Arts in the City / Tim shares secrets from the funny side
Tim Ferguson… “Comedy’s not a mysterious art.”
COMEDIAN Tim Ferguson will be back in the town that originally spotted his talent with a two-day, comedy writing masterclass. “Comedy’s not a mysterious art,” the former member of the Doug Anthony Allstars says. “It’s a craft. It can be learned”. Beginners and professionals are welcome. The Courtyard Studio, July 9-10, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
Fuschia Bullot…dancing the year away.NEWS is to hand from Paris that former Canberran Fuchsia Bullot, now a dancer with the Lido de Paris, has so far this year performed at the Cinema Against AIDS gala during the Cannes Film Festival, at DJ David Guetta’s UEFA EURO 2016 pre-opening concert and in the video clip of “Ladies and Gentlemen” by French singer Amalya.
Julie McCarron-Benson’s portrait of Carl Rafferty.ARTSIT Julie McCarron-Benson has given us a sneak preview of her entries in the 2016 Archibald, Sulman and Wynne prizes, among them a portrait titled “The Opera Dude: Carl Rafferty”, her impression of the well-known Opera by Candlelight series founder.
THE Griffyn Ensemble will raise the roof on election night with music for harp, flute and soprano and promises “a greater depth of spiritual enlightenment than any election coverage you may find on the TV that night”. The centrepiece will be Górecki’s “Good Night”. At Belconnen Arts Centre, Saturday, July 2. Bookings to griffyn.iwannaticket.com.au
CHILD Players ACT is presenting “Dr Dolittle’s Circus”, adapted by director BJ Anyos from the books by Hugh Lofting. Forty-two children, aged 10 to 16, will join in the good doctor’s journey to Africa to help a tribe of monkeys. At the Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, July 7-16. Bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950 or cash at the door.
Sabine Zen and Gabe Fallen in “The Frog Prince”.ELSEWHERE, Nina Stevenson and musical director Emma Zen will stage “The Frog Prince” in which children play the evil Queen Malicia, Witch Toejam, Figaro the Mafia Cat and Chumley the butler as well as the much nicer Aurora and Denis the Dragon. At St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, Manuka, July 2-8. Bookings to bookings@pied-piper.com.au or 0402 409435.
“Swarm Trap”… at the the Nishi Gallery.BEES’ habitat momentarily becomes art in the Nishi Gallery’s coming exhibition of man-made structures designed to give bees refuge when they swarm. These “safe houses” for bees will be installed in the bush, city and suburbs in spring. It’s a star line-up of artists, including Shauna Toohey (of Perks and Mini) and natural beekeeper and Honey Fingers founder Nic Dowse. “Swarm Trap”, 17 Kendall Lane, New Acton, until July 10.
Three books, two by Australian authors, reaffirm the dramatic impact humanity has had, and continues to have, on our fragile environment, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
Director Nina Stevenson is at it again, with her company Pied Piper's school holiday production of Madagascar JR - A Musical Adventure, a family show with all the characters from the movie.
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