Archive for the ‘Further curiosities’ Category

Luke Jennings offers an intriguing dissection of the Bolshoi-Mikhailovsky rivalries in his article Who’s pulling the strings in Russia’s ballet revolution?

D is for directors

Posted: 3 January 2011 in Further curiosities

A neat reflection on the so-called director’s theatre from my friend Michael Billington appears in today’s Guardian.

Frank Gehry / Zara Hadid

Posted: 4 December 2010 in Further curiosities

Hari Kunzru writes a brief history of postmodernism in The Guardian ahead of a new V&A exhibition. Meanwhile, Jonathan Glancey meets Frank Gehry to discuss his first New York skyscraper. Finally, a video of Zara Hadid’s breathtaking new opera house in Guangzhou China is well worth a look (unless you’re a Cardiff-based opera lover!)

Stephen Sondheim

Posted: 20 November 2010 in Further curiosities

Stephen Sondheim asks ‘Who needs critics?’ in this Guardian feature.