Battersea Arts Centre re-emerges from the flames
There was major concern on Friday when a huge fire broke out in Battersea Arts Centre, an important independent arts and theatre venue in London. The huge blaze, which required… Read more »
What’s worse than waking up as a beetle?
As a new stage production of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis reveals, it’s waking up as a robot. The Japanese director Oriza Hirata has cast a robot to play the part… Read more »
Shakespeare & Company stages outdoor Macbeth production in Paris
There’s something magical about Shakespeare & Company in Paris—perhaps it has to do with the bookshop’s esteemed lineage. Originally Sylvia Beach’s shop at a different location on rue de l’Odeon,… Read more »
Britain is the most cultured society in the EU, thanks to the eurozone crisis
Why else does the European Union exist but to pit countries against one another and routinely shame nations by comparison? This time, Britain has unbelievably come out top as the… Read more »
Eugene O’Neill’s lost play
The most recent Weekend Edition on NPR reported that a play by Eugene O’Neill long thought to be lost forever has been uncovered. O’Neill, a Nobel laureate in literature and writer… Read more »
RSC bringing Roald Dahl’s Matilda to Broadway
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced plans to transport its hit musical Matilda, based on the classic Roald Dahl novel, to New York early next year. Dahl’s beloved children story centers… Read more »