Young, local talent recognised in acting awards
NOMINEES and winners of the Canberra Youth Acting Awards have been announced in a special online ceremony.
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THE successful applicants of The Street Theatre’s “Early Phase” program for 2021 have been announced today (October 13) by artistic director and CEO Caroline Stacey.
IN a terrific coup for Alex Budd and his team at Canberra Theatre, news is to hand today (October 7) that the new, improved "Wharf Revue" will be the first production on stage in the big theatre after the Canberra lockdown ends and business
THE Q, Queanbeyan Performance Arts Centre, has today (October 5) announced the winners of the “Q The Bard” Youth Shakespeare Competition.
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Rob’s running hard to make a name for himself
CANBERRA actor Rob Shiells may look as if he’s living the life in Los Angeles, but he’s got one big message for aspiring actors – you have to work hard.
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On bare bones, the Bard’s crew presses on
The Lakespeare theatre group soldiers on through thick and thin, but it's mostly thin these days, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Atfield’s new play to Spring Out in November
ONE of the biggest disappointments in the local arts scene recently was the postponement of David Atfield’s new play “Chiaroscuro” until November, writes HELEN MUSA.
Canberra playwright Joanna Richards has been announced as the inaugural recipient of Canberra Youth Theatre’s Emerging Playwright Commission, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The Canberra season of the Broadway musical, “Come From Away” has been rescheduled to February 22 because of uncertainty created by covid.
“In contrast to most of my solo shows, this is not a physical, action-packed piece of theatre – it feels like a cigarette smouldering," says actor Christopher Samuel Carroll.
MONOLOGUES are all the rage in Australia’s theatre and nowhere more so than in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
"Twenty Minutes With The Devil” takes that quintessentially theatrical situation, the closed room, as the setting for a play about issues of justice.
Wiradjuri dancer, writer and performance-maker Joel Bray showed a group of interns at Canberra Theatre this morning (July 30) a bit of what he’ll be up to in the Courtyard Studio.
Playwright David Atfield has been selected to be in residence at Canberra Theatre Centre during August, working on his new play “Chiaroscuro” as part of the theatre’s New Works program.
Adam Brown and Tama Jarman are both expert and appealing comedians with a highly developed sense of comic timing and the ability to involve an audience directly, writes reviewer LEN POWER about the show "Potted Potter".
This show was engaging from start to finish. More than 200 questions were asked by children aged 9-13 and were responded to, online, by 3672 adults.
Given the quality of the opening night cast and performance, there is a strong temptation to attend other performances to experience the various interpretations, writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS of "Carmen".
After a long night's journey through the vicissitudes of this unlikely menagerie, ”The Governor's Family” is able only to offer a conclusion which is neither bang nor whimper, writes reviewer PHILLIP MACKENZIE.
When arts editor HELEN MUSA catches up with director Tony Llewellyn-Jones, he’s on the last round of technical and dress rehearsals for Canberra REP's fourth production for 2021, “The Governor’s Family”.
