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A cultural cacophony; international festival in Germany
'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?
arts, dance, music, germany, palestine occupied territory, culture, youth
Wajdi Mouawad and the theatre: ‘I don’t feel as if I belong to this world’
'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.
arts, théâtre de l'odéon, canada, culture, lebanon, interview, theatre
European theatre tips of the summer
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
arts, scotland, greece, william shakespeare, europe, summer, barcelona
