International news round up: March 26
Directors' sessions ITALY/SPOLETO The 16th La Mama Umbria International Symposium for Directors has announced its programme for 2015. Running from June 27-July
Directors' sessions ITALY/SPOLETO The 16th La Mama Umbria International Symposium for Directors has announced its programme for 2015. Running from June 27-July
Opera House in need AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY Chief executive of Opera Australia Craig Hassall has welcomed the promise of new funds to refit Sydney
Writing win for Brits USA/YALEÂ Two British playwrights have won the Windham Campbell Prizes. Helen Edmundson and Debbie Tucker Green join In American
Hong Kong Arts Festival chief executive Tisa Ho tells Nick Awde about the strength of the arts in the region, how she
This year, the world's nations united in slashing culture budgets and the first ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe show was cancelled because of protests. Nick Awde rounds up the key performing …
Theater Amsterdam: Constructed in six months while the cast rehearsed, Theater Amsterdam is possibly the first ever purpose-built venue to showcase a single play - impressive, before you…
Festival Theatre, Ediburgh: The obvious question about Opera de Lyon's production is what are the effects like? Well, seriously impressive is the answer. Gary Hill's immense hologr…
Olympia, Paris: Given the general imperviousness of the live circuit in France to Anglo fare, Eddie Izzard is the current jewel in England's crown across the Channel/Manche. After 15 ye…
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: "But everybody ends up dying!" laments Emilia Marty as the penny drops for those gathered around her deathbed in Opera North's enthralling, slick …
Various venues, Brighton: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a festival staple the world over because it throws up so many mirrors on contemporary times and mores, a fact inventively exemplifi…