A writer's writer, who has become equally famous as a novelist and a tireless advocate for the arts, was named "CityNews Canberra Artist of the Year" at the 32nd annual ACT Arts Awards evening, held in the Canberra Museum & Gallery.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
A powerful actor-director who gave up her day job to get behind a new theatrical enterprise in Canberra was presented with the Helen Tsongas Award for excellence in acting.
Diego Torre is used to playing the nice guys in opera – that normally goes with being a tenor – but as Carmen’s lover Don José in Opera Australia’s new Opera on Cockatoo Island, he gets to plays a wimp.
A new production of a new play coming to Belconnen Arts Centre this week is equally theatre and dance.
The silly season has well and truly hit Canberra’s arts scene, says "Arts in the City" columnist HELEN MUSA.
Canberra writer Christine Helliwell has won the Australian War Memorial’s $10,000 Les Carlyon Literary Prize.
HELEN MUSA previews a week's worth of arts in today's "Artsday" column.
Winners in the 27th Canberra Short Film Festival were announced at a packed event at Dendy.
IN a surprising move, that arts editor HELEN MUSA says will raise a few eyebrows, the ACT Writers Centre has decided to rename itself Marion Inc.
To the sweet, sad strains of a new composition by young Canberra cellist, James Munro, Canberra International Music Festival, director Roland Peelman launched the 2023 program, centred around the theme "The Child Within".
DANTE COSTA reviews Signum Saxophone Quartet and Kristian Winther, who performed at Llewelyn Hall last night.
There's a whole lotta Elvis going on at the NFSA, reports HELEN MUSA in the weekend's "Artsday" wrap.
