• STEPHEN Pike’s production of “Blood Brothers”, the Willy Russell musical that’s been playing on the West End for more than 20 years, is back at The Q, January 19-28. It’s the story of the Johnstone twins, separated at birth when their mother is forced by economic necessity to give one of them away. Bookings to 6285 6290.

• BEN Drysdale, at the Belconnen Gallery, tells us it will be called “gallery@bcs” from now on. While this is a re-branding across the whole of Belconnen Community Services, it will help with the confusion between that gallery and the one at Belconnen Arts Centre. Good idea, I’ve mixed them up more than once.

• BUNGENDORE Wood Works Gallery has an exhibition of fabulous marquetry by Michael Retter (of Parliament House fame) and furniture by Canberra’s own designer/maker Scott Mitchell. The two first met in the early 1990s working on a large, commissioned work for Dick Smith in association with the Gallery. At Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, until January 30.

• BETH Hatton, Christine James and Julian Laffan are exhibiting 2D and 3D works suggesting the memories of “work” within the living landscape in Karen O’Clery’s gallery in the Old Tanja Church, Friday-Monday, 10.30am-5.30pm, until February 20, 1140 Tathra-Bermagui Road, Tanja.

• CARL Rafferty has alerted us that his popular Opera by Candlelight will run at the Albert Hall, February 10-12. Doors open at 5.30pm, performance commences at 7pm. Bookings to raffertycarl@internode.on.net

• IN “Connect”, French glass artist Nadège Desgenétez explores the sculptural aspects of glass using her own life as inspiration. Awarded in Europe, Canada, the US, Asia and Australia, she has most recently been the recipient of a grant from artsACT. At the Canberra Glassworks, Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm, until January 12.