Sitkovetsky Trio to make Canberra debut
One of the world's most celebrated chamber ensembles, the Sitkovetsky Trio, will make its Canberra debut at Snow Concert Hall on August 2, 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
What began as Henry Lawson's tale of an unnamed bushwoman defending her children from danger has become a play, a novel, a film and now, an opera, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
"Given the huge amount of attention from clips of his final flight circulating online in recent years it’s surprising it’s taken this long to turn the 'Sky King's' story into a documentary," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Reviews
Why you’ll never look at quiche the same way again!
"This delightfully absurd comedy is satirical, poking fun at Cold War paranoia, the joys of quiche as well as American society and attitudes of the 1950s," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
Music
Rolling Stones match Beatles with 15th UK No 1 album
The Rolling Stones' 25th studio album Foreign Tongues features guest contributions from Paul McCartney, The Cure's Robert Smith and more.
Reviews
Kerosene ignites a gripping solo performance
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Kerosene, a powerful monologue about growing up and the fires within, performed by actor Winsome Ogilvie and directed by Lachlan Houen.
A pianist who lost a court fight against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is filling concert halls on his own independent tour.
A new compilation to be released in September will bring together a range of unreleased material by David Bowie.
NightFest will transform Commonwealth Park into a spectacular after-dark experience, it has been announced, combining live music, illuminated gardens, entertainment, food and family-friendly activities as part of Floriade.
One of the deadliest First Nations acts of all is heading to the Canberra Southern Cross Club in Woden, reports HELEN MUSA.
"Georgia Hendy has a talent for getting herself into rooms where things are happening." Arts editor HELEN MUSA meets the new boss of the Canberra Theatre Centre.
"Suzy Eddie Izzard will be at The Playhouse soon with her sensational production, The Tragedy of Hamlet – yes, that’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet," writes HELEN MUSA.
In her latest Artsweek column, arts editor HELEN MUSA brings the most happening things around Canberra for arts and entertainment lovers.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN salutes the late actor Sam Neill.
One of Canberra's busiest young theatre directors, Lachlan Houen, is leaving the capital for Melbourne after several years in which he has become a familiar figure both onstage and behind the scenes.
The revival of Graeme Murphy’s exquisite staging of Franz Lehár’s 120-year-old operetta, The Merry Widow, at the Sydney Opera House powerfully demonstrates why it was destined to become an audience favourite, reviews BILL STEPHENS.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
NICK HORN reviews Muse and Musings: The Chopin-Viardot Mazurka Dialogues, a performance by Anna Fraser, Claire Burrell-McDonald and Giulio Biddau.
