OUT of the darkness of time, Sarah Hamilton and Justine Campbell, playing the tracker and the zoo keeper’s daughter, conjure up the ghost of the Tasmanian Tiger, officially extinct since 1936, in a tale of discovery and destruction. “They Saw a Thylacine”, At the Q, April 27-28. Bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

THE Australian Theatre for Young People is coming to town with “Sugarland”, a play that follows the lives of five teenagers and their local youth worker in remote Australia. Playwrights Rachael Coopes and Wayne Blair undertook a series of residencies in Katherine, NT, and the result is this optimistic new play. At The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, 6pm, on May 6-7. Bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

MUSICAL entrepreneur Carl Rafferty’s “An Affair to Remember” (May 6-8) is his last Albert Hall concert for the year. He is heading to Vienna to launch a similar venture. Bookings to operabycandlelight.net

THE Australian Chamber Orchestra is taking on what it calls the “Mighty Three” – Bach, Beethoven and Mozart – for its third national tour this year. The concert features Mozart’s “Turkish Violin Concerto”, JS Bach’s “The Art of Fugue” and Beethoven’s “Grosse Fugue”. At Llewellyn Hall, Saturday, May 7. Bookings to aco.com.au

ACTOR, teacher, rock musician and footy coach George Huitker is launching his new book “Big Life” at the Radford College Senior School, 6pm, Tuesday, May 3. Huitker will answer questions and his band Junk Sculpture will play a short set.