Folksongs with a Spanish flair
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Gardens of Spain, Spanish folksong arranged for voice and piano sung by Sarahlouise Owens accompanied by pianist Stuart Long.
Arts & Entertainment
Canberra’s best coverage of local arts news plus reviews, including dining, film, theatre, music, visual arts and dance
ROB KENNEDY reviews Her Music Speaks, a performance of music by Australian female composers by Musica Da Camera.
Cost drove 27 per cent of Australians, or around 5.5 million viewers, to axe one of their streaming subscriptions in 2023. A lot are now engaging in "subscription rotation", says columnist NICK OVERALL.
"In many respects, In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence exemplifies the very best that Bell Shakespeare can offer," writes reviewer JOE WOODWARD.
Art
Stunning show of indigenous art opens at the gallery
Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia, the newest show at the National Gallery shows clearly its strength in the art made in this country, by our own First People, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Reviews
Unsettling, surreal and quietly savage theatre
ALLANA MACLEAN reviews The Cut, playing at the Mill Theatre until September 21.
Music
Mysterious nature of light and musical creation
"In this concert of music by all female composers, it was so rewarding to hear the voices of living creators reflecting our time," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews the Melbourne Theatre Company production of Slap.Bang.Kiss at The Q.
The Australasian Dance Education Awards are coming up on October 26, but it’s time to start crowing now, as Queanbeyan’s Bom Funk Dance Studio has been named a finalist in seven categories.
A curious crowd of year 4 students from Majura Primary School gathered around gardening and food legend Stephanie Alexander on Wednesday at the National Portrait Gallery to talk about her new portrait.
Jared Newall is about to take on one of the giant roles in Aussie musical theatre, that of songwriting legend and gay icon Peter Allen, in an upcoming local production of The Boy From Oz, reports HELEN MUSA.
HELEN MUSA casts the arts net and comes back with an Artsweek column full of events and performances.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews a joint exhibition by Alex Asch and Mariana del Castillo.
Casts of volcano victims, detailed frescoes, carbonised bread and other ancient artefacts will help illustrate the story of Pompeii in a new Australian exhibit.
Here's the Arts in the City column, HELEN MUSA's latest weekly wrap of all-things-art around the national capital.
Two of the best-known sculptors in the immediate region are part of the international display at this year’s Swell Sculpture Festival at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast.
"Under music director Louis Sharpe, the National Capital Orchestra, in its first performance at Snow Concert Hall, played a selection of uplifting and uproarious music from the movies," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Nicole Kidman has been unable to receive an award for best actress at the Venice International Film Festival in person after the sudden death of her "beautiful, brave" mother.
"In a rare treat for Canberra music lovers, flautist Sally Walker joined by musician-collaborators from Adelaide, brought to life the flute quintets of Italian composer Luigi Boccherini," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
