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It’s time to stop and smell the flowers! Floriade is back to its former glory at Commonwealth Park this month. It’s been a few years since Canberran’s have had the chance to stroll through the sun, enjoy the stunning displays of flowers and fill our Insta feeds with pops of colour. The iconic Ferris wheel is also back to help you connect the dots on what patterns the flowers make—and of course, you can’t skip the food stands, activities, rides and more that will be available throughout the park.
The gates are open from 9 am- 5 pm and Floriade is free to attend.
Saturday 17 September – Sunday 16 October |Commonwealth Park, Parkes | floriade.com
Explore Floriade’s dark side when the park becomes illuminated with colour and filled with roving entertainment, stalls and fantastic food. Head along on one of the relax nights to experience massages and wine or book in for an invigorate night where the notch gets turned up a level and you can experience the electric and energetic party vibe.
Bookings are essential, so get in quick!
Thursday 29 September – Sunday 2 October | Commonwealth Park, Parkes | nightfest.com
Explore a little further afield with the River of Art Festival. There will be a range of open studios, galleries and performances, we will feature a spectacular laser and light show called Luminous: Art After Dark. Luminous will feature an internationally recognised show set to music with vivid colours and imagery erupting over the beautiful Moruya River.
Festivities will be complemented by an artisans and local produce marketplace, performing artists including street performers and live bands, themes feature lights throughout the parkland and a kids zone.
Friday 16 – Sunday 25 September | Eurobodalla, NSW | riverofart.com.au
The Canberra Small Business Markets are back for September! Head along to pick up some amazing handmade items or some scrumptious food. Your favourite regulars will be there plus a bunch of new delights to be found.
Sunday 11 September | Kosciusko & Kuringai Pavilions, EPIC | exhibtionparkincanberra.com.au
A new farmers market has entered the Canberra region. Located only thirty minutes away in Sutton, take a Sunday drive to enjoy some entertainment and the chance to explore a little slice of the countryside. The fresh and local produce is also a plus!
Fortnightly from Sunday 4 September | Corner of Camp and Victoria Street, Sutton | suttonvillagecountrymarkets.com.au
Capitol Bar & Grill is throwing dad a relaxed four-course lunch (think: prosciutto de parma with alto olive oil and guindella, steak frittes with cognac and peppercorn, and crispy barramundi with saltbush and kale as well as a frosty Capital Beer on arrival). See you—and dad—there?
Sunday 4 September | 1 London Cct, Canberra | qthotels.com
Not sure where to take dad for Father’s Day? Why not spend it at the Canberra Railway Museum! Be one of the first to inspect their PHA Power Van, journey through yesteryear with their locomotives and carriages, and enjoy a sausage sizzle.
Sunday 4 September | 2 Geijera Place, Fyshwick | canberrarail.org.au
Community event KiteFest is coming back to Googong to celebrate Father’s Day! Families are welcome to bring kites and picnic blankets and enjoy a day outdoors celebrating both fathers and kites alike. And with plenty of food (hello The Meat Wizard, Cinnaglaze and Googong Hog) and a local DJ it’s sure to be a good day.
Sunday 4 September | Rockley Oval, 15 Rockley Parade, Googong | googong.net
Treat dad to a decadent high tea with a twist this Father’s Day at Buvette Bistro & Wine Bar. Think delicious cheese plates, Wagyu silverside “croque monsieur”, chorizo sausage rolls, whisky chocolate mousse and more! Topped off with a Capital Brewing Co beer or a Piper-Heidsieck Champagne, book dad in for the ultimate gift.
Sunday 4 September | 18 National Circuit, Barton | buvette.com.au
City Walk will come alive with the Canberra Moon Festival featuring a series of stunning performances, cultural activities, and gourmet street food to celebrate harvest and reunion.
This is a chance to celebrate being together with the vision of “One Community, One World, One Big Family.”
Friday 9 September – Sunday 11 September | City Walk, Canberra | canberramoonfestival.com.au
Have you ever wanted to get your groove on in the Living Room Seating area of the IKEA showroom? What about embracing your inner zen and meditating in the IKEA mattress studio or sample some Swedish food? IKEA is launching a festival and it’s coming to Canberra! Running until Saturday 10 September, Canberrans will have plenty of opportunities to get amongst the action, with cooking demos, DIY workshops, dance classes, guided meditation and MORE.
