THE Street Theatre has announced that the “Cabaret Crème” season will be back for a second series, despite the unhappy departure of program director Bill Stephens.
Stephens (reviewer for this magazine and all-round cabaret legend) has left the project due to what “Arts in the City” understands is to have been an untenable working situation.
The season’s biggest coup will be when Robyn Archer takes to the stage with a French song performance on November 8, described as “a rare opportunity to enter bohemian Montmartre.” Two days later, November 10, she will interpret the words and music of Bertolt Brecht and his collaborators in “German song”.
So who’s in charge of the program now?  “The Street Theatre is the curator of this season”, came back the reply. 
A building, we asked (several times)?

“OK, Jorian, it’s a simple answer,” Street publicist Amanda Graydon wrote, clearly through gritted teeth. “The Cabaret Creme Season 2 is a Street Theatre curated program – not a Caroline Stacey curated program. There is no one person amongst us who has more or less to do with the presentation/curation of the program.”
Ah, got it, Amanda; there’s no one in charge.

THE National Archives has opened a fantastic new show as part of the “Vivid” photography festival called “Strike a Pose.” The opening night saw CIT students give a fashion parade inspired by well-known SBS newsreader Lee Lin Chin, who gave an entertaining speech to open the event wearing a dress made for her by a top CIT student. The exhibition is full of memorable fashionista photos and has to be one of the most-striking shows the Archives has ever produced. 

THE Canberra “Booktrack” brochure will be launched at the Asian Bookroom – Unit 2, 1-3 Lowry Place, Macquarie, at 3pm, Sunday, July 27.  The brochure features 16 of Canberra’s independent bookshops showcasing all the delights they have to offer and is currently distributed across Canberra.