Opera Australia
Opera Australia has been adding new videos each week to its free online streaming service - OA | TV: Opera Australia on Demand (tv.opera.org.au/). There are three productions from Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, all classic tragedies: Verdi's Aida, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, and Verdi's La Traviata. It is also sharing films from its extensive Dame Joan Sutherland collection with the singer showcased in three different productions ranging widely in style: Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow, and with Marilyn Horne in a gala concert at the Sydney Opera House.
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ANCA online
Presented by Eilish Hazell, Touching the Nape of your Neck Online is an embodiment ritual, open love letter, a self-portrait and a devotion that viewers can tune into on the Australian National Capital Artists (ANCA) website. The work stands as both a personal and public examination of intimacy and identity as well as a demand for collective transformation, catharsis and connectivity. In What is it that an artist does when they are left alone in isolation? Janni Cox presents his approach to making work while in that very state. Exploring a variety of DIY processes, Cox's video works and recorded experiments depict haptic responses to the objects and spatial components of his immediate surroundings. Both are on until June 17. anca.net.au.
StageCenta App
Canberra theatre producer Richard Block, founder of StageCenta, has announced what he says is an industry first: a free mobile app to close the gap between theatre productions and their audiences. Audiences will soon be able to locate every show, everywhere, every day, across Australia with the swipe of a finger. StageCenta is on track to coincide the launch of the app with the much-awaited reopening of theatres later this year. The premiere version of the StageCenta app has features such as show details and times, directions to the theatre, cast bios and show reviews - just to name a few. stagecenta.com.
Potters Program
You still have time to apply to be a part of Canberra Potters 2021 Exhibition Program. The group welcomes proposals for solo and group exhibitions from emerging, mid-career and established artists. Any artist, maker, designer or curator is welcome to apply. Exhibition proposals are considered on their merit and with regard to the availability of dates to present a diverse gallery program of the highest standard. Applications close at 11:59pm on June 14, 2020. canberrapotters.com.au.
Australian Dance Party
Australian Dance Party invites the public to participate in the development of a second series of short films promoting zero carbon emissions titled Move to Zero 2.0: It's Electrifying. Participants can be a part of the discussion, contribute ideas, testing and refining film concept towards production. Stories in Transit workshop is on Saturday, June 20 at 2.30pm at Gorman Arts Centre. Register by visiting eventbrite.com.au/e/106171098614.
Acting Shakespeare
The Acting For the Fun of It course run by Canberra Times theatre critic and drama teacher Peter Wilkins focuses on acting techniques using the works of William Shakespeare. The six-week course (two hours each week) helps participants develop approaches to the interpretation and playing of character that can be used for characterisation in all plays. The course will focus on Shakespearian monologues and selected scenes. The course is suitable for actors, teachers of drama and English, and students intending to audition for a tertiary drama school but the techniques can be explored by people with no experience. It begins on July 2 at 7pm at the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning. The cost is $150 (concessions $100). Visit peterwilkins@grapevine.com.au or phone 0408 034 373.
