Australia's national vocal ensemble, The Song Company, opens its 2021 season with an entertaining program of Johannes Brahms's energetic Liebeslieder Waltzes and the touching Tonadillas en un stile antiguo by Enrique Granados. Saturday, 2pm. The Street. Tickets are $55 from thestreet.org.au.

Before Margaret Fulton burst into the nation's kitchens in 1969, encouraging housewives to try their hand at nasi goreng and apricot chicken. The Margaret Fulton Cookbook, with hundreds of recipes, step-by step instructions, hints, tips and full-colour pictures, was a huge success and gave confidence to housewives across the country. This musical biography of a true Aussie legend based on her bestselling autobiography, I Sang For My Supper, will be at The Q this week. Tuesday, 8pm. Continues until Saturday. Tickets are $65 from theq.net.au.

The award-winning Australian musical Fangirls heads to Canberra this week. Part concert and part musical, Fangirls follows 14-year-old Edna who is head over heels in love with Harry. He's beautiful. He's perfect. And he's also the star of the world's biggest boyband. Getting Harry's attention might seem impossible, but there's nothing that Edna won't do to prove to Harry that she's the one. Wednesday, 7pm. Canberra Theatre Centre. Continues until March 28. Tickets from $49 from canberratheatrecentre.com.au.

For the first time, the Broadway musical Be More Chill comes to Canberra, thanks to local theatre group Budding Theatre. Be More Chill is a sci-fi musical about growing up, high school and what lengths people will got to in order to get what they want. Jeremy Heere is just your average, dorky teenager, until he discovers The Squip - a supercomputer inside a tiny grey pill he swallows with Mountain Dew that promises him everything he desires - but at what cost? Wednesday, 8pm. Gungahlin College Theatre. Continues until March 27. Tickets from $43 from buddingtheatre.com.

Anh Do's bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry. Now he takes it a step further with his stage show. Combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces he retells his story, dicing deep into his life's joys and sorrows. It promises to be an unforgettable night at the theatre that leaves audiences uplifted and filled with happiness. Wednesday, 8pm. Canberra Theatre Centre. Tickets are $69.90 from canberratheatre.com.au.

Craft ACT hosts two new exhibitions this week - Between Earth and Sky and Essence of Cloud. Between Earth and Sky sees the 2020 Craft ACT artists-in-residence Jenni Kemarre Martinello and Sharon Peoples present a new body of work inspired by their research at the National Museum of Australia and their three-week residency period at Namadgi National Park. Essence of Cloud is a multi-faceted solo exhibition featuring the work of glass artist Mark Eliott. This exhibition represents a major turning point in Eliott's career as a long-form body of work, which delves deeply into narrative, and character development. Thursday, 10am to 5pm. Continues until May 22.

Acclaimed ceramicist Jeff Mincham presents his 90th solo show at Canberra Potters this week, after more than 40 years of professional practice working from his home studio in the Adelaide Hills. Vive La Vrai Ceramique: Adventures in Clay will show an outstanding body of work by one of Australia's greatest artists working in clay. Mincham has had a long association with Watson Arts Centre and Canberra Potters, having first exhibited in the capital in 1986. He has since shown his work in Canberra on a number of occasions. Thursday, 6pm. Canberra Potters. Continues until April 11. To make a booking go to Eventbrite.

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