In a production likely to be dubbed "So Frenchy, So Chic”, Mockingbird Theatre has embarked upon a production of French playwright Robert Thomas’ murder mystery, 8 Femmes (8 Women) one of the most popular plays in France.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, a wrap of the upcoming week's arts events, concerts and shows.
EM Forster’s seminal novel Howards End has been adapted many times including into film and more recently into a novel, but it has never been quite so originally reinterpreted as in The Inheritance, coming up at ACT Hub, writes HELEN MUSA.
The debut concert of Canberra’s Jazmourian Ensemble is coming up this weekend, with music inspired by ancient Persian and early western music.
Canberra’s literary community is reflecting on the contributions of publisher Stephen Matthews, founder of Ginninderra Press, who died under the Voluntary Assisted Dying program at his home in Port Adelaide on September 25. He was 78.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA casts her net for arts news around Canberra. Here's her latest Arts in the City column.
In a dramatic leap from winter to spring, Canberra Writers Festival launches into its ninth year with an emphasis on passion, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Saturday night’s concert had an upbeat, celebratory tone as it both marked 25 years since Andrew Koll had founded the ensemble and its recent return form the Leipzig Bach Festival in Germany," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
"There are professional orchestras out there that are not up this standard. It bodes well for the future of orchestral music in this country." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Pure Energy, a concert by the AYO Young Symphonists.
In a canny strategic move, Belconnen Arts Centre has announced that Christopher Baldock's company Mockingbird Theatre will become its company in residence, reports HELEN MUSA.
One of Canberra's leading philanthropists, writers and public intellectuals, Barbara Blackman, died at Clare Holland House on Friday afternoon. She was 95. HELEN MUSA reports...
The coming production of Little Shop of Horrors at Gungahlin Theatre will mark the 10-year anniversary of Dramatic Productions, founded by Richard Block, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
