Year: 2011

Stephen Hough is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive pianists of his generation. He is a progressive performer, composer, recording artist and writer.

Hough has made more than 15 concert appearances at the BBC Proms and many of his 50 albums have garnered international prizes, including several Grammy nominations and eight Gramophone Magazine Awards. The 2008 Gramophone ‘Gold Disc’ Award named his complete Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos as the best recording of the past 30 years.

Dubbed as Canberra’s version of ‘The West Wing’, MP is set to break all the rules when it opens at The Street Theatre.

You’ve laughed along with the political satirists and you’ve enjoyed seeing the pollies taken down a peg or two by the cartoonists. You’ve joined in the chorus that accuses them of being trough feeders and dishonest, self-interested bastards. But what if you’re wrong? Ever wonder if it’s actually your cynicism and negativity toward our public representatives that is compromising one of the most high-functioning democracies in the Western world?