“THE Last Five Years” is a mini-musical with catchy songs. A new production with a band is coming to Vivaldi’s with two separate casts of local luminaries – Mathew Chardon O’Dea and Josie Dunham, Vanessa De Jager and Fraser Findlay. It’s about the five-year relationship between Cathy and Jamie from when they meet, get married, then separate. At Teatro Vivaldi, ANU Arts Centre, April 24-May 2, bookings to stagecenta.com or 6257 2718.

CANBERRA Rep designer Michael Sparks needs old rope for the set of “The Crucible”, May 1-16. He needs natural fibres in thicknesses above 22mm, in massive quantities (500 metres). It’s urgent, so if you know of harbour masters, defence force people, scoutmasters, schools, gyms, theatres and so on, email him at msparks@homemail.com.au

“DON’T Mention The War” is the timely theme of a coming talk by the Portrait Gallery’s Dr Sarah Engledow for Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Molonglo Plains chapter. “In all the sombre excitement of the ANZAC centenary,” she says, “Australians might well wonder: what else was happening in the country around 1915” The lecture will feature more than 50 portraits – but none of soldiers. At the Comfort Inn Airport International, 57 Yass Road, Queanbeyan, Thursday, April 23 at 2pm, membership inquiries and visitor bookings to lucyjvc@gmail.com or 6299 1105.

“UNDERNEATH the Lintel”, a one-man play by Glen Berger, performed by James Scott and directed by John Concannon, will be the debut production for a new theatre company called Honest Puck. At the Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art Theatre, 1/9 Lithgow Street, Fyshwick, April 16-26. Booking to honestpuck.com.au or 6253 1454.

MUSIC by Johann Christoph Bach, Heinrich Biber, Antonio Vivaldi, Joachim Einwag and others will be performed on viola d’amore, lute, theorbo, organ, violin and voice at St Mark’s Church, corner Cork Street and Lot Street, Gundaroo, 2pm, Sunday, April 26. Tickets at the door or bookings through trybooking.

“JAY’S Jungle” is the new show featuring Jay Laga’aia’, pictured, known for his part on “Playschool” and as Captain Typho in the “Star Wars” films. Laga’aia plays the lighthouse keeper joined by park rangers Bec and Kate and Funk-E D Monkey for amazing jungle adventures. At Canberra Theatre, April 24, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

PARLIAMENT House has “Feel the Heritage” tours until April 26, where the public can discover how the building’s architecture is symbolic of our national identity. Bookings to 6277 5050 or bookings@aph.gov.au

“TO Heaven and Back on a Swing” is the next free High Court concert, from 1.30pm on Sunday, April 19 and features As Famous as the Moon, Night Café and Andante. Free, but bookings essential to hcourt.gov.au/about/concerts