Fred Smith returns to the Australian War Memorial
Canberra troubadour and 2023 CityNews Artist of the Year Fred Smith will return to the Australian War Memorial with Unforgotten: Songs of Australians at War, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Canberra’s best coverage of local arts news plus reviews, including dining, film, theatre, music, visual arts and dance
LEN POWER reviews a captivating Australian Haydn Ensemble concert celebrating Bohemian composers whose music deserves far wider recognition.
Michael Zavros has won the 2026 Archibald Prize People's Choice Award for his portrait Alex with his tefillin in the sea.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews veteran Bharatanatyam dancer Anandavalli's blindfolded performance as part of her central role in the Australian play The Jungle and the Sea at The Playhouse.
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First Nations fashion designers head to Darwin
Two prominent First Nations fashion designers are heading out of Canberra later this week to Darwin to participate in the national showcase Country to Couture.
Music
Eisteddfod choir event to fill Canberra with song
More than 30 choirs from Canberra and neighbouring states will gather at Snow Concert Hall in Canberra Grammar School on August 8 for the 72nd Australian National Eisteddfod Choirs Event.
Arts & Entertainment
Izzard brings smash hit Hamlet to Canberra
A solo interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, an evening of poetry readings, and a 'Meet the Author', besides myriad theatre and concert performances, make up the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Inspired by the strength, resilience and many facets of a diamond, Liz Lea's new dance-cum-cabaret show, Diamonds, reflects on how we are shaped by experience, pressure and the determination to keep shining, reports HELEN MUSA.
The feature film responsible for Australian sayings such as ''Tell him he's dreaming'' is being launched as a stage production.
Two of Australia’s top recorder players, Robyn Mellor and Rodney Waterman, have embarked upon a project to show off the variety of music for the recorder repertoire in a concert at Wesley Music Centre, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Aspiring seeing-eye dogs have visited a renowned arts venue, highlighting accessibility measures to help blind and low-vision people.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews internationally recognised multi-disciplined artist Tamara Henderson's "multi-faceted and large exhibition" with glass as a central material.
LEN POWER reviews Guerrieri et Amorosi, a performance by Oriana Chorale and Apeiron Baroque.
Mockingbird Theatre Company's production of the thriller The Girl on the Train threatens to throw audiences right into the centre of the action, reeports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has awarded curator of the ANU's Classics Museum, Georgia Pike-Rowney, a Humanities Travelling Fellowship for her work on the identification and repatriation of stolen and looted ancient antiquities.
The Pitt leads the Emmy Award pack with 25 nominations including for best drama series, and for good reason, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
"Because it’s devised as a radio broadcast, the actors’ voices are the most important aspect of their performances." LEN POWER reviews The Wind In The Willows, adapted as a live radio play.
"This Tennessee Williams play about a simple moment that might be in anyone’s memory delved deeply into complex relationships that, with a little imagination, might well still be relevant today," writes JOE WOODWARD.
