Cancelled
The Street presents The Javaad Alipoor Company in a show that takes audiences on a whirlwind journey through time from revolution, to imperialism, to the entropy of the universe in an immersive digital play blending theatre on a big screen with interactive content on mobile phones.
Continue Reading“Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran”
Until 16 July 2023
Various venues
Uncharted Territory is Canberra’s new arts and innovation festival celebrating creativity, experimentation and ground-breaking ideas.
Llewellyn Hall – ANU, Canberra
7pm, Wednesday 19 July 2023
Featuring Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28
This fusion of chamber music and theatre is adapted from Musica Viva Artistic Director Paul Kildea’s book Chopin’s Piano A Journey Through Romanticism. The adaptation, by Kildea and director Richard Pyros, features pianist Aura Go and actor Jennifer Vuletic.
Fantasy Museum of Trans Sporting Excellence and Portal to Other Dimensions
An Uncharted Territory Festival event
aMBUSH gallery at Kambri, ANU
8 – 16 July 2023
This immersive installation imagines a reality where openly trans and gender diverse people have always been included and celebrated in sports and games.
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QL2 Dance
Gorman Arts Centre
7-10 July 2023
Meet Up is a biennial gathering of Australian youth dance companies, organised by QL2 Dance and held in Canberra in the off-year of the Australian Youth Dance Festival (Melbourne).
Continue Reading“Meet Up Festival – A festival for Australian Youth Dance Companies”
Wren’s Nest Studio Gallery of Miniature Art
At Designer Op Shop Emporium
1 Lyell Street Fyshwick ACT
4 to 23 July 2023
Open Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to to 4pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm
Popular Canberra artist shows her vibrant Australian landscapes in this artspace dedicated to the art of the miniature.
1/52 Girrawheen Street, Braddon
Saturday 1 July 10.00am – 1.00pm
All proceeds to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
Follow the driveway to the garage at the back for this sale of quality art materials, paper, yarns, textile art tools, books, cards, fabrics and some other surprises.
The Zeppelin Room, Harmonie German Club
49 Jerrabomberra Avenue
Saturday, 8 July 2023
7:00 pm to 11 pm
Karen Lee Andrews’ music falls into the genres of oceanic blues and soul music. She tours as a three-piece band with Yanya Boston on drums and Adam Ventoura on bass.
Palace Electric Canberra
From 22 June 2023
Rating: MA 15+
Running Time: 91 minutes
Directed by Christian Carion
Starring Dany Boon, Line Renaud & Alice Isaaz
The French do this sort of thing well, managing to tug our heart strings despite a somewhat predictable story. It comes down to the superb acting and the lack of sentimentality in telling a long life-story embracing both terror and romance.
Continue Reading“Driving Madeleine – Film Review”
The Courtroom, 101 Yass Street Gunning NSW
2pm Saturday 8 July 2023
Wiradjuri singer/guitarist Jerikye Williams, will play Roy Orbison, Chis Izaak and his own pieces in a special NAIDOC week concert for the Gunning Focus Group. Jerikye’s originals are influenced by the 50s & 60s , especially Elvis and Roy Orbison.
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The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Albert Hall, Canberra
7pm, Tuesday 6 June and touring nationally to Sydney, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Newcastle and Melbourne.
The ensemble features a mix of locally-based and returning Australian internationals plus the cream of overseas musicians – all of them specialists in historically informed performance.
Continue Reading“Beethoven Septet & Louise Farrenc Nonet – New Perspectives”
7pm – 10pm Saturday 27 May 2023
4/6 Silva Avenue Queanbeyan NSW
Marrickville group Salonistas run the musical gamut from alt-country to rockabilly with the odd foray into blues and soul. They have a penchant for songs about love, grog and Jesus, with occasional coarse language.
Continue Reading“Music at the Bunker – Salonistas and Vespertine Lounge”
Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
1.30pm Saturday 27 May 2023
Conductor: Tobias Cole
The Stabat Mater is one of Pergolesi’s last works and also one of his most sacred. The music is written to a 13th-century Christian text as a hymn to Mary, portraying her suffering as Christ’s mother during his crucifixion.
Continue Reading“Canberra Sinfonia & ANU Chamber Choir – Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater”
The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre
18–20 May 2023
This is a triple bill created by choreographers Alice Lee Holland (Townsville), Kyall Shanks (Melbourne) and Lordfai Navinda Pachimsawat (Bangkok) working with Artistic Director Ruth Osborne, Assistant to the Artistic Director Stephen Gow and the Quantum Leap ensemble.
Continue Reading“QL2 Dance: the Quantum Leap ensemble – Communicate”
Fay Skyring Canberra Textile Works Gallery
Chifley Health and Well-Being Hub
70 Maclaurin Cres Chifley ACT
Friday 12 to Saturday 20 May 2023
This annual exhibition and sale of members’ work brings together the varied talents of regional fibre artists in an eclectic collection of techniques, materials and creative products.
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