Documentary filmmaker and 2018 Canberra CityNews Artist of the Year Kim Beamish makes his directorial debut at The Mill Theatre in coming weeks, reports HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
The National Association for the Visual Arts has come out in defence of the artistic freedom of artist Vincent Namatjira after demands by billionaire Gina Rinehart for the withdrawal of his work from an exhibition at the NGA.
Canberra glass artist Emeirely Nucifora-Ryan has been awarded the David Henshall Emerging Artist Prize for her neon work, Processed, 2023.
A suite of poignant, funny and, sometimes, confronting original artworks have gone on show at Parliament House in the latest Napier Waller Art Prize show, reports HELEN MUSA.
"It is a rare day you will attend a work of dramatic art that is so visually stunning, so carefully produced, and so precisely executed. This show is beauty magnified." Reviewer ARNE FEALING was quite taken by Gaslight.
HELEN MUSA previews another week of Canberra arts in her latest Artsweek column.
"There's not much more to be said about the extraordinary NZ theatre troupe A Slightly Isolated Dog than that they are absolutely hilarious." HELEN MUSA reviews A Slightly Isolated Dog's performance of The Trojan War.
Tempo Theatre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new and updated stage production of Mother and Son, written by Geoffrey Atherden and directed by long-time Tempo member Michael Weston, reports HELEN MUSA.
Show news, arts news and gallery news (well, news of a cafe) are in the mix of HELEN MUSA's Arts in the City column this week.
Canberra Bach Ensemble was assigned three cantatas by the Leipzig Bach Festival, to which they will travel in June. The ensemble presented them as a pre-Leipzig recital at St Christopher's Cathedral. HELEN MUSA reviewed the performance.
The Canberra Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a $4.1 million funding injection over four years under the 2024-25 federal budget, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
QL2 Dance is presenting its annual major production in The Playhouse titled Subject To Change. It will be the last for founding director Ruth Osborne, who, after 25 years is stepping down, reports HELEN MUSA.
