Over the course of one brutal year a woman loses her soul-mate suddenly and their only child (a young mother herself) slowly. The woman at the centre of this terrible series of events is Joan Didion. One of the greatest American essayists and novelists of the past 50 years, her writing is marked by a unique combination of the personal and the universal. Able to pare away the clutter of our culture, she is never afraid to draw blood. Even her own.

For Henry Higgins, professor of linguistics and confirmed misogynist, transforming a street urchin into a lady is a trivial task, done to honour a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering. Until, of course, he meets the proud little cockney, Eliza Doolittle, and finds that his raw material might not be so easy to mould.

Canberra Theatre will present Mathinna - the story of a young girl's journey between two cultures.

shorter + sweeter is a tasting box of some of the best new 10 minute plays from the highly successful Short + Sweet festivals presented by Canberra Theatre. With annual seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore, this Australian invention is the biggest short theatre festival on the planet.

First World War veterans Henri, Gustave and Philippe spend their autumn years reflecting upon the peculiar circumstances of their equally peculiar nursing home.

Bright, breezy, and reminiscent of the best holiday you ever had, As You Like It, directed by John Bell and starring Saskia Smith, is a romantic comedy for anyone who has ever contemplated packing it all in for a simpler life.

Created by Florida woman, Jeanie Linders, after a bottle of wine and ‘a hot flush’, Menopause the Musical breaks open the myths and realities of menopause at Canberra Theatre. It is a hilarious celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or who have survived The Change!

The National Museum of Australia will present an exhibition of works by the Australian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Utopia, the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye at the National Museum of Art, Osaka and the National Art Centre, Tokyo in 2008.

Dr Libby Robin, Senior Research Fellow at the National Museum of Australia's Centre for Historical Research, has won the 2007 NSW Premier's Australian History Prize for her publication How a Continent Created a Nation.

Migration Memories, an exhibition providing a snapshot of Australian migration history is now on display at the National Museum of Australia. Exhibition components from two locations; Lightning Ridge, NSW and Robinvale, VIC, are displayed together for the first time.

The National Museum of Australia will mark forty years since Expo 67 Montreal, Canada, which is regarded as one of Australia's most successful overseas promotions.

Canberra Theatre will present Musica Viva Australia by Brentano String Quartet on Thursday, 29 November 2007, at 7:00 PM.