What's on where and when around the town? HELEN MUSA's Artsweek column will get you off to a good start...
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
The Billy Elliot movie set the aspirations of a working-class boy against the background of the 1980s miners' strike in northeast England. Now Jarrad West, as director, is launching into Billy Elliot the Musical, reports HELEN MUSA..
"Emma Gibson has come up with a gripping, unpleasant narrative. Despite that unpleasantness, it kept me on the edge of my seat for 65 minutes." HELEN MUSA reviews After Rebecca at the ACTHub, Kingston.
The reclusive Tasmanian singer songwriter Hairy Man is bringing his 'incredible voice' and convict-punk songs to the National Folk Festival, reports HELEN MUSA.
In a daring move away from the festival format that has seen Barragga Bay near Bermagui filled with music at Easter for the last three decades, the Four Winds organisation has departed from the three-day festival model.
All sorts of interesting arts events coming up. HELEN MUSA previews them in this week's Arts in the City column.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Seeing the Forest and the Trees, an exhibition by potter Josephine Townsend at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
"Everything in this splendid exhibition encourages reflection about human impact on the environment," writes reviewer BRIAN ROPE of Hilary Wardhaugh's photo exhibition.
HELEN MUSA reviews Before and After, a Comedy festival performance by Caitlin Maggs and Sarah Stewart .
Maude, the sulphur-crested cockatoo from Coolac, has deliberated on entries for the 28th Bald Archy Prize and declared Newcastle artist Judy Nadin the 2024 winner.
In an unusual departure from its mixed-artist exhibitions, the National Portrait Gallery has opened its 2024 season with an exhibition of high seriousness – Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence, reports HELEN MUSA.
Performance, concerts and gallery news pepper HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column that rounds up what's what and where in the Canberra arts scene.
