Here’s the Artsweek column, arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest weekly round-up of arts event in Canberra.

As part of Hot Summer Nights in the NFSA, William Wyler’s 1953 movie Roman Holiday will be screened at the Arc Cinema, January 17. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this ultimate summer romance story, preceded in the NFSA courtyard by sweet alt-pop songs from Canberra’s Lucy Sugerman.

Sydney designer and artist Martyn Thompson, presents his solo show, History, the Paraphernalia of My Interior Life, in which he reimagines his ceramic vessels in glass. Canberra Glassworks, January 16-March 23.

The Hive’s Pop-Up bar initiative is run by volunteers with Create Collaborate Collective Inc, and offers an alternative place in Queanbeyan that is not a pub or a club and is suitable for all ages. With original live music by Danny V, it’s at Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, January 17.

Canberra poet’s Alex Eagleton new poetry collection, Tarot, explores the challenges of being queer, the importance of creativity and self-actualisation in 444 poems, seen though the Tarot deck. Available here  from January 20.

Stage

• Bluey’s Big Play, The Stage Show, featuring lively puppets, sees Bluey and Bingo trying to get Dad off his beanbag and into action. Canberra Theatre, January 21-25.
• The Australian Ballet’s dancers bring classic stories to life for very small people in Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty. Canberra Theatre, January 16-19.
• Illusionist Anthony Street, creator and star of Celtic Illusion, will be in town with a magic show designed to captivate audiences of all ages. The B, Queanbeyan, January 18.
• 78-Storey Treehouse is a high-flying show based on Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s best-selling books, The Playhouse, January 21-22.
• Peter Wilkins’s The Chalk Pit, which delves into the life of Australian politician, lawyer and murderer Thomas John Ley, is to be staged as an actor’s investigation, where Melbourne theatre coach Julia Grace leads the actors by day and they perform by night. The Mill Theatre, Fyshwick, January 22-February 1.
• ACT Hub and Red Herring Theatre Company present playwright Jez Butterworth’s Mojo, a darkly comedic romp through the rock ‘n’ roll scene of 1950s London. ACT Hub, Kingston, January 22-February 1.