Arts editor HELEN MUSA opens her latest Artsweek column with news of an art gallery that’s thinking big and another that’s dedicated to pop-ups.

Tyger Gallery in Yass is splashing out with GIGANTIC, a show of huge canvases, sprawling abstracts, oversized objects and large statements by 12 artists from the region and beyond. Opening event April 24.

Petra Jungmanova, a Czech artist living in Canberra, is opening a pop-up gallery in Verity Lane Markets in Civic, which will include a bookshop, storytelling act, a newly formed musical duo and an exhibition by local female artists. The first iteration of her venture will be seen in the Juliet Room, Sydney Building, evening, April 28-May 1. All welcome.

Elizabeth Cameron Dalman’s new book Nature Moves will be launched with a short dance performance by Vivienne Rogis and Peng Hsiao-yin at The Book Cow, Kingston, April 27.

The National Library is calling on all Australians to help collect ephemera from the 2025 federal election. Donations will be welcome here.

Australian Dance Week networking morning tea features guest speaker, ACT Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner, Jodie Griffiths-Cook. Main hall, Gorman Arts Centre, April 30.

Concerts

• Tulips & Triumphs is a concert honouring the Dutch pioneers of Canberra, featuring soprano Mirusia with Queenie van de Zandt as Jan van de Stool, Harmonie German Club, April 26.
• Phoenix Collective Quartet joins pianist Zen Zeng to present a program exploring inner worlds mapped and shared through sound. Wesley Music Centre, April 27.
• Greenaway Studio will host vocalist Annaliesa Rose, bass player John Burgess and pianist Daryl Wallis for Three Views of a Secret, an afternoon jazz concert, 164 Namatjira Drive, Chapman, April 27.
• Wesley Lunchtime concert series hosts harpsichordist Ariana Odermatt. Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, April 30.

Stage

• Doctor-turned comedian Adam Kay will be here with his stage show, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, Canberra Theatre, April 25.
• Sh!t-faced Shakespeare blends an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely sh!t-faced actor. What could possibly go right? The Playhouse, April 24 and April 26.
• Joe Woodward’s production of Romeo and Juliet for Daramalan Theatre Company takes a look at emerging sexuality and warring families in a way that challenges attitudes towards youth and society. Joe Woodward Theatre, Daramalan College, April 26-May 3.

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