Until Saturday 10 September | 1030 Majura Rd, Pialligo | ikea.com
Know your Hawkes from your Howards? Your bonking bans from your sports rorts? Prove it at Question Time, MoAD’s trivia night with a difference. Join comedian and TV personality Emma Holland for a night of hysterical laughter, friendly competition, and mystery prizes.
Friday 23 September | MOAD, Parkes | moadoph.gov.au
A Vegan State Of Mind is a one of a kind symposium in Canberra. It aims to encourage the community to live sustainably and will teach people how to live a kinder and more compassionate life. There will be food, drink, live music, talks and market stalls!
Sunday 11 September | Glebe Park, Canberra | facebook.com
Korean Community will host an event “Korea Day” to celebrate its biggest day at Glebe park.
There will be variety of Korean traditional performances, activities and experiences. Get in dressed in Hanbok (Korean traditional costumes) and take a photo, tase the sweet and savoury food, learn to make your own Kimchi, listen to live music and share the joy!
The event is free and family friendly. Everyone is welcome to join the fun.
Saturday 10 September | Glebe Park, Canberra | facebook.com
The Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre annual members exhibition will showcase contemporary expressions of craft and design uniting time-honoured techniques with modern interpretations. This is a showcase exhibition demonstrating the trends in contemporary craft and design in Australia by practitioners from the ACT and surrounding region.
Thursday 8 September – Saturday 22 October | Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit | craftact.org
There’s nothing better than footy on a Sunday afternoon, so why not support the GIANTS AFLW team and enjoy the family entertainment? And trust us when we say there will be plenty—including giveaways, face painting, inflatables and Kick 2 Kick post game!
Sunday 4 September | Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith | gwsgiants.com.au
Imagine condensing hours, days and even years of complex research into a short presentation while being judged by an expert panel and lecture theatre full of your peers and strangers. An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to read, but here they have 3 minutes. Join the ANU for an evening of smart entertainment suitable for the whole family and catch a glimpse of the amazing research projects that are being conducted by PhD students.
Thursday 1 September | Llewellyn Hall, The Australian National University | Tickets here.
Are you expecting? Have you considered a doula? The Canberra Doulas are holding monthly information sessions for all those expecting to find out more about what a doula is and all that they can offer during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Learn how a doula can support you in preparation for your birth and how they can also assist you once you bring your baby home.
Saturday 17 September | Tulips Cafe, Piallago | Facebook.com
Ever been raging with jealousy whilst watching Donna and the gang sing and dance whilst on a heavenly Greek island? Well, rage no more. Grab your dancing queens, and honey honey’s because a Mamma Mia inspired Restaurant is landing in Canberra in August!
The theatrical dining experience includes a theatrical performance, a two-course Mediterranean dinner and a disco that will have you sending out an S.O.S for some more appropriate dancing shoes.
Until Friday 24 September | Saint Marlo, Canberra | explorehidden.com
The Seymour Biography Lecture provides eminent ‘life writers’, living in Australia and elsewhere, with an opportunity to explore the business and craft of biography, autobiography or memoir. This year the lecture will be given by writer, editor and general legend Jacqueline Kent.
Entry is free to this event but bookings are essential.
Thursday 1 September | National Library of Australia, Parkes | nla.gov.au
An exhibition exploring the connection between the earth, the Australian flora, and humanity. The works focus on the diversity of ecosystems, native plants and aspects of the earth such as boulders, stones and other strata.
Thursday 1 September – Sunday 2 October | Botanic Gardens, Acton | parksaustralia.gov.au
Celebrating 30 years of operating in our region, this exhibition is about celebrating native wildlife through Wildcare Queanbeyan’s eyes and features works in a range of media by Wildcare members and friends.
Friday 2 until Saturday 24 September | 87 Collett Street, Queanbeyan | qprc.nsw.gov.au
FEEL is based on present moment drawings on paper creating layered, abstract artworks using feelings. These are in response to different music genres, speeches and poetry reading. A second group of works in paint, in homage to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama are referencing her infinity nets, letting feelings lead the way.
