Internationally successful Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi is teaming up with another longtime international success, jazz vocalist and violinist George Washingmachine. They will perform Gershwin favourites and classic jazz standards by Cole Porter, Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller and others. Summertime is on at the Queanbeyan Bicentennial Hall, Friday December 3 at 8pm. See theq.net.au.

Art Song Canberra will present a concert on Sunday, November 14 at 3pm in the Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest. Bright Star will be performed by Sarahlouise Owens (soprano) and Ronan Apcar (piano). They will present pieces by Canberra composers Dooley, Greenaway and Legge-Wilkinson, commissioned by Owens as part of the Arts ACT Homefront grant offered in 2020. trybooking.com/BRXBG.

Celebrating its 21^st year, and its first away from the Sydney Theatre Company, the Wharf Revue is starting its season in Canberra satirising the politicians and phenomena of the past year or so, from the Prime Minister to the pandemic. The Canberra Theatre, November 13 and November 15-20. canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

In the James Fairfax Theatre at the National Gallery of Australia on Saturday, November 13 at 2pm is a free screening of the documentary Margaret Olley: A Life in Paint (2012). There will be an introduction by the director, Catherine Hunter. On Thursday, November 18 at 12.30pm in the Sculpture Garden will be a free art talk: every Thursday, National Gallery staff share works of art that carry value in their lives. Bookings are essential for both: nga.gov.au.

Canberra Repertory Society will be reopening with an adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic in which the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronts Christmases past, present and future and is given the opportunity to mend the error of his ways. November 26-28 and December 2-5 at Canberra Rep Theatre (Theatre 3). canberrarep.org.au or call 6275 1950.

The Canberra Short Film Festival is on until November 25, featuring 169 films from 20 countries with themes including The Politics of Sexuality and Gender, Future Worlds, First Nations Stories and Experimental Film. There will be post-film panel discussions with filmmakers and other special guests. Screenings are on at a few venues with COVID restrictions in some cases. For more information on films and venues and for bookings, see: csff.com.au.

Tickets are now on sale for National Opera's production of one of Puccini's less frequently produced operas, the love story La Rondine, at Canberra Theatre on March 16, 18 and 20, 2022. Gale Edwards will direct and Stephen Mould will conduct the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. canberratheatrecentre.com.au.