Cue the radio monsters, it’s Christmas!
Christmas fun and entertainment is looming large in HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Arts & Entertainment
Canberra’s best coverage of local arts news plus reviews, including dining, film, theatre, music, visual arts and dance
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Colours of Earth, a performance by The Oriana Chorale.
Flying to the top of Netflix’s charts is this year’s umpteenth murder mystery series, The Beast in Me. But is it a cut above the rest, asks streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Cementing its reputation as one of the go-to places for play watching, ACT Hub announced its fifth annual season at a celebratory event at the Old Causeway Hall in Kingston on Thursday.
Art
‘Family meditation’ in charcoal wins drawing prize
An unusual charcoal portrait of the artist’s mother and uncle in their youth has won Surya Bajracharya the $10,000 M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, it was announced at the M16 galleries in Griffith on Thursday.
Books
Harper’s slow-burn story of tragedy and secrets
Jane Harper is credited with creating a new sub-genre of crime fiction, Australian rural noir, writes book reviewer ANNA CREER.
Reviews
Playing God isn’t always easy
"The play God takes on an intriguing courtroom form as it pulls the audience into considering the ethics of assisted dying," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA says People Power seems to have triumphed in bringing the School of Music back from the brink, but the devil is often in the detail when it comes to implementation.
“Honestly, if you told eight-year-old Ruby that she would be doing this right now, she wouldn’t believe you,” says Ruby Holden, of Queanbeyan, who has won a national busking title.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews the National Museum's upcoming burst of K-pop – Hallyu: The Korean Wave.
A week of arts and entertainment events around Canberra all rolled into HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column...
At a chic ceremony in the Residence of France, ambassador Pierre-André Imbert awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters to dance artist Elizabeth Cameron Dalman on Tuesday evening, reports HELEN MUSA.
BRIAN ROPE reviews unBECOMING, a photographic exhibition by Fernanda Pedroso.
Arts writer LEN POWER reports from the season launch of the Canberra Theatre Centre.
Music writer IAN McLEAN reports from the launch of the 2026 Canberra International Music Festival.
“This show is equal parts comedy, chaos, and blasphemy… The Exorcist meets Sesame Street, with more swearing. Perfect for December," says director Jarrad West, who is reviving the play Hand to God.
A painting by Peter Paul Rubens that disappeared in the early 1600s has been sold for $A4.1 million at an auction.
After astounding audiences in New York, Montreal and London, a video installation of Hollywood glamour and pop-culture makes its Australian debut in a Canberra-exclusive showing, reports HELEN MUSA in her latest Arts in the City column.
Tom Stoppard has "died peacefully at home" at the age of 88, United Agents says.
