The story of Susan Dalston could not have been staged anywhere else – Martina Cole’s Two Women fits perfectly with the Theatre Royal, Stratford’s first permanent playhouse since 1884. As Artistic Director Kerry Michael puts it: “Her authentic East End voice and passion for strong female characters makes this perfect material for us to explore on our [...]

Emanuela Evangelisti wrote a new blog post: Kiyotsune & Pagoda: Noh visits London

The 20th century literary critic Shklovsky considered the purpose of all art to be that of rendering things unfamiliar, strange and distant. Brecht thought this is necessary in theatre in order to make the audience critically aware of what is happening on stage. Unlike the dynamics of conventional entertainment – where individuals are encouraged to [...]

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Emanuela Evangelisti wrote a new blog post: Between Two Worlds: Alfred Schnittke Festival

From 15th November to 1st December Southbank Centre, Royal College of Music, Pushkin House and Deptford Town Hall have been hosts to a very interesting music festival in London celebrating the figure of Alfred Schnittke, a Russian composer of the generation of Edison Denisov and Sofia Gubaidulina, who left us an heterogeneous repertoire of music [...]

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From 15th November to 1st December Southbank Centre, Royal College of Music, Pushkin House and Deptford Town Hall have been hosts to a very interesting music festival in London celebrating the figure of Alfred Schnittke, a Russian composer of the generation of Edison Denisov and Sofia Gubaidulina, who left us an heterogeneous repertoire of music [...]

Emanuela Evangelisti wrote a new blog post: Anish Kapoor @ The Royal Academy Of Arts

From the magnitude of Marsyas back in 2002 in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall to the fluid-like elliptical outdoor sculpture Cloud Gate, completed in Chicago’s Millennium Park in 2006, Anish Kapoor has startled the world with simple yet unusual forms that inspire at the same time awe and meditation, surprise and comfort, interest and an [...]

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From the magnitude of Marsyas back in 2002 in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall to the fluid-like elliptical outdoor sculpture Cloud Gate, completed in Chicago’s Millennium Park in 2006, Anish Kapoor has startled the world with simple yet unusual forms that inspire at the same time awe and meditation, surprise and comfort, interest and an [...]