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Professional development for musicians, writers and creative leaders, plus grants supporting mental health at Fringe and finalists of Asia Pacific Arts Awards.

Having quit stand-up last year, the comedian is making her theatre debut — playing a character she understands on a 'gut level', because she reminds her of her mother.

Alan Cumming did a gig for a cat, Tiff Stevenson was drowned out by samba and some performers even made a profit … fringe veterans reflect on their first time and how the festival has changed

From class clown to one of Australia’s top stand-up comedians, it’s no secret that Lawrence Mooney knows how to put on a show. After starting out his performance career in acting, it didn’t take long for Lawrence to realise that comedy was the path for him. “I went to The National Theatre Drama School, and…

LEN POWER. In “The Twins”, two men, who had performed at school together in Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”, get together years later to work on a two-hander adaptation of that same play. The interaction of these old friends during rehearsal forms the basis of this play about friendship, trust, nostalgia and regret. Describing this work as “theatre vérité”, the two performers actually are the characters in the play and the incidents remembered from the past are real. Ian (I...

Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, playing at the music festival this weekend. CANBERRA International Music Festival kicks off on Friday, April 30, and runs until May 9, mostly at the Fitters Workshop, Kingston, but it’s also streaming via a 10-concert digital pass here and, as well, there’ll be a “student” rush, one hour before at the door, for all concerts. Book here. THE Royal Academy of Dance Australia will host a gala evening of performance by students at ACT and Riverin...

What’s what and who’s who in the arts this week? Here’s HELEN MUSA‘s weekly “Arts in the City” column. FORMER director of the Centenary of Canberra and the National Festival of Australian Theatre, Robyn Archer, has just been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia. Performing regularly, Archer is now a global mentor for the European Festivals’ Association Festival Academy and an ambassador for the Adelaide Crows. Ian Darling, left, and Greg F...

Shooters boost Labor’s chances in make-or-break byelection We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 4, 2021 — 5.30am April 4, 2021 — 5.30am Save Normal text size Advertisement Goodness! Following the resignation of the Upper Hunter Nationals MP Michael Johnsen last week – following a serious allegation of rape, which he strongly denies, and other allegations he offered a sex worker $1000 to ply her trade in Parliament Hou...

Two old friends face each other, poking around for their truths, in The Twins.

‘I doubt I’d be alive’: how beating addiction saved actor Steve Bastoni We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Actor Steve Bastoni reckons it’s high time Australia acknowledges that, for many, alcohol has become a way of trying to cope with stress. “It puts a BandAid on an axe wound — it’s crazy. We know from watching a bloody pot on a stove that if you suppress something, it...