Exhibition

The Manoel Theatre’s Toi Toi educational programmes offer children of various ages an interactive musical experience that is different from the norm.

National theatre’s educational programme set to expand

The Manoel Theatre’s Toi Toi Education Programme, which focuses on delivering an interactive musical experience to children of all ages and their parents, is set to continue building on its success as the theatre has just finalised a agreement for...

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta
The school’s summer programme culminated in a live show.

School of Performing Arts launches musical theatre packages

As this year’s theatre season is set to kick off, the School of Performing Arts announced a new winter programme with new topics and specialist packages geared towards children of all ages and young adults who are keen on the world of performance...

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta
Daniel Cauchi and the Big Band Brothers. Photo: Liam Farrugia

A night with the big band

Now in its third year, this year’s edition of A One Night Stand with the Big Band Brothers was, in more ways than one, quite different and distinctly special. To start with, there were two performances on consecutive nights (though I must admit, Two...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Christopher Xuereb, Marilyn Mifsud, Melchior Busuttil and Robert Gatt.

Good on Cruz

Lyrics have always meant a lot to Cruz but, says vocalist Marilyn Mifsud, “Good on You is probably the most intimate, painfully autobiographical thing I’ve ever written. “It explores the family cell, focusing on a father-daughter relationship… the way...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Corinna. Photo: John Borg

Corinna’s latest battle of wills

Some may know her primarily as a model, but ever since releasing her debut single Someone New last year, Corinna has also successfully etched out a name for herself as a pop singer. It is, in fact, thanks to this song, which received significant...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Wayne Camilleri and Dimi Dallas of Koi. Photo: Sandro Gambin

Koi relaunches with Away

Away is the latest single from Maltese band Koi. Originally a demo predating the band’s recent radical line-up change, the song has gone through various stages, with recording sessions taking place in both Malta and Finland, the latter the homeland of...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Times of Malta

A tribute to Dio and rock ’n’ roll

A group of musicians from Malta’s rock and metal scene will be getting together at V-Gen in Paceville to stage Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll – A Tribute to Dio – a live concert featuring some of the late Ronnie James Dio’s best-known songs. The idea was...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Reuben Calleja, Floren Sultana, Melchior Busuttil and Andre Caruana are Chordust. Photo: Paul Caruana

Chordust release follow-up to debut single

It may have taken Chordust three years from the day the band got together to releasing their debut single, but they’ve definitely taken the bull by the horns in coming up with its follow-up. After making a name for itself with Hyberbolic Attitude last...

October 20, 2012| Michael Bugeja
Times of Malta

The BMAT PRS Malta top 20 airplay chart

(Week ending October 14)

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta
Recently commissioned illustration from The Legacy of Garman Garbh, an Irish folktale.

The story of a storyteller

British illustrator Zara Slattery always knew she wanted to be an artist. She speaks to Veronica Stivala about drunken neighbours, Charles Dickens and her love for ­creating scary pictures. Zara Slattery. Fair-haired and with rosy cheeks that light up...

October 20, 2012| Veronica Stivala
Frans Galea’s recently restored Madonna of Vocations.

Hymn to an unsung sculptor

Charlene Vella reviews sculptor Frans Galea’s Madonna of Vocations, currently housed at the Archiepiscopal Seminary in Rabat. Frans Galea’s recently restored Madonnaof Vocations. Frans Galea (1945-1994) was one of our best sculptors of the past decades...

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta
Syria, by Victor Agius.

Victor Agius in Rome art project

Syria, by Victor Agius. Artist Victor Agius is exhibiting two works at an international art project named Spam! Cartoline d’Artista being held in Rome this month. Agius was invited to participate by one of the directors of Sguardo Contemporaneo, a...

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta

Fantasy exhibits

Sculptor Ġanni Pace is currently exhibiting his works in terracotta, stone and wood at the Casino Maltese in Republic Street, Valletta. Pace has always been touched by the elegance of flying sea­gulls and they are synon­ymous with his sculptures, as...

October 20, 2012| Times of Malta

My Back Pages:

Bob Dylan in his own words

October 19, 2012| AFP

Warner Bros retain rights to Superman

Descendants of creator relinquished any chance to stake in ­superhero in 1992

October 19, 2012| AP News
Lead vocalist Mick Jagger.

