"There were no prizes for guessing why so many people had packed into Wesley Music Centre, including an impressive turnout from the Korean community and their children, perhaps themselves budding pianists." HELEN MUSA reviews Jeonghwan Kim.
In a production likely to be dubbed "So Frenchy, So Chic”, Mockingbird Theatre has embarked upon a production of French playwright Robert Thomas’ murder mystery, 8 Femmes (8 Women) one of the most popular plays in France.
EM Forster’s seminal novel Howards End has been adapted many times including into film and more recently into a novel, but it has never been quite so originally reinterpreted as in The Inheritance, coming up at ACT Hub, writes HELEN MUSA.
Canberra’s literary community is reflecting on the contributions of publisher Stephen Matthews, founder of Ginninderra Press, who died under the Voluntary Assisted Dying program at his home in Port Adelaide on September 25. He was 78.
In a dramatic leap from winter to spring, Canberra Writers Festival launches into its ninth year with an emphasis on passion, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Saturday night’s concert had an upbeat, celebratory tone as it both marked 25 years since Andrew Koll had founded the ensemble and its recent return form the Leipzig Bach Festival in Germany," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
"There are professional orchestras out there that are not up this standard. It bodes well for the future of orchestral music in this country." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Pure Energy, a concert by the AYO Young Symphonists.