LEXX Productions is premiering a “creepy” new play by Alexandra Howard and Cole Hilder called “Highway”. Small-town detective Benny is disillusioned with his job and marriage until he and his wife are called to a mysterious case. At Belconnen Community Theatre, August 30-September 3. Book at lexxproductions.com.au or 6242 5044.

MIDNIGHT Oil’s Jim Moginie is coming to town with his latest music venture “Shameless Seamus”, a six-piece Irish rebel band of top Irish players he has gathered from Sydney and Wollongong. At the Canberra Irish Club, Weston, Saturday, September 3. Bookings to trybooking.com

FIRST the album, then “Australian Story” and now local singer Fred Smith has hit the bookshops with his Afghanistan book “The Dust of Uruzgan”, published by Allen & Unwin.

“THE Amazing Belco Race” offers a great way to learn more about Belconnen during its 50th birthday year. On Saturday, September 3, 10am-2pm. Entry details via email to therace@bcsact.com.au or  6264 0200.

“SHADOWLAND”, by dance troupe Pilobolus, follows the surreal experience of a young girl’s world of illusion, telling her story through the use of incredible shadows and dance. Canberra Theatre, 8pm August 30, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

FRIENDS of the National Library Creative Arts Fellow for 2016, Micharne Cloughley, has used oral historian Hazel de Berg’s interviews as the basis of her new play, “My Strong Female Ego”, to be read by Karen Vickery and Amanda McGregor in a session where Cloughley will also speak about her creative process. At the NLA, 6pm, Tuesday, August 30. Bookings to nla.gov.au or 6262 1698. Free event.

ART Song Canberra’s next recital is “Lyric Rhapsody”, featuring soprano Merlyn Quaife, bass-baritone Nicholas Dinopoulos and Andrea Katz on piano. At Wesley Music Centre, 3pm, Sunday, August 28, Tickets only  at the door.

ON the same day, Luminescence Chamber Singers and Kompactus Youth Choir present a concert at the High Court at 1.30pm. It’s free, but booking is essential to hcourt.gov.au

THE local division of the Theatre Organ Society Australia is hosting a concert on the 1933 Compton Theatre pipe organ by visiting organist and pianist David Gray at Albert Hall, 7.30pm, Wednesday, August 31. Tickets via trybooking.com.au, at the door or call 6286 5774.

HELEN Swan’s choral group The Resonants, will perform original home-grown works, including a “Gloria”, composed by the new head of composition at the ANU School of Music, Kenneth Lampl (the “CityNews” cover subject, August 4), which he has dedicated to the choir. At the Great Hall, University House, 6pm, September 3, bookings to resonants.org or at the door.