Saturday 3 September – Saturday 24 September | Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan | qprc.nsw.gov.au
Meet the new exhibition coming to Daramalan College. This body of work, Angel Architecture has been five years in the making and explores women, archetypes, symbolism and identity. Entry is free and all works are for sale.
Thursday 1, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September | McCowage Hall, Daramalan College | johoward.com.au
Canberra Outlet is bringing you the third annual Inspire event, and it’s even bigger than before!
Learn from some of the best about growing in your business or career and how to invest in your money and your future – because we all know that we should be investing in ourselves and the future from a collection of Canberra Bosses and Business Mavens to offer you a day of inspiration and insight.
All attendees will receive a premium goodie bag to take home.
Saturday 3 September | The Fitters Workshop, Kingston | canberraoutlet.com.au
A new exhibition at Rusten House Art Centre, FEEL is based on present-moment drawings on paper creating layered, abstract artworks. Created in response to different music genres, speeches and poetry reading, in these pieces feelings lead the way.
Saturday 3 until Saturday 24 September | 87 Collett Street, Queanbeyan | qprc.nsw.gov.au
Grainger Gallery presents Andrew Antoniou’s “Props, Masks & Magic,” which explores the acclaimed artist’s love of theatre which has given him “the format of the stage and its accompanying language of props, sets and costume on which to compose these characters that represent aspects of the psyche.”
Andrew has a long association with Canberra, having taught at the Canberra School of Art from the early 1990s, and is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and Canberra Museum and Gallery. This will be his first show in Canberra in 15 years.
Until 11 September |Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick | graingergallery.com.au
Learn something new today as Madelyn Shaw presents her 2022 National Library Fellowship research into the global wool trade.
This presentation will examine wool’s vital role as a military resource from the American Civil War through the Korean War, the last conflict in which wool was a major strategic imperative. It is a trans-national story, long fragmented and obscured within various national histories At its heart are the close, often contentious, ties among Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. But it also reveals how British control of nearly half the world’s wool during two world wars drove ‘have-not’ nations—the US, Germany, Japan, Italy—to search for substitutes, and eventually, the synthetic fibres which threaten our environment today.
Entry is free to this event but bookings are essential.
Thursday 15 September | National Libraray of Australia, Parkes | nla.gov.au
Collaborating with Megalo Print Studio and running at The Mixing Room Gallery at Thor’s Hammer, the artists exhibiting in Carved were invited to explore a range of salvaged and recycled timbers to develop new works in print media. Expect to see a thoughtfulness to the environment (both natural and built) and demonstrate innovative printmaking responses.
Until Saturday 17 September | The Mixing Room Gallery, Thor’s Hammer, 10 Mildura Street, Griffith | thors.com
The Mabo v Queensland (No. 2) decision was handed down in the High Court of Australia on 3 June 1992. ‘Mabo’—as it has come to be known—altered the foundation of land law in Australia. It provided official recognition of the inherent rights of Indigenous Australians to their traditional lands. The National Library of Australia holds an extensive collection of material relating to the Mabo decision and to its lead applicant, Edward Koiki Mabo.
To celebrate this anniversary, join Dr Terri Janke for a special lecture as she reflects on the effects Mabo decision 30 years on.
Wednesday 21 September | National Library of Australia, Parkes | nla.gov.au
The Fuse Glass Prize finalists will come to Canberra Glassworks in an exhibition that showcases the skill and creativity of glass making today. The Prize is a non-acquisitive biennial prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists and the richest in Australasia. It provides a platform for artists to push themselves and their work to new limits and focuses public attention on the importance of glass as a medium for contemporary artistic expression.
Until Sunday 25 September | Canberra Glassworks, Kingston | canberraglassworks.com
When we inhale and exhale, our bodies transform through the process of inflation and deflation. Drawing on the inflatable form as both material and metaphor, Conflated brings disparate artists together to explore bodies, environments and cultures through contemporary art. Here, the cycle of breathing serves as a framework through which a wide array of experiences, behaviours and expressions are examined.
