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ANNA CREER reviews two new historical fiction books, one about an extraordinary love affair that engrossed a British prime minister at a time of war, the other of what awaits a victorious warrior king returning home from the Trojan War.
The AWM has released imagery of a diorama depicting Australian troops making an amphibious landing in Dili, Timor-Leste on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Interfet on Friday.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA says the 2024 Italian film festival kicks off on Thursday with a glorious choice for opening night— a film called Gloria!
"This concert showed how composers find inspiration in the vastness of the firmament to create mesmerising scores that captivate the senses through the power of imagination." ROB KENNEDY reviews the CSO's Celestial Visions.
"Love Lock is a work for this century. It is brash at times but always demanding of our thoughts about humanity. A triumph for its choreographer and her collaborators." MICHELLE POTTER reviews a new work from the Sydney Dance Company.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA rounds up what's on where in her latest Arts in the City column.
KERRY ANNE COUSINS reviews Wrappers, an exhibition by Ham Darroch at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka.
"Stand-up comedy is a difficult industry to crack, but that didn’t faze 25-year-old Laura Johnston, who quit her job as a tour guide at the Royal Australian Mint before she had even got on stage to try it out," writes KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
It’s awards season in the arts and three of Canberra’s national collecting institutions have come up trumps.
Stone Yard Devotional author Charlotte Wood has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the first Australian writer since Richard Flanagan to make the list.
The new work coming up for Canberra Youth Theatre – Work, But This Time Like You Mean It – is "a very different piece of theatrical work,” director Luke Rogers tells HELEN MUSA.
Here's the latest Arts in the City column by HELEN MUSA, a weekly roundup of all-thing-arts in Canberra.
LEN POWER reviews a recital of old and new music by Ben Hoadley and the Ellery String Quartet at the Wesley Uniting Church in Forrest.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Flux, an exhibition by Euan MacLeod at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Gardens of Spain, Spanish folksong arranged for voice and piano sung by Sarahlouise Owens accompanied by pianist Stuart Long.
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.
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.
