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Live Performances
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A deep sea puppetry adventure from Tim Watts, a lakeside concert featuring Clare Bowditch, an immersive Antarctic sight and sound installation, political comedy with Tom Ballard, Claire Hooper and Rod Quantock, star gazing with astronomers and poetsand an outdoor film festival are among the diverse range of live performances.

Check out the program to discover the full program of acts to perform at ENLIGHTEN.
 
Star Light, Star Bright
Star Light, Star BrightPerformanceCartoonist Michael Leunig, Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt, artist Felicity Spear and performers Adam Cook and Chanel Cole explore...
Music Today
Music TodayPerformanceTop Australian DJ/Producer Tom Piper will let you in on the secrets of how technology is influencing music today.
Madame Curie
Madame CuriePerformanceA biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium. Years of painstaking research and...
Death In Venice
Death In VenicePerformanceIn this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of...
Handwritten Ensemble
Handwritten EnsemblePerformanceHear a dynamic and tumultuous arrangement of Beethoven's ever-popular Symphony No.5 in C minor by pianists Anthony Smith and Adam Cook ...
By the Water: Featuring Clare Bowditch and the Clouds
By the Water: Featuring Clare Bowditch and the CloudsFamily friendly, PerformanceSoak up the powerful lyrics and humour of Australian singer songwriter Clare Bowditch and reunited 1990s band the Clouds who will perform...
Lights! Canberra! Action!
Lights! Canberra! Action!Performance, Family friendlyFilmmakers are given 10 days to shoot, edit and produce a seven minute film that includes 10 items linked to a theme.
West Side Stage – 9 Mar
West Side Stage – 9 MarOutdoor, PerformanceBe treated to a very special evening of soulful melodies, pre-scuffed riffs and twangin’ rockabilly beats on the West Side Stage.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea ExplorerPerformance, Family friendlyIn a fusion of animation, mime, puppetry, projections, live and recorded music, master storyteller Tim Watts tells the tale of Alvin...
Show us your Mandate!
Show us your Mandate!PerformanceIt’s late-night comedy central at the museum. Join the mayhem with some of Australian’s best comedians who will poke and prod pollies,...
Bonhoeffer
BonhoefferPerformanceDelve into the world of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and pacifist who was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for plotting to...
The Garden
The GardenFamily friendly, Performance, OutdoorIt’s not every day you stumble across a garden of prehistoric flora on the banks of Lake Burley Griffin. But anything is possible during...
Damn Fine Gentlemen
Damn Fine GentlemenPerformanceThis trio create a tight and energetic sound, with emphasis on original tunes, powerhouse rhythms and upfront leads.
MADAME BONBON
MADAME BONBONFamily friendly, Outdoor, PerformanceMADAME BONBON brings a magical, topsy-turvy aroma to ENLIGHTEN. She’s a barking royal personality, sweeping through the gardens,...
Antarctic Inspirations
Antarctic InspirationsPerformanceChill out at the Archives and immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of Antarctica. Internationally acclaimed harpist, Alice Giles,...
West Side Stage – 2 Mar
West Side Stage – 2 MarOutdoor, PerformanceListen to some Australia's best electronic music at the West Side Stage.
Tawdry Heartburn's Manic Cures
Tawdry Heartburn's Manic CuresPerformance, OutdoorWould you tell your deepest darkest secret if you couldn't be identified? Surrounded by varnish, typewriters and things unsaid, Tawdry...
West Side Stage – 3 Mar
West Side Stage – 3 MarPerformance, OutdoorGet your dancing shoes on for a night of beats and big brass when Eagle and the Worm and Los Capitanes hit the West Side Stage.
West Side Stage – 10 Mar
West Side Stage – 10 MarPerformance, OutdoorIt's a wild night of music on the West Side Stage with four bands set to rock ENLIGHTEN's final night.