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A planetarium artwork celebrating the Transit of VenusWednesday, 06 June 2012To coincide with the Transit of Venus, the rarest of astronomical phenomena, planetariums from around the world are hosting a dramatic and immersive film work by Australian artist Lynette Wallworth. Coral: Rekindling Venus, surveys an... Read more... |
First taste of new Grizzly Bear album, due in SeptemberWednesday, 06 June 2012Critically acclaimed New York indie darlings Grizzly Bear have released the tracklisting for their as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2009's Veckatimest. The album, which is due out on 17th September on Warp Records, will be accompanied by an... Read more... |
Corden, Bennett win Drama Desk Awards - are Tonys next?Monday, 04 June 2012James Corden and Tracie Bennett were named best actor and actress in a play Sunday night at New York's Drama Desk Awards, one of that city's numerous theatre prize-giving jamborees on the way to the Tony Awards, which are June 10.Corden's much-loved... Read more... |
Hopeful Olympic gymnast's routine created by ballet dancerThursday, 31 May 2012Five-times British champion gymnast Frankie Jones has picked a routine for her Olympics attempt created by Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer Matthew Lawrence.Welsh-born 21-year-old Jones is the only British individual rhythmic gymnast to... Read more... |
Bristol Old Vic reopens its doors in SeptemberWednesday, 30 May 2012Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic Tom Morris has announced his refurbished venue's Autumn season. This reopening is the culmination of Morris and Executive Director Emma Stenning’s transformation of the Georgian auditorium and back-stage... Read more... |
EIFF: 19 world premieres, 150 filmsWednesday, 30 May 2012The Edinburgh International Film Festival organisers have left it till after Cannes to announce their own programme for next month. It’s not all about the numbers, but for the record the 121 news films at the EIFF will come from 52 countries,... Read more... |
Scissor Sisters to sign copies of all-star fourth album TONIGHTMonday, 28 May 2012One for you Londoners: the fabulously flamboyant ("preposterous", I believe we called them, in the nicest possible way) Scissor Sisters will be at HMV Oxford Street tonight from 6pm to sign copies of their new release Magic Hour.If you can't make it... Read more... |
Cannes 2012: Haneke wins the Palme d'OrSunday, 27 May 2012Michael Haneke has won his second Palme d’Or in three years, with Amour. The moving portrait of an octogenarian couple whose comfortable life is turned upside down as the woman becomes terminally ill was widely tipped for the top prize here.The... Read more... |
Norwegian singer wins Sondheim Soc competitionSunday, 27 May 2012Kris Olsen, a UK-based Norwegian who graduates this year from the Guildford School of Acting, on Sunday won the Stephen Sondheim Society's performer of the year competition 2012, which carries with it a prize of £1,000. Emma Salvo, a musical theatre... Read more... |
Rare Beckett piece to be staged in Jermyn StreetSunday, 27 May 2012Small is not only beautiful, but sometimes brilliant too. The Jermyn Street Theatre is a small unfunded fringe venue just five minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus - the smallest theatre in the heart of the West End - has just announced another major... Read more... |
Rattle rolls up for The Night ShiftFriday, 25 May 2012Sir Simon Rattle has a reputation as one of classical music's most persuasive talkers. Only not with a baton in his hand. His skills as both a verbal and musical communicator will be simultaneously on view for the first time next month when he makes... Read more... |
Juliette Binoche heads for the BarbicanFriday, 25 May 2012The French actress will be appearing in August Strindberg’s Miss Julie at the Barbican in September. The production, actually titled Mademoiselle Julie, is a new French-language version directed by Frédéric Fisbach that comes from the Avignon... Read more... |
