Author: OutInCanberra

The Australian Burlesque Festival 2012 is back! After two amazing sold-out tours in 2010 and 2011, the festival is back on 22nd June at Erindale Theatre.

Four well-respected international performers star in the festival; Anna Fur Laxis (UK), Coco Framboise (Candada), Loulou D/Vil (Finland) and Peekaboo Pointe (US). Touring alongside are six local superstarsl Dolores Daiquiri (VIC), Rosy Rabbit (VIC), Tasia (NSW), Imogen Kelly (NSW), Vesper White (VIC) and Danica Lee (NSW).

The show runs from 9-11pm and is not suitable for children. The cost is $55 per ticket.

Opening nationally on the 7th of June is Anton Chekhov’s The Duel for Rialto. To celebrate the release of the classic Chekhovian tale, 10 double passes are up for grabs!

Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story revolves around n’er do well, Laevsky (Andrew Scott) and his illegitimate relationship with his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott). Working with master cinematographer Paul Sarossy (The Sweet Hereafter), director Dover Kosashvili (Late Marriage) has made a beautifully cinematic and accessible movie that is sensuous, passionate and dramatic.

I Love You Bro is playing at the Street Theatre between the 15th and the 26th of May.

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival returns to Canberra again this year on Monday 28 – Wednesday 30 May.

This festival aims to celebrate awareness of, and participation in Human Rights and will showcase a special selection of its best international documentaries over three nights.

On Wednesday 30th May at 7pm, five double passes are up for grabs to see the festival’s closing night film, Splinters.