DRESS CIRCLE - SUNDAY 1ST MARCH - 5.00PM TO 6.30PM

Angelique Kidjo with Grammy AwardIn DRESS CIRCLE this week, Angelique Kidjo(Pictured), direct from receiving her Grammy Award, talks to Bill Stephens about her award winning album “Eve” and about her forthcoming Australian tour.  Canberra Critic Circle Award winning director, Jim McMullin discusses his forthcoming production of “Evita” which he is directing for the Canberra Philharmonic Society, and CAT Award-winning actress, Liz Bradley, discusses the play “Tuesdays with Morrie” which she is directing for the Queanbeyan Council and soon to be seen in the Q in Queanbeyan.

Michelle Potter will present the March edition of “Michelle Potter on Dancing”, Isobel Griffin will present “Arts Diary” and Blue the Shearer has a hang-up about the word “Absolutely”.

In the “Red Velvet and Wild Boronia” segment, Tim Page will conclude his program of excerpts from his cabaret “The Bard on Broadway” in which, together with Peter J. Casey, he explores the Broadway musicals based on the works of Will Shakespeare.

90 minutes of interviews, reviews, music and news about the performing arts in Canberra and beyond, DRESS CIRCLE is produced and presented by Bill Stephens, and broadcast by Artsound FM 92.7 every Sunday evening from 5.00pm until 6.30pm. It is repeated on Tuesday evenings from 11.30pm and streamed live on the internet at Artsound.fm

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE 8-10 PM 27 Feb 2015

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ NIGHT!  CLEON'S THREE AT SMITHS

Cleon's three are Cleon Barraclough (piano), Osmar ‘Chiky’ Salazar (e-Bass) and Sacha K (drums). We were lucky enough to record their recent gig at Smiths They were joined for a final jam by Sinuhé Pacheco/Ross (congas).  Check out the gig review.

Recorded by Eric Pozza (canberrajazz.net).  Produced and presented by Chris Deacon OAM. 

FNL is kindly sponsored by B2B, Canberra's leading business and government magazine.

Pic courtesy Eric Pozza.

INAUGURAL GARDEN CONCERT SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY

Local band Back to Basics - Jan Raff, David Raff and Russell Wombey - performed to great acclaim at our first garden picnic concert on Sunday 22 February.

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ArtSound at CSO Prom Concert

Artsound was represented at this year's CSO Prom Concert by President Richard Scherer, Board Treasurer Jeannie McLennan, Board member Deane Tyrrell and life member Jim Mooney

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DRESS CIRCLE -SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22 - 5.00PM TO 6.30PM

Dancer/choreographer, James Welby (pictured) explains how his new work “Hex”, soon to be seen in the Street Theatre, explores the topic of growing up in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. “I Will Survive” finalist, Tom Sharah, talks about his new show “Boys in the Band” which is coming to the Canberra Theatre.

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