Sunday, October 12, 2008
Theatre
Festival ends with a grand flourish
The third in a series of concerts within the Malta Arts Festival dedicated entirely to the music of our times, Sound of Diversity brought the...
Extremely high standards
Taking pride of place in the series of Contemporary Sounds within the Malta Arts Festival was a concert portraying the contemporary music scene on...
Inflaming the most frozen hearts
I Fagiolini, one of Britain's most innovative vocal ensembles for 20 years, are giving a concert at the ballroom of the Phoenicia Hotel in...
Balancing Chekhov's tragic and comic
A pathway of torches guided us through the unfamiliar territory of the Ospizio, opened up to us for ActingHouse Productions' Anton Chekhov's...
A feast of footwork
On a balmy summer night under the stars at Argotti Gardens, we witnessed Puerto Flamenco's fifth edition called Apachaendo, meaning "raw", and raw...
Children of silence
Iben Nagel Rasmussen, perhaps more than any other of her colleagues from Odin Teatret, characterises her performances through a strong,...
Metropolitan opera star for Malta concert
The celebrated American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, who has taken the world of opera by storm with her stunning performances at the Metropolitan...
Love in a hot climate... or... on a camper van
How does one produce a Shakespeare play with just seven actors, a Volkswagen camper van, some cast-off period costumes (not nearly enough) merged...
Life imitating art
Have you ever had to sit through an excruciatingly bad theatrical performance? One where the level of acting was so dire that you have two...
Sonic butchery at its best
Just about anyone who is seriously involved in the arts - whether a professional or a dedicated amateur, whether engaging in the most prestigious...
Strait dealing
Take three of the - arguably - best actors on the Maltese stage, add one of the most promising young thesps to emerge recently: Then top this off...
The meaning of life?
Imagine your dreams coming true. Imagine that what you thought was a dream was true. Life could get very confusing - and that is what happens to...
The reluctant villain
The "Scottish Play", as it is fearfully known in theatre-speak, is in my opinion the Bard's most interesting play simply because there is no...
More than evil
Mor is not a play for everybody but only for those who dare," declares director Lino Farrugia. "We need to face the truth about our new way of...
Learning through theatre
One of my priorities when I took over the artistic direction at the Manoel was to develop a children's programme within the theatre's calendar of...
A storm in a tuna can
"Laughing wild amidst severest woe" a line from Thomas Grey or Samuel Beckett; I really couldn't make out who actually wrote it despite my delving...
Fun for the young
Christmas is very much a children's holiday and undoubtedly, one of the pleasures of parenthood is seeing your children enjoying themselves....
Do not disturb
How difficult is it, in today's hectic, stress-ridden world, to extract oneself from the seemingly increasingly complicated webs of interpersonal...
Panto-time
It's finally that time of year again when even a theatre critic can abandon all his reserve and propriety and holler away at the top of his lungs...
Catching the panto!
As Christmas lights emerge to bring some cheer to the long winter evenings, it seems we all fall into a certain mood for tradition. The festive...
Fact or fiction
It doesn't take much to figure out why Lemonhead Productions, fresh from the success that greeted their staging of Frankenstein earlier this year,...
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