Stones fans fuming

Fury at steep cost of concerts tickets

October 18, 2012| PA Media
Beyonce at the 2012 Bet Awards at The Shrin Auditorium in Los Angeles in July.

Move over Madonna

Beyonce confirmed Super Bowl half-time headliner

October 18, 2012| Reuters

Standing ovation for J.K. Rowling

Just the mention of her name, J.K. Rowling, had the audience screaming and on its feet. The Harry Potter author spoke before a capacity crowd at Manhattan’s Lincoln Centre in her sole US public appearance to promote her first novel for grown-ups, The...

October 18, 2012| AP News
Times of Malta

Notable art heists over the years

A Rotterdam museum burglary has netted paintings by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse and others – but it is not the first time that a number of famous multimillion-dollar works have gone missing. Midnight in Paris Henri Matisse – Pastoral,...

October 17, 2012| AP News
Barbara Castelli smiles as she stands with her €3 million Roy Lichtenstein painting Electric Cord after a 42-year disappearance. Right: Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist.

Stolen painting returns to owner after 42 years

Roy Lichtenstein’s Electric Cord now in New York with its late owner ’s widow

October 17, 2012| Times of Malta
John Suda (left) and Mikhail Basdmadjian star as father and son in A Number.

Churchill’s award-winning play is not just a number

For its first production this season, Unifaun Theatre Productions is staging the 2002 play A Number by English playwright Caryl Churchill. Churchill started off her career writing radio dramas and TV plays for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972,...

October 17, 2012| Coryse Borg
Friar Lawrence (Colin Willis) is the friend and adviser to Juliet (Sharon Bezzina). Photo: Nadine Genovese

Red Romeo and blue Juliet?

Odd Maltese adaptation of Shakespeare’s most famous love story

October 17, 2012| André Delicata
Maria Guleghina (Turandot), the icy princess, performing at the Aurora.

Spectacular Turandot

OperaTurandotAurora Theatre Despite the oppressive heat, I left the theatre very happy with the successful outcome of this ambitious venture. Staging Turandot is no joke, whichever way one looks at it. It was carried off in a singular way making one...

October 17, 2012| Albert G. Storace
Photo: John Grech

Return to Innocence

Return to Innocence is the first production being put up by Dance Works, a newly formed semi-professional dance company with its residency at The Dance Workshop.  All the cast have had years of training and perform on a regular basis. The inspiration...

October 17, 2012| Times of Malta
Set in the near-future, Looper involves Joseph Gordon-Levitt (left) being tasked with executing his future self (Bruce Willis) who is sent back in time from the future.

A film that’s in the loop

Looper (2012)Certified: 16Duration: 118 minutesDirected by: Rian JohnsonStarring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff DanielsKRS release Looper is what science fiction should be all about: an...

October 17, 2012| Johan Galea
Our heroes in Madagascar 3 try to blend in around Monte Carlo as much as possible.

Animals just wanna have fun

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)Certified: UDuration: 93 minutesDirected by: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad VernonVoices of: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy...

October 17, 2012| Johan Galea
Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger at a party to launch the book entitled Rolling Stones at 50.

Rocking at 50

The Rolling Stones will rock the stage once again with four gigs in Britain and the US to mark their 50th anniversary, the legendary British band confirmed on Monday. In a video released on the Stones’ website and their Facebook page, frontman Mick...

October 16, 2012| AFP
Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer arriving for the screening of Robin Hood at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.

Crowe and wife Danielle have split up

Hollywood star Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer have split up, a report said yesterday, with speculation that the Oscar-winning actor could face a $25 million (€19m) settlement. The couple have been married nine years and separated...

October 15, 2012| AFP
Django (Jamie Foxx) journeys across America to free his wife from sadistic slave plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Django.

Hint of a Tarantino ‘surprise’

American director’s latest is homage to Spaghetti Western

October 14, 2012| Reuters
Times of Malta

Past, present and future of global tattooing phenomenon

Pretty pin-ups and rockabilly are expected to take over during the screening of the iconic Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry documentary, focusing on the life of Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins, considered the father of modern-day tattoing. Collins’s...

October 14, 2012| Times of Malta