KIRSTY Zane has developed a 60-minute adaptation of the 1861 Charles Dickens’ classic, “Great Expectations”, which as many readers may know, originally ran to more 500 pages.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
It's time for Ausdance ACT’s popular Youth Dance Festival to take the stage live again for two nights at Canberra Theatre after three years of gloom.
“Chroma” is the Greek word for colour, and that’s the choice of Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s conductor-in-chief and artistic director Jessica Cottis for the title of the 2023 season.
Here's HELEN MUSA's look at the weekend's arts.
"Arts in the City" is HELEN MUSA's weekly guide to what's on where around the town's arts scene.
Julian Larnach, a former student politician himself, has written “How To Vote”, a play for Canberra Youth Theatre involving an opportunity, he says, “to write a really big play about what happens when the system breaks apart”.
Canberra Rep is staging “Our Country’s Good”, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play-within-a-play-within-a-play, with Karen Vickery at the helm.
From the Edinburgh Festival, "CityNews" Arts Editor HELEN MUSA reviews a performance of "RED" by Canberra dancer Liz Lea.
From the Edinburgh Fringe, "CityNews" arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews two personal and wildly different shows by Canberra performers, both inspired by the 2019 bushfires.
HELEN MUSA looks at what the weekend holds for the arts in today's "Artsday" column.
Actor Michael Sparks last played George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" 12 years ago with Andrea Close as his opposite number Martha. Now they’re doing it again, this time as part of ACT Hub’s premiere season.
"Arts in the City" columnist HELEN MUSA wraps up the latest local arts news...