Thursday 29 September – Friday 4 November | ANU School of Art & Design Gallery | soad.cass.anu
Canberra born artist, Sylvie Carter, presents over seventy works in a rich and atmospheric solo exhibition exploring and appreciating the beautiful ‘Valleys, Views and Vineyards’ of Lake George, Wamboin, Bowral, Mossvale, Sydney and surrounding NSW region. Works include paintings of wild grasses, deep valleys, shadows and reflections, and the rhythmic land formations captured in oil and watercolour.
Friday 30 September – Saturday 22 October | Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan | qprc.nsw.gov.au
Head along to the National Portrait Gallery of Australia to view the 2022 Darling Portrait Prize and the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Your ticket gets you into both, so what are you waiting for?
Until Sunday 9 October | National Portrait Gallery | portrait.gov.au
Showcasing works by leading contemporary artists, developed in response to regenerative farming on properties situated between the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers in southern New South Wales, this exhibition explores the creative experiences of regenerative farmers and the artists who spent time with them, their engagement with the land and their vision for a healthier world.
Until Sunday 30 October | National Museum of Australia | nma.gov.au
Reimagined with contemporary Indigenous choreography from Karul Projects comes a major new Australian work from Chris Williams that explores Buxtehude’s monumental meditation on suffering and the human body. Co-curated/directed by Robert Macfarlane, with choreography by Thomas E.S. Kelly, performed by dancer and Wiradjuri man Neville Williams-Boney against the background of an ongoing refugee crisis at home and abroad, this is not to be missed.
Friday 2 September | Ainslie Arts Centre, Braddon | the.song.company/higher-ground-2022
The UC Hub is packed with live music this month including Beddy Rays, In Hearts Wake, Noah Dillon, Teenage Dads, Grentperez and Ngaiire. No matter your chosen genre you can your music fix this month as you dance and sing along to your favourites.
Find out tickets and times here.
Friday 2 September – Friday 30 September | UC Hub, Bruce | moshtix.com
See how the youngsters do it at the Youth Dance Festival! Designed to provide a platform for young people to express their ideas and opinions, to have their voices heard through dance. With a theme of Transience and Permanence, Ausdance ACT presents a multimedia delivery of film and live performance.
Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Following an incredible summer festival run, hitting Wildlands, For The Love, and more the Melbourne-born showman brings his headline tour across Australia ahead of his debut album “Carmine”.
Brimming with grit and glamour, the Carmine tour represents the beginning of a new chapter for the enigmatic artist: the advent of Running Touch’s second life as a juggernaut of intelligent, heart-rending dance music. Be prepared to be enthralled by the powerful on-stage presence of Running Touch.
Saturday 10 September | Kambri Precinct, ANU | moshtix.com.au
Enjoy an evening of moving music as part of the War and Peace series. These works of raw intensity find a peaceful counterpoint in Malcolm Williamson’s Second Piano Concerto. Composed over just eight days in 1960, Williamson described the piece as ‘an overtly Australian work aiming at spontaneity and vigour rather than profundity.’ Joyful, tuneful and exuberant, the concerto reflects the composer’s eclectic influences, from Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók to George Gershwin and Edward Elgar.
Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15 September | Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music | cso.org.au
The Royal Czech Ballet will visit Australia for the first time with Swan Lake… the most loved classical ballet of them all. This masterpiece ballet is presented in two acts and follows the original storyline with traditional choreographic revisions by Marius Pepita.
Sunday 18 – Tuesday 20 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Brisbane’s powerhouse musical siblings, revered singer songwriters Katie and Tyrone Noonan, join forces this September to perform the legendary george album Polyserena live, in celebration of its 20th Anniversary. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the ARIA winning album performed in its entirety.
Saturday 24 September| Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
The Whitlams classic “Eternal Nightcap” turns 25 this September, and the band will mark the anniversary by playing the album in its entirety just down the road from where they first road-tested the songs in King St, Newtown.
Wednesday 21 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Forty years on, and with their messages of positive engagement in Indigenous rights and environmental protection more relevant than ever, Australian icons Goanna return to celebrate their multi-platinum, game-changing debut album ‘Spirit of Place’.
Thursday 22 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Join the Canberra Choral Society as they celebrate their 70th anniversary with a concert featuring the world premiere of two exciting new works by Australian composers Ella Macens and Michael Dooley, and accompanied by a 12 piece ensemble.
