When it comes to planning an international music festival for Canberra, artistic director Roland Peelman wants to have his Sachertorte and eat it.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
“Good Folk”, the two-day concert series held in Queanbeyan over Easter, achieved the joint purposes of entertaining a lot of people and signalling that the National Folk Festival is alive and well.
What’s what and who’s who in the arts this week? Here’s HELEN MUSA’s weekly “Arts in the City” column.
When it comes to bringing contrasting cultures into close proximity, no one does it better than Canberra Dance Artist and 2017 “CityNews” Artist Of The Year, Liz Lea.
A sense of sheer pleasure pervaded the 10th birthday party of Canberra‘s GOLD (“growing old disgracefully”) dance troupe last night (April 10).
"Finnigan and Ingall have created an engaging, interesting and hectic snapshot of how 'wherever humans went we changed things'," writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL
Reviewer ARNE SJOSTEDT has mixed feelings about Rep's production of "Cosi".
Excitement is mounting following the dress rehearsal for The National Opera’s premiere production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”, opening at Llewellyn Hall tomorrow night (April 10).
The ghost of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may be lurking in the shadows of Canberra this weekend, with the opening of “Così” at Canberra REP, and Mozart’s opera “La Clemenza di Tito” at Llewellyn Hall.
The National Opera bursts into being this weekend with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA in her daily arts round-up.
The second show in the series “You’re Safe 'Til 2024” is coming to the Canberra Theatre Centre this weekend.
Notoriously private theatrical personality John Bell will show audiences what makes him tick through the words of his lifelong idol, William Shakespeare, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
