Arts editor HELEN MUSIC previews a week's worth of arts and entertainment in her latest Artsweek column.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Wesley Enoch’s trailblazing musical play, The Sunshine Club, is playing The Q on Wednesday and Thursday nights, complete with no fewer than 28 songs composed by John Rodgers.
Emmanuel Mattana's play Trophy Boys, a funny-serious satirical comedy based around the perils of school debating, is one of those productions where the girls play the boys – very privileged boys from the posh fictional St Imperium College.
When David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s opera, Così fan tutte, returns to the Opera House in August, it will be conducted by a leading maestra, Zoe Zeniodi, the first Greek conductor to grace the pit, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
HELEN MUSA takes her weekly swing around the local arts scene with the latest Arts in the City column.
CON BOEKEL reviews the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
"Newman’s special skill was in the refined, almost silent moments of bowing, whole Abdiel’s forte was dramatic flair and virtuosic keying." HELEN MUSA reviews The Spirit of Youth concert at the Belgian embassy.
The newest major show opening in the National Library's refurbished exhibition galleries today is one everyone can relate to – a survey of the library’s material relating to migrants, and aren’t we all migrants, asks arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Brett Dean’s Hamlet is a grim, purposeful version of the world’s most famous play – make no mistake, this is a mighty musical achievement." HELEN MUSA reviews Opera Australia's production of Hamlet.
One of the joys of the international film festivals is the experience of a different way of life and the Scandinavian Film festival’s screening of The Tundra Within Me is a perfect example, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra’s QL2 Dance has been invited by the Australian embassy in Bangkok to perform as part of a large-scale event to celebrate the birthday of Thailand’s King at the weekend.
First Nation artist Tony Albert has been appointed artistic director of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, After The Rain, to open at the National Gallery of Australia in December 2025.
