Star tenor to sing in Canberra
Show news, arts news and gallery news (well, news of a cafe) are in the mix of HELEN MUSA's Arts in the City column this week.
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Canberra Bach Ensemble was assigned three cantatas by the Leipzig Bach Festival, to which they will travel in June. The ensemble presented them as a pre-Leipzig recital at St Christopher's Cathedral. HELEN MUSA reviewed the performance.
LEN POWER reviews the CSO Chamber Ensemble's performance of Reverie Chamber Classics at Albert Hall on Sunday.
The Canberra Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a $4.1 million funding injection over four years under the 2024-25 federal budget, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Music
Switzerland’s Nemo wins Eurovision
Switzerland's Nemo has won 68th Eurovision Song Contest with The Code after the event was marred by protests over the Gaza war.
Streaming
Sinking Doctor gets a boost from you know Who
Streaming columnist NICK OVERALL charts the plan to get the iconic Doctor Who out of a ratings decline and into a new universe.
Dance
Final bow for dance legend Ruth Osborne
QL2 Dance is presenting its annual major production in The Playhouse titled Subject To Change. It will be the last for founding director Ruth Osborne, who, after 25 years is stepping down, reports HELEN MUSA.
"There is a sense of utter professionalism about what they do. They walk on stage with their instruments in tune, they sit down and play." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews the Esmé Quartet.
CON BOEKEL reviews a photographic exhibition, Navigating Histories, by Phuong Le and Chris Siu.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Fourteen, which tells the true story of a year of self-discovery for an effeminate year 9 student attending an all-boys school in the quiet Queensland beach community of Yeppoon.
"The bride and groom are never seen, but behind the scenes it’s the bridesmaids who argue over relationships and attitudes." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.
Whether they believe in ghosts or not, Canberra author JJ Carpenter says every Australian seems to know a supernatural story.
Lots of arts to enjoy this week in Canberra. HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column will get you started.
“What a rotter,” actor Toby Schmidt says of his character, Jack, the handsome manipulative husband in the play Gaslight, coming to The Playhouse," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The steamiest movie of the year has almost no sex in it, says ALISON TAYLOR. How did Challengers do it?
Many artists earn far less than the average wage, while the cost of producing work increases, a snapshot of Australia's artists shows.
Autumn is beloved by Canberra schools as a time for large-scale fundraisers, such as the coming Artshow@Radford, marking the 40th anniversary of Radford College’s dedication in 1984.
A romp through Homer in awful faux-French accents is one show that caught arts editor HELEN MUSA's eye in this week's Arts in the City column.
"Ashley Hribar’s accompaniment was extraordinary. He improvised as the film played, giving an original response with his accompaniment that was edgy, musical and always totally appropriate," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