Saturday 17 September | Canberra Girls Grammar School Auditorium, Deakin | trybooking.com.au
Taking over one of the ovals at the ANU, Friday Night Party is back! There is an incredible line up including Skegss, Confidence Man, The Buoys and others. As well as food and other entertainment not to be missed.
Friday 23 September | Fellows Oval ANU, Canberra | moshtix.com
Postmodern Jukebox makes its grand return! The famed time-twisting musical collective that puts pop music in a time-machine will bring The Grand Reopening Tour to the stage. Scott Bradlee’s generation-spanning arrangements will be brought alive night after night by a dazzling ensemble. Be there when the global pop-jazz phenomenon makes the 20s roar again with the most sensational party this side of The Great Gatsby.
Friday 23 September | Llewellyn Hall, ANU | llewellynhall.com.au
Alexey Botvinov is one of the most exceptional pianists of our time. Currently based in Germany in exile and is now touring to raise money for family and friends in Ukraine.
He’s regarded by many to be a specialist in the music of Rachmaninov and is the only pianist in the world to have performed Bach‘s ‘Goldberg Variations’ more than 300 times on stage. To date, Alexey has performed in over 45 countries, though this will be his first trip to Australia.
Wednesday 21 September | The Q, Queanbeyan | theq.net.au
Fancy yourself a film buff? You can’t miss this. The Korean Film Festival is coming to Canberra! Making its way to the Palace Electric Cinemas from Thursday 1 until Saturday 3 September you can enjoy diverse genres of film—from action, mystery, heartfelt drama, comedy, and many more. Popcorn anyone?
Thursday 1 – Saturday 3 September | Palace Electric Cinema | koffia.com.au
Caribé comes to Belco Arts with their trademark high energy Cuban music and dance. Their new production Una Nueva Vida (A new life) celebrates the experiences of Caribé’s Latin American artists, their stories as seen through their eyes and those of family members.
Una Nueva Vida is a spectacular collision of beautiful memories, creativity and multiculturalism set against a repertoire of original Latin Jazz. Caribé’s music is alive with a spontaneous, improvisatory interplay that showcases Adrian Medina’s dancing, and the recollections and anecdotes of the band.
Saturday 3 September | Belco Arts Centre, Belconnen | belcoarts.com
This outrageously funny new play delves into the cut-throat world of Student Politics in the context of the post-COVID 19 neoliberal university institution. This world premiere whip-smart political comedy is set in an election year (topical!) in a city that’s definitely not Canberra (it’s totally Canberra!).
Wednesday 7 September – Saturday 10 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Multi-award-winning hit musical Girl From the North Country by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, is on stage now in Canberra! A story of American life in 1934 Minnesota, it centres on a community living on a knife-edge in the local guesthouse: the owner, Nick, owes more money than he can ever repay, his wife Elizabeth’s mind is slowly deteriorating, and their daughter Marianne is carrying a child no-one will account for. When a preacher selling bibles and a boxer looking for a comeback turn up in the middle of the night, things start to spiral beyond the point of no return.
Until Saturday 3 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com
Art is a comedy set in Paris which revolves around three friends and raises questions about art and friendship. Moving from disagreement on the questionable purchase of a completely white painting their arguments become less theoretical and more personal. They border on destroying their friendships.
Tuesday 6 September – Sunday 11 September | The Street Theatre, Canberra | thestreet.org
First performed at the Royal Court, London and winner of the Olivier Play of the Year Award in 1988, this is the story of the first piece of western theatre performed in Australia. Set in 1789 in the rudimentary penal colony that became Sydney, a young lieutenant works with convicts to bring Farquhar’s The Recruiting Offcer to life under the eye of Governor Phillip. Facing opposition from colleagues and disruptions from his motley crew of actors, one of whom is about to be hanged, Lt Clark and his riotous charges learn more about the redemptive power of theatre than they ever imagined.
Thursday 8 – Saturday 24 September | Naoné Carrel Auditorium, Canberra REP Theatre | canberrarep.org
Get your vaccinations and cocktails because everyone’s favourite “clown in a gown”, Bianca Del Rio, is returning to Canberra with her new comedy tour “Unsanitised”! She’s vaxxed; she’s waxed, and she has more attitude than ever. The pandemic may be ending, but Bianca is just getting started. If you liked COVID-19, you’ll love BIANCA-22.
