Yesterday, prompted by the advice of a colleague I’ll always heed when it comes to culture and art, we organized an impromptu expedition to the theatre to see a play that’s been acclaimed by both the public and critics, a Latvian 4-hours piéce called Rohtko (anagram intended, and I wonder how many people noticed the […]
The new exhibition at Palazzo Reale, showcasing works by Patrizia Mussa, complements the inauguration of the new operatic season at La Scala, a theatre that makes a point of not doing anything people might like (if I see again the Dame aux Camélias I might scream). It is part of many events organized throughout the […]
On Friday evening, we went to see a Rocky Horror Show rendition put together for the 50th Anniversary of the show, and currently touring Europe. I don’t even know how many times we’ve seen this anymore: every time a new group comes to town, we try and grab a ticket. We missed them last year, […]
Another absolutely lovely kind of pieces you can fetch for your indoor celebration of Carnival is the Shadow Theatre so, with a bit of cheating, I bring you some Shadow Theatres on this Thursday. It is usually considered a prelude to cinematography and uses flat cut-out figures, one piece or articulated, that are held between […]
After Marionette Monday and Troll Tuesday, here we are with our third day in preparation of the Carnival: Wizard Wednesday. Today I bring you a selection of marionettes and hand puppets of wizards, for your indoor street theatre. Radagast the Brown At Squeaking Tribe, Australian based artists Sol and Sara do handmade marionettes of fantastical […]
No, it’s not a Tuesday in which we troll people: it’s just the natural second day of preparation for Carnival, after a generic Marionette Monday. Today I’ll try and bring you artists who worked on Troll marionettes, hand/finger puppets and masks, for your indoor street theatre. Belgian Masks and Hand Puppets At Theater Didymus, the […]
In preparation for the Carnival, I’m doing a Marionette Monday: this means that today I’m bringing you independent artist who produces marionettes and I’ll also try and give you one or more stories you can try and stage with them. One of Eyvind Earl’s incredible concepts for Sleeping Beauty. The Queen, Carabosse and the Golden […]
Sono passati tanti anni da quando il Rocky Horror Show è stato a Milano l’ultima volta. Sono passati talmente tanti anni che al Teatro Nazionale non era ancora passato Piero Lissoni e la grande sala aveva ancora le tradizionali poltrone rosse. Per l’esattezza, sono passati dieci anni. Anche se la cosa fa un po’ impressione. Allora […]
Il celebre regista e attore canadese Robert Lepage, lo stesso che hià si era misurato in Giappone con The damnation of Faust, è sbarcato al Muziek Theater di Amsterdam il 12 gennaio e ha stazionato fino al 22 con il suo stupefancente The Nightingtale and other fables, dalla omonima raccolta. Una mistura originale di teatro […]
Come sapete, di solito preferisco parlare di cose scarsamente impegnate e di nessuna importanza, e confesso che un po’ invidio quei blog iscritti a Kilombo e pieni di acute dissertazioni politiche o recensioni di Wu Ming. Avrei forse bisogno di uno psicanalista per capire come mai la "cultura popolare" mi attiri così tanto di più […]