festival Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled for a second year running as organisers say it needs more time to "recharge".
What's what and on where is HELEN MUSA's Artsweek column challenge.
The fast-paced script of the play Mojo by Jez Butterworth, rich with expletives and poetic Cockney language, sees the gang members working out what to do, comforted by an endless supply of little pills to pop, reports HELEN MUSA.
Child Players ACT are busy preparing for a rerun of their show, Dr Dolittle, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Lex Factor: from Wagga to the World Stage, is a fun exhibition at the Museum of the Riverina with a poignant touch, its subject is the Wagga-born actor, broadcaster and multicultural advocate, Lex Marinos, reports HELEN MUSA.
When a festival director starts quoting the ancient Vedas, you know you're in for something out-of-the-ordinary, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA starts her new arts year with news of singers Sarah Blasko and Amy Shark.
"It’s hard to think of a more perfect subject for an opera than the story of Las Vegas entertainers Siegfried and Roy," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
