CANBERRA-educated actor Laurence Fuller is living the life in Hollywood, having last weekend walked the red carpet of the TLC Chinese Theatre for Jonathan Cvack’s indie thriller-comedy “Road To The Well”, which premiered as part of the Dances With Films festival. Fuller plays a troubled and unconventional thinker who finds himself on a “strange and cerebral journey” into the California Sierra.

CONGRATULATIONS to local author Stephanie Owen Reeder, who has been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council Awards Book of the Year Eve Pownall Award for “Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony” with NLA Publishing. The winners will be announced in Sydney on August 19 at the beginning of Children’s Book Week.

QUEANBEYAN Art Society will hold its ninth Charity Art Show in City Walk, Civic, during Floriade and will, for the first time, be supporting a local charity – autism support group, the Ricky Stuart Foundation. QAS President Barry Cranston expects an average of 900 people a day viewing the artworks. Entries close on June 16, inquiries to 0439 392709.

FORMER Canberran Richard Moore is directing “Hot Docs”, a Canadian documentary festival showing local and international documentaries, at Palace Electric, NewActon, June 15-June 26. We wonder what happens to the Canberra-founded festival “Stranger than Fiction”.

DIRECTOR Aarne Neeme is back in town to stage Agatha Christie’s courtroom drama/thriller “Witness for the Prosecution” for Canberra REP. There are great roles for Pat Gallagher as Sir Wilfred QC and Emma Wood as Romaine. At Theatre 3, June 16-July 2, bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950.

SELBY & Friends’ concert “Musical Offering” will see cellist Timo-Veikko Valve and violinist Nikki Chooi join pianist-director Kathryn Selby in performing works by Schumann, Schubert, Brahms and Julian Yu. At James O. Fairfax Theatre, NGA, 7pm June 16, bookings to selbyandfriends.com.au

IN “The Beauties of Nature”, Warrani Chorale will present a concert of peaceful songs reflecting the beauty of the world around us. At Weston Creek Uniting Church, Parkinson Street, 10.30am-noon, on Wednesday, June 15. Entry by gold coin donation includes refreshments.