Latest Arts & Culture

• Undaunted: The Irish in Australia

  

  IT was windy at the Archerfield Aerodrome in Brisbane on Friday February 19, 1937 when the mail-plane bound for Sydney took off on its usual route.

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• Burlesque for Branson: Sapphira’s Showgirls touch down in London

  

  Burlesque is back, as some of Australia’s finest exports touch down in London ready to dazzle the UK. Sapphira’s Showgirls bring their burlesque extravaganza Burlesque or Bust to the stage this Sunday 26 May at Soho’s Madame Jojos. Plus WIN TWO TICKETS below.

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• Get out of the kitchen…and onto the street with Street Kitchen

  

  Australian artist Joseph O’Farrell is celebrating “all things kitchen” with a food art installation, Street Kitchen, allowing visitors to share their own kitchen experiences on the streets of Wandsworth as part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival.

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• A ruthless performance from London’s all Australian orchestra

  

  On Thursday 9 May 2013 all Australian orchestra Ruthless Jabiru, led by conductor Kelly Lovelady, put on a remarkable and moving performance to a gathered crowd of both Australian and UK supporters at Australia House.

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• Review | Merrily We Roll Along, on a roll

  

  REVIEW | Following a sell out season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, it is easy to see why Merrily We Roll Along is back by popular demand, this time playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

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• Styling Glyndebourne: Luke Styles, Young Composer in Residence

  

  Glydnebourne has appointed its first Young Composer in Residence, Sydneysider Luke Styles. WILL FITZGIBBON finds out what to expect ahead of his first work for the famed opera festival.

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• Everyday objects inspire magical artwork at Wandsworth Arts Festival

  

  WHATS ON | A new exhibition which opened on Wednesday juxtaposes natural images and manmade objects against the backdrop of Battersea Park. Inspirational Objects: Nature as a Designer by artists Alison Milner and her photographer husband Steve Speller is showing at the Pumphouse Gallery until 16 June from Wednesdays to Sundays.

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• London’s Royal Academy of Arts to host major Australian art exhibition

  

  The Australian landscape is set to be the unifying theme of an unprecedented exhibition of Australian art to be held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in September 2013.

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• Peter Singer to talk at Cambridge on ‘Effective Altruism’

  

  Peter Singer AC, preeminent Australian moral philosopher and ethicist, is presenting a talk in Cambridge on Wednesday 1 May for Giving What We Can and the Cambridge Union on effective altruism – a new talk on how we can all best help others.

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• Aussie sports photographers recognised for Olympics work

  

  INTERVIEW | Adam Pretty and Ryan Pierse, winner and runner-up of the title of Sport Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards in London, talk to Australian Times.

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• A play in a pub? IronBark shows us how it’s done

  

  Combine your usual Sunday evening at the pub with a bit of culture, and support Australian playwrights and theatre in London with IronBark’s PubPlays. This Sunday Camden’s Colonel Fawcett will play host to a play by award winning Australian playwright Declan Greene, 8 Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography.

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• Cultural heritage of Canberra to be topic of Menzies Lecture in London

  

  Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Anna Gray, is to present this year’s Menzies Lecture at the King’s College London Menzies Centre for Australian Studies next Tuesday 30 April 2013. The topic is Building Australia’s Cultural Capital 1913-2013.

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• Sydney Male Choir in special Anzac Day performance ahead of Croydon visit

  

  The Sydney Male Choir is embarking on a European tour which will include a performance at the Anzac Day service at Villers-Bretonneux in France and a joint performance with the Croydon Choir in London.

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• All Australian chamber orchestra to perform at Australia House

  

  London’s all Australian chamber orchestra, Ruthless Jabiru, will perform at Australia House in London on 9 May 2013.

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• Barry Humphries in conversation with Professor Tim Bonyhady

  

  Good Living Street, a book by Professor Tim Bonyhady, gives an extraordinary account of Viennese life and culture in the early 20th century. Barry Humphries discussed the book with the author at Australia House.

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• Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to be shot in Oz

  

  Australia remains a popular choice for international film-makers. Walt Disney’s remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be filmed in Australia after securing a government incentive of $21.6 million.

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• Del Kathryn Barton wins Archibald for Weaving portrait

  

  Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton has won the Archibald Prize for the second time, this time with her portrait of the actor Hugo Weaving.

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• Beyond reproof: the genius of Mariah Gale

  

  INTERVIEW | Half-Australian actress Mariah Gale stars as a brilliant but troubled mathematician in a new production of award-winning play ‘Proof’.

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• Aussie Steven McRae in 24 Preludes at Covent Garden

  

  One of Australia’s most recognisable ballet stars at London’s Royal Opera House is back on stage this month. Principal with The Royal Ballet Steven McRae features in the new work 24 Preludes by Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, one of a three-piece spectacle at Covent Garden.

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• Aussie artist leads live charcoal drawing at Debut Contemporary

  

  Queensland based artist Caroline Magerl will be demonstrating her portrait preparation techniques in London at the Debut Contemporary in Westbourne Grove on Saturday 9 March.

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