Friday 9 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatecentre.com.au
How good is your rock music trivia? Get in on the fun as you join Julia, Brian, Dugald and the RocKwiz Orkestra. To laugh along with your favourite segments, a cracking collection of special guests and some new surprises!
Saturday 10 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberrathreatecentre.com.au
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival showcases a superb selection of the best new films from Italy as well as a retrospective honouring one of Italy’s greatest filmmakers. Head along for an adventurous escape to Italy.
Wednesday 14 September – Wednesday 12 October | Palace Electric, New Acton | italianfilmfestival.com.au
Beyond haircuts and beard trims, this canny barber is the city’s matchmaking maestro! Almaviva is wealthy, stealthy and head over heels. Rosina is witty, pretty and just as smitten. She’s also inconveniently betrothed. They need a plan. Time to call on: Fi-ga-ro! Figaro! Figaro!
The stage is set for comic chaos. Our enterprising barber Figaro has wits and tricks as sharp as his razors. It takes all of his clever disguises, subterfuge and scheming to wrangle a romantic encounter for the would-be lovers.
Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Why was the wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? And how does a goose inspire a revolution? To find out, be transported to a 17th-century Parisian Salon hosted by vivacious, real-life (with a splash of artistic licence) Madame d’Aulnoy, where disgruntled fairy tale side-characters assemble to tell you the truth and nothing but the twisted truth.
Sunday 18 September | The Street Theatre | thestreet.org
Featuring moving dramas, inspiring documentaries, eerie horror, darkly funny comedy and captivating family films head along to the Irish Film Festival to be swept away in beautiful cinematography featuring the cultures, traditions, history and character of Ireland and its people.
Thursday 22 September – Sunday 25 September | Palace Electric, New Acton | irishfilmfestival.com.au
Following on from the success of season 2 of their hit TV Series, SUPERWOG are bringing their brand new live show, MAD DOGS TOUR, around the country.
With an incredible 364 Million YouTube views and more than 2 Million subscribers, Superwog are constantly at the top of the YouTube Comedy Charts and one of the hottest names in Australian comedy. Get ready for a night of non-stop laughs as all your favourite characters hit the stage live and uncut in their biggest show yet!
Friday 23 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Jimmy Rees returns to Canberra after sold-out performances in July, and due to popular demand has added a SECOND show.
Social media sensation Jimmy Rees is leaving the comforts, or is that confines, of COVID life at home and hitting the stage with his first ever live comedy show Meanwhile in Australia!
Jimmy and his characters that have basically kept us all going throughout the pandemic, will travel around the country with their special brand of #lol.
Saturday 24 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is one of the most beloved musicals in show business. It tells the tale of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady by phonetics professor Henry Higgins.
Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.
Until Sunday 25 September | The Q, Queanbeyan | theq.net.au
Come and be moved by this new Australian tale. Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits into a heady romance. Ty and Neddy fall madly in love, as teenagers are wont to do.
If history would just unfurl a little differently, the boys might have a beautiful future ahead of them. But without knowing it, Ty and Neddy are poised on the brink of a world that is about to change forever. It’s the early 19th century. Ty is River Mob. Neddy is Mountain Mob. And the earth they stand together on is about to be declared ‘Australia’.
Wednesday 28 September – Sunday 2 October | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Once again, film lovers can unite with an audience of over 100,000 people across 500 cities and six continents as the Manhattan Short Film Festival returns to The Q!
The final films represent the best short films from over 1,000 submissions from around the world, covering an extraordinary range of genres including drama, science fiction, suspense, animation and comedy.
Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 September | The Q, Queanbeyan | qprc.sales.com
SAVAGE is an exploration of power, myth and identity. The violence of forgetting. Forgetting history, story and not reconciling past injustices.
Daniel Riley’s first major work for Australian Dance Theatre is SAVAGE. A symbolic collection of ideas shaped into an urgent piece of dance theatre. SAVAGE explores our fundamental belief systems, our blind obedience and our belief in the truths and lies that have captured our imaginations, never really questioning what is underneath, below or hidden.
Thursday 29 – Friday 30 September | Canberra Theatre Centre | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
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