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A cultural cacophony; international festival in Germany

('Annie Rutherford',) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0000

'Beirut? Isn't that in the near East?' You frequently hear this question when telling European friends about the Festival of Young Artists in Bayreuth. Has anyone other than avowed Wagner admirers heard of this small town deep in the franconian province?

Wajdi Mouawad and the theatre: ‘I don’t feel as if I belong to this world’

('Helen Swain',) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:50 -0000

'Strangely, this does not make me unhappy’, he says the Quebec-Lebanese author, 40. At the 2009 Avignon Festival, he presented Cielos, adding another work to his trilogy on wars, exile and the state of the world.

European theatre tips of the summer

('Helen Swain',) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:56:16 -0000

Sam Mendes subtitled in Greek, Oscar Wilde in the open air in Regent's Park and the British Shakespeare company with Czech director Jiri Menzel in a castle in Prague - the best music, dance and theatre doses in July and August

Brazilian director Rui Frati on the Theatre of the Oppressed post-Augusto Boal

('Alexandra Baxter',) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:08:10 -0000

The director of the TDO in Paris speaks over two months after the death of the theatre's founder, Augusto Boal, on 2 May