Contrasting ceramic styles united by local clay
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews contrasting ceramic works (Un)-Common Ground by Paul Davis and Jacqueline Clayton, the two 2026 artists-in-residence at Canberra Potters.
Reviews
NICK HORN reviews the Canberra Community Chorale's Australian premiere performances of three substantial contemporary choral works, directed by Olivia Swift, that demonstrated both "enjoyment and energy" through its performance.
HELEN MUSA reviews Eternal Light, a performance of sacred music by The Resonants vocal ensemble.
LEN POWER reviews Time and Its Passing, a performance by Canberra Qwire.
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Steel Magnolias holds a mirror to ordinary life
Directed by Lee Lewis and being performed at Canberra Theatre, Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias has a "zippy script, full of scintillating one-liners", guaranteeing "a ripping night", writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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Melodrama and satire collide in Good Boy Game
JOE WOODWARD reviews Patrick Vermillion's black comedy The Good Boy Game directed by Caitlin Baker and being performed at The Q.
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Classical echoes in Bucich’s sculptural practice
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Thomas Bucich's latest sculptural works that share a visual relationship with classical Greek sculpture and mythology.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews a performance project put together by local musicians Kimberly Steele and Christopher Pound around the idea of elegies, music which commemorates the dead.
In its latest production 'Letters to Lindy', Australia's longest continuously running theatre company, Lieder Theatre Company, revisits the extraordinary media vilification of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Tuggeranong Arts Centre proved the ideal setting to savour the virtuosity of two of Australia’s most accomplished musicians on a cold Canberra evening." BILL STEPHENS reviews a jazz performance by Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black.
"Though it is subtly entertaining and insightful, this isn’t exactly a fun experience. But nor should it be." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews Canberra Rep's production of David Williamson's play Travelling North.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews four exhibitions at Craft + Design Canberra.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews a performance of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea.
COLIN STEELE reviews two books that cover the lives and work of two global bestselling authors, who are coincidentally both Cornwells.
"The harp and guitar proved to be the perfect match, showcasing a range of music from the 16th century to the present day in the hands of two excellent players." LEN POWER reviews Resonance, a performance by Alice Giles and Timothy Kain.
HELEN MUSA reviews The Oracle, a performance by Ensemble Offspring, its “biggest and boldest program of the season”.
"This play is not a Whodunnit, rather it is a Will-He-Get-Away-With-It?" LEN POWER reviews Dial M for Murder.
"What made this opera gala especially intriguing was that it marked the first time Cathy-Di Zhang and Helen Sherman had shared the stage. They clearly relished the opportunity," writes music reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
ANNA CREER reviews new, gripping novels by two Melbourne-based, female crime writers.
