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This Changes Everything puts young Canberrans centre stage

Elaine Obran — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:10:44 +0000

"Exciting, desperately hopeful, thought-provoking." This is how Director Jordan Best describes the Echo Theatre's latest youth-based production, This Changes Everything. The brainchild of playwright Joel Horwood, the script stands on...

Three French Restaurants to visit this Bastille Day

Elaine Obran — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:10:49 +0000

As our Instagram feeds continue to fill with those who have managed to escape Canberra’s winter, we find ourselves faced with the return of Euro Summer Envy (ESE). But this...

ANU empowering those who have experienced significant illness

Elaine Obran — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:10:39 +0000

In the digital age of constant manipulation, of blurred truths and unrealistic body expectations, it’s easy to find ourselves lamenting the ashes of misplaced self-love. Like a toddler learning...

Four French films that will touch your heart

Elaine Obran — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:10:04 +0000

Ah oui, Bastille Day. What better way to celebrate the start of the French revolution and the modern uprising of the nation than through French cinema itself? All four of...

UNRAVEL: a modern take on Romeo and Juliet

Elaine Obran — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:25:22 +0000

There are some stories so famous, so revered, that they need no further explanation. The age-old tale of Romeo and Juliet is one such story—or so we thought. Reimagining the...

The Kinship Circle is changing the landscape for carers across the ACT

Elaine Obran — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:20:32 +0000

Sometimes when you can't see the change you want in the world, you have to become it. This is a sentiment that resonates strongly with Sara, whose website Kinship Circle...

The Domestic Violence Gala Ball is bringing together a community in crisis

Elaine Obran — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:10:12 +0000

As a child, lying awake at night, I would experience fear, a fear of whether I would need to protect my Mum if my tiny hands could act to...

Cressida Campbell’s latest exhibition is transforming how we see the world

Elaine Obran — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:51:36 +0000

From her molasses-rich colour palette to her ability to re-imagine kitchen scraps with the deceptive ease of a film dissolve, it's easy to get lost within Cressida Campbell's world. Her...