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Living in London we’re spoilt for choice over things to do. I love summer in the city as places really come alive. Today I have a fabulous competition for you which unites world-class music with a breathtaking backdrop to create the most spectacular...

Inclusion in the Toronto International Film Festival’s slate has long been a good indicator of a film’s Oscar viability. As I once ever-so-briefly explored in a post about the Best Picture chances of Silver Linings Playbook after picking...

[Main Image: 32 Sydney Theatre Company, Waiting for Godot, Hugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh | Credit: Lisa Tomasetti] Barbican In 2015: Arts Without Boundaries The Barbican today announces its bold future plans – investing in the future by launching...

Join us for our next Talk Opera (read the companion pieces below) Corliss Phillabaum, Professor of Theater at UW Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, talks about each opera in-depth one hour before curtain prior to each mainstage performance for all...

Apparently with lots of humming. Powder Her Face is an opera composed by Thomas Ades, with a libretto by Philip Hensher, based on the infamous Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll and the scandal her sexual exploits and subsequent divorce in the...