"In all the works there’s a sense of survival going on and the ever-present questions, who can help us? How can we help ourselves?" ROB KENNEDY reviews The Hurt Business, an exhibition of lithographs and woodcuts by Omar Musa.
"Both performers exceeded their audience’s expectations, providing a highly entertaining evening of personal revelations and good music." Reviewer LEN POWER reports from the Canberra Cabaret Festival.
SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews Canberra Rep's latest production of Alan Ayckbourn's 1975 play Bedroom Farce.
"From the first moments, it was obvious that this was going to be a first-rate evening of theatre." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews the Lakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews a travelling exhibition from Adelaide's JamFactory by metalsmithing artist Julie Blyfield titled Chasing a Passion.
"The six actors give fine ensemble performances, bringing their individual characters to life. The overlapping dialogue is skilfully presented, giving each character a convincing naturalness." LEN POWER reviews Never Closer.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at the lives of two very different people.
"Unfortunately, the rhythm of the piece was broken with long and unnecessary blackouts that jarred the flow of the story." JOE WOODWARD reviews La Souris Blanche (The White Mouse).
THAYER PREECE reviews Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody, a performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
"In Regeneration Glyphs, the artist brings together not only a selection of past works that provide a continuum of ideas and images, but also exciting recent work that promises new beginnings," writes reviewer KERRY-ANNE COUSINS.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews the Canberra Bach Ensemble's performance of Christe, du Lamm Gottes – the music of JS Bach.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Homage to Kurtag, a performance by soprano Amy Moore and pianist Edward Neeman.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Accordion Dances, the first of this year’s Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Series.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Sharing Stories Arts Exchange exhibition at the ANU School of Art & Design.
SAM WILSON reviews Beethoven and Beyond, a performance by pianists Bernice Chua and Joshua Han.
"This adaptation for the stage of the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love works very well as a way of showcasing lots of up and coming talent." writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
"The exhibitions share a concern with the intertwined themes of time, of physics, of nature, and of being human. Individually, the two are crackers. Combined, they gain synergistic meaning and powerful intensity," says reviewer CON BOEKEL.
Three recent, excellent crime novels set in Scotland, have caught the eye of book reviewer ANNA CREER.
"None of this was comfortable listening. It is the polar opposite of easy listening. Yet it should not be forgotten that from such interactive experiments comes new music, for new generation ears." HELEN MUSA reviews SoundOut 2026.
