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Female comedy showcase sells out Link Bar

Canberra comedian Frankie McNair is one of five female Canberra comics performing at the Canberra Theatre’s Link Bar's comedy showcase.

Belconnen Arts Centre ready for post-renovation reopening

The Belconnen Arts Centre reopens 21 August with four new exhibitions, while the theatre’s first performance will take place 9-11 September.

Where I Stand launches new Kambri outdoor exhibition space

A new permanent outdoor exhibition space at Kambri ANU has been brought to life with an exhibition of Australian photography titled Where I Stand.

Canberra street art receives funding boost

25 local artists receiving a combination of grant funding and commissions to create a number of Canberra street art projects.

We Love Local festival unites fine produce and performers

Gundaroo vineyard Tallagandra Hill Winery have decided it was time to start celebrating local artists by establishing the We Love Local Festival.

Canberra photographer awarded 2020 MACPP

Canberra photographer Judy Parker has won the 2020 Mullins Australian Conceptual Photography Prize (MACPP), for her work Dumpster Sketchbook: Waterside.

What’s on around Canberra in July

Now that restrictions are easing and the arts community is re-emerging from isolation, here’s a little taste of what’s on offer in the Canberra region July.

Krystal Hurst a NATSIAA finalist again

Canberra-based Indigenous artist and jewellery maker, Krystal Hurst, has once again been named a finalist for NATSIAA, after being first nominated in 2019.

Curtain set to rise on Canberra’s arts community

Canberra’s arts community has welcomed a lifeline this week, as the ACT Government commits $1.07 million to the struggling sector.

Rising Canberra filmmaker awarded for short film ‘Idol’

Earlier this month at the Sydney Film Festival, Canberra filmmaker Alex Wu won the Dendy Live Action Short Award for best Australian short film for Idol.

Canberra Theatre launch free streaming service

The Canberra Theatre's new free streaming service utilises their facilities, supports local artists, and allows Canberrans to engage with the arts.

Phoenix Collective innovate to keep 2020 season alive

On 7 June at 1pm The Phoenix Collective will release the first of their Digital Sessions: Different Trains, Reich, a film and performance presented online.

St Nicholas brings horror to the stage and screen

Written in the late-1990s by award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson, St Nicholas is a modern-day story of bloodlust, vampires and a theatre critic.

Launch of National Opera, National Portrait Gallery

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World-class works explore Love and Desire

They’re iconic images known the world over. Sir John Everett Millais’ Ophelia and John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott are just two of the scores of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a...

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