HELEN MUSA finds a lot to pack into this week’s Artsweek column.

Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album, Journey Through The Land of Shadows. The Playhouse, July 19.

The Scandinavian Film Festival is back with a provocative selection from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Palace Electric, until August 10.

Coming ANU Meet the Author sessions will see Sam Guthrie in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new political thriller debut, The Peak, on July 21 and Katherine Biber in conversation with Kate Fullagar on Biber’s new book The Last Outlaws, July 23, both in the Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre, formerly known as Kambri.

Stage

• There won’t be a dry eye in the house for Dean Bryant’s touring production of the operatic favourite La Bohème, for Opera Australia. Canberra Theatre, July 17-19.
• Kids can expect slimy songs, and just wrong routines, perfect for weird kids when Mr Snotbottom plays at The B, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, July 18.
• The play 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and The Nurses of the Vyner Brooke will be the first theatrical production for the Australian War Memorial’s new theatre, July 23-August 3.
• Chaika Theatre presents the first Shakespeare production at ACT Hub in Kingston with Julius Caesar, directed by Caitlin Baker, July 23-August 2.
• Enron, “a rollicking business thriller”, is at The Mill Theatre, Fyshwick, July 23-August 9.

Concerts

• Canberra-born classical guitarist Rupert Boyd returns from New York City and will perform baroque, Spanish and Brazilian works and even a lullaby from Africa. Smith’s Alternative, Civic, July 18.
• Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is the basis for a huge new work for choir, soloists and actors, by Judith Clingan. Overture Hall, Orana Steiner School, Weston, July 19.
• Country music legend, Lee Kernaghan is bringing his show Boys From The Bush, The Concert to the Royal Theatre, July 19.
• Salut! Baroque will be joined by Colin Milner as narrator for a concert focusing on the work of Georg Philipp Telemann. Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, July 18.
• Helena Maher and Stuart Long present Passion and Poignancy, featuring works for clarinet and piano. Wesley Music Centre, July 20.
• The Alma Moodie Quartet will perform Tchaikowsky, Bartok and Reger string quartets, Wesley Music Centre, July 22.
• Sjaella, the a cappella group of six young women from Leipzig, will be here to perform works by Henry Purcell, David Lang, Meredi Arakelian and themselves. Snow Concert Hall, July 23.
• Kyle Ramsay-Daniel, on double bass, accompanied by Ella Luhtasaari, on piano, perform a recital that includes works by Adolf Míšek, Vojtěch Kuchynka, Franz Simandl, and Frantisek Černý, Wesley Music Centre, July 23.

Galleries

• Backbone, by Emma Beer, Estelle Briedis, Sean Booth, Chris “Walrus” Dalzell, Louis Grant, John Hart, Mahala Hill, Catherine Newton, Emeirely Nucifora-Ryan. ANU School of Art and Design Gallery until August 8.