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"Curtains are swept from side to side, revealing and sweeping away vignettes of the ensemble in human towers, tricks or an amusing subterfuge." SAMARA PURNELL reviews The Mirror, a physical theatre performance by Gravity & Other Myths.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE settles on two interesting titles. One deals with the slowly changing face of the elites in Britain, the other a humorous listing of the good and bad of modern life.
A new play about decorated Australian nurse Vivian Bullwinkel will launch the Australian War Memorial’s new theatre in July.
Diversity with its companion quirkiness will be front and centre in this year’s National Folk Festival gathering at EPIC over Easter, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Canberra arts scene is really pumping this coming week, if HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column is any guide.
The National Gallery has been given a masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Here's something different: an acrobatic troupe from Nairobi called the Black Blues Brothers, who HELEN MUSA, in her latest Arts in the City columns, describes as "showstopping".
The lead creator of Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia exhibition, Zhou Xiaoping, tells arts editor HELEN MUSA there are spiritual connections between the two cultures.
LEN POWER reviews the National Capital Orchestra's first concert for 2025, which was centred on Shostakovich.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews Harmonic Curves: Romantic Piano, a "thought-provoking" performance by pianist Arnan Wiesel.
Omar Musa, visual artist, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, has won first and second prize in the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award for his two stories, Langsat and Boogeyman.
"A gifted storyteller with a relaxed stream-of-consciousness style, all her stories were around food." BILL STEPHENS reviews Michelle Pearson's Comfort Food Cabaret.
IAN McLEAN reviews Angels & Serenades, a performance by Musica Da Camera Canberra, conducted by Brad Tham.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews Days of Miracle and Wonder, performed by the project choir Coro under the direction of David Mackay.
There is perhaps no show in the last decade that has pushed the boundaries of television as boldly as Black Mirror, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
"Well pointed feet make a huge difference to the quality of ballet dancing and poor use of the feet prevented this Swan Lake being as strong as it might have been." MICHELLE POTTER reviews the Victorian State Ballet.
Reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN says Sophie Hutchings' Resonant Spaces performance was an unusual and rewarding evening.
"It’s all delightfully silly, but remarkably, in all the threatening chaos, WS Gilbert’s story gets told... and Arthur Sullivan’s music is respected." BILL STEPHENS reviews the wickedly silly laugh fest that's The Pirates of Penzance.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Opera's Bad Girl, Sarahlouise Owens' one-woman performance recounting the remarkable life of Victorian Diva Anna Bishop.
