Here’s the latest Arts in the City column, HELEN MUSA’S weekly wrap of all things arts.
Drizzle Boy, a smash-hit for Queensland Theatre, is coming to Canberra. A biting satire blending in magical realism, its story follows a young autistic boy, portrayed by Daniel R Nixon, in his first weeks at university as his parents adapt to his burgeoning independence. The Playhouse, November 13-16.
Megalo Print Studio’s Wayzgoose exhibition brings together more than 100 artworks by more than 50 contemporary printmakers from across ACT, NSW, SA, Victoria and Tasmania. A wayzgoose is an annual printmakers’ tradition dating back to the mid-1700s. Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, until December 14.
Anh Do’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry for over a decade and his stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real-life stories, photos and filmed pieces. The B, Queanbeyan, November 20.
Canberra Qwire is staging a concert, The Sound of Us: A Celebration of Community in Song! in which they’ll be joined by Good Vibes from Yass as well as Voice Works and Vocal Local from Goulburn. Llewellyn Hall, November 24.
Liz Lea’s A Stellar Lineup returns for a third year, this time to mark the Olympic Games and the sporting achievements of our many performers, including Olympians and Paralympians, some of whom will take part. At Belco Arts Theatre, November 22-23.
Four former Canberra region students and one from Newcastle — Freddie Klein, Tashana Hardy, Jack Bolton, Xanthe Allen, and Liam Jackson – will be here for a one-night opera gala after completing voice studies at the Queensland Conservatorium. Snow Concert Hall, November 20.
The director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Michael Brand, will be stepping down in July. Canberra raised and educated, Brand cut his teeth as curator of Asian Art at the National Gallery from 1988 to 1996 before treading the world stage as director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Inspired by the many poems celebrating imperfection, local potters Liz Crowe, Bronwen Wicks, Jacqui Keogh, Trevor Heldt and Lee Nelmshave combined to present an exhibition entitled, There is a Crack in Everything… That’s How the Light Gets In. Strathnairn Arts Centre Woolshed Gallery, Holt, November 16 to December 8.
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