When artistic disciplines collide, dance often takes a back seat.
Debra Craine in today’s Times comments on the new collaboration between the National Gallery and the Royal Ballet: The idea of artists and choreographers collaborating isn’t new. Pablo Picasso worked...
View ArticleA gay painter, an outraged headmistress, and Billy Elliott’s literary dad:...
Lee Hall, the creator of Billy Elliott, has caused a Twitter storm accusing Opera North of being homophobic. He is the librettist of ‘Bleached’, an exciting project based in Bridlington, East...
View ArticleDavid Hockney turned down the Queen
David Hockney has revealed he turned down a request to paint the Queen because he was “very busy”. The 74-year-old told BBC Radio 4’s Front Row programme she would make a “terrific subject” but he...
View ArticlePortrait of David Bowie as the Elephant Man will go on show
A selection of portraits by Pop Artist Derek Boshier will be shown in the UK for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery. Derek Boshier: Imaginary Portraits (28 September 2013 – May 2014) will...
View ArticleThomas Allen answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? Singing began for me in junior school, church choir and continued through grammar school; first as treble until I was 12 when my voice broke to what it is today. Why...
View ArticleWhen artistic disciplines collide, dance often takes a back seat.
Debra Craine in today’s Times comments on the new collaboration between the National Gallery and the Royal Ballet: The idea of artists and choreographers collaborating isn’t new. Pablo Picasso worked...
View ArticleA gay painter, an outraged headmistress, and Billy Elliott’s literary dad:...
Lee Hall, the creator of Billy Elliott, has caused a Twitter storm accusing Opera North of being homophobic. He is the librettist of ‘Bleached’, an exciting project based in Bridlington, East...
View ArticleDavid Hockney turned down the Queen
David Hockney has revealed he turned down a request to paint the Queen because he was “very busy”. The 74-year-old told BBC Radio 4’s Front Row programme she would make a “terrific subject” but he...
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Portrait of David Bowie as the Elephant Man will go on show
A selection of portraits by Pop Artist Derek Boshier will be shown in the UK for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery. Derek Boshier: Imaginary Portraits (28 September 2013 – May 2014) will...
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Thomas Allen answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? Singing began for me in junior school, church choir and continued through grammar school; first as treble until I was 12 when my voice broke to what it is today. Why...
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UK government’s £250 million for arts organisations
A £250 million ‘bailout’ fund will save “1,385 theatres, galleries, performance groups, arts organisations, museums and local venues facing the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and ensure they...
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From stage to screen – the Royal Opera House returns to the cinema
The Royal Opera House has announced the return of its cinema programme to more than 2,000 screens worldwide after sixteen months of closure.
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet celebrates Wayne Sleep’s 75th birthday
On Monday 17 July 2023, the Royal Opera House will celebrate the 75th birthday of former Royal Ballet Principal dancer Wayne Sleep.
View Article[Review] Yorke Dance Project in California Connections: Three Pioneering...
Jonathan Gray sees California Connections: Three Pioneering Women with Yorke Dance Project – Isadora, Errand Into the Maze, A Point of Balance.
View ArticleInterview: Theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan – Be yourself! Always be curious...
Between projects in New York, Copenhagen and Monaco, theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan finds time to talk to Paul Arrowsmith.
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