Groups tune up for orchestral play off
Ron Cerabona The Australian National Eisteddfod turns 75 this year. From Thursday, about 2500 musicians will take part in the bands and orchestras division across a range of age divisions.
48 hours: making the most of your weekend
Ron Cerabona It's the last weekend in autumn, and here's just a couple of ways you can get out there and enjoy it.
Filmmaker enriches two cultures
Ron Cerabona ANU graduate John Darling's legacy lives on in creative exchanges between filmmakers.
Summer School so cool
Ron Cerabona ''Muppets and Merry Melodies'' was the theme of the 38th annual Young Music Society's Summer School.
Popular musical guaranteed to leave audiences wanting more
Ron Cerabona Ickle Pickle Productions artistic director Justin Watson said, ''Anecdotally, I've heard Oliver! is the show done by the most individual companies around the world.''
Going back to the island for all things folk
Ron Cerabona Those wanting a taste of the National Folk Festival before the event will have their chance in 2013.
Improbable maybe, but all rep is good fun
Ron Cerabona What happens when the creations of a group of would-be writers come to life? Alan Ayckbourn explores the possibilities in his comedy Improbable Fiction, which opens at Theatre 3 on Friday.
Types that bind: writers' ink flowing in a new vein
Ron Cerabona In an increasingly online era, books and handwriting are often looked on as old-fashioned, if not verging on obsolete.
Doug Anthony All Star conjures the past
Ron Cerabona It's an unobtrusive plaque you've probably walked over a thousand times at the intersection of Petrie Plaza and City Walk: ''The Doug Anthony All Stars were born and died here.''
Questions raised for audience to work out
Ron Cerabona In John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, many questions are asked and issues raised, but nothing is resolved.
