Name: Hot Summer Nights 🔥 A Streetcar Named Desire (35mm) + Monica Engel 🎶
Start: 2026-01-30T08:00:00+11:00
Location: Mccoy Cct , Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601

$Hot Summer Nights \ud83d\udd25 A Streetcar Named Desire (35mm) + Monica Engel \ud83c\udfb6$

Hot Summer Nights returns for its second year with a hand-picked selection of the hottest live music acts, curated with films in a single-ticket experience to set the perfect summer vibe. Every Friday and Saturday between January 9 and February 14, join us in the NFSA heritage courtyard for live music followed by classic cinema.
MONICA ENGEL
6 pm | Live Music
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
8 pm | Screening
Settle in from 6 pm as Monica Engel takes the stage for a live performance in the NFSA heritage courtyard. Enjoy local wines, summer cocktails and charcuterie, available for purchase onsite from Dom’s deli & bar. Then head into Arc Cinema at 8 pm for a screening of A Streetcar Named Desire.
ABOUT A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 🎬
1951 | 35mm | USA| D: Elia Kazan
A former Southern belle (Vivien Leigh) comes to stay with her sister in New Orleans and quickly clashes with her aggressive brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) as she tries to cling to the faded gentility of her past.
Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning script explores class, gender and self-delusion.
‘Epic performances in a movie that seethes with atmosphere.’ – Empire
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
Available as a 4-film Tennessee Williams Spotlight pass with Suddenly, Last Summer, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, and The Night of the Iguana. Learn more.
ABOUT MONICA ENGEL 🎶
The love child of Kate Bush and Tori Amos, Monica Engel is Canberra’s secret treasure. An accomplished songwriter, vocalist and pianist, Monica makes music that is at once earnest and whimsical, and whispers straight to the heart.
A passionate and diverse artist, she recently returned from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing in Live Music Nights, Electric Cabaret and Little Dove Theatre Art’s award-winning show, Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall.
Monica has appeared in various theatre productions including It’s a Wonderful Life and Danny, The Champion of the World, Anastasia Krupnik and a director’s showcase of Stitching. She was a member of the Choir for the Australian of the Year Awards and has performed her original compositions in venues including Festival of the Forest, Smiths Alternative, Enlighten Festival, Sound and Fury, Winterfest, and Haig Park Experiments.
Monica’s work as an actor, musician, composer and visual artist, has richly informed her work as a drama, art and music teacher in a diverse range of environments. Monica was awarded the Bill Hyslop Prize in Voice for her work at the ANU School of Music in 2020.