A carnival village, a gay marriage with a twist, and an ever more inclusive performance space are just some of the highlights of carnival director Jason Busuttil’s plans. He speaks to Veronica Stivala. A carnival village, which will encompass...
Gozo is famous for its Nadur carnival. However, the kumittiva is its naughtier little sister, Victor Paul Borg says.
In 1823, carnival ended in tears when a terrible tragedy claimed the lives of 110 boys, Fiona Vella says.
Lampedusa, written by award-winning British playwright Anders Lustgarten and being staged by Unifaun at St James Cavalier next week, is the heart-wrenching story behind the headlines of two strangers finding hope and connection where they least expect...
Times of Malta takes a look at some of the latest big screen releases
Elizabeth, Mr Darcy rid Britain of walking dead
British singer Adele made clear on Monday that she has not given permission for anyone to use her music for political campaigns. Adele’s spokesman issued a statement after Republican US presidential contender Donald Trump played Adele’s 2011 hit song...
Lawyers for disgraced comedian Bill Cosby are urging a Pennsylvania judge to throw out criminal charges of sexual assault against him, arguing that the case violates a prosecutor's decade old agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 78, appeared in a...
Diversity honoured amid furore over lack of on-screen inclusion
Kung Fu Panda 3 showed plenty of power at the US box office with a solid opening weekend of $41 million at 3,955 theatres as the durable family franchise dominated moviegoing. Disney’s launch of Coast Guard rescue adventure The Finest Hours saw only...
Popular British television show "Dad's Army" gets a cinema reboot this week in a new comedy hoping to garner the same laughs the sitcom did nearly 40 years after it ended. The BBC show, running from 1968 to 1977, followed the antics of an incompetent...
Italian actor Gabriel Garko was hospitalised this morning following an explosion at a villa in Liguria, where he was living in preparation for the Sanremo festival. The explosion, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, took place at around...
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal are returning to Harvard University more than 45 years after the release of their 1970 film Love Story. The duo, now in their 70s, will be reflecting on their careers on Monday in a conversation moderated by arts journalist...
Signe Anderson, a vocalist and original member of Jefferson Airplane, who left the band after its first record and was replaced by Grace Slick, has died. Anderson, 74, who survived cancer in her 30s, died on Thursday - the same day that another...
A 130-year-old opera house in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, reopens after an overhaul that took six years and cost $40 million. Diane Hodges reports.
Series explores behind-the-scenes drama of ‘trial of the century’
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has signed on as an adviser on the eighth season of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice, more than a decade after advising new host Arnold Schwarzenegger during his successful 2003 run to become California’s...
"Kung Fu Panda 3" flexes its muscles at the North American box office, delivering $41 million on opening weekend. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Bill Cosby says his attraction to the accuser in his pending sex-assault case began the day they met at Temple University. Cosby describes their relationship as romantic. But her lawyers say he was only a mentor and trusted friend. Their relationship...
Sir Terry Wogan has died aged 77 after suffering from cancer, the BBC has announced. The veteran broadcaster, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, was one of the UK and Ireland's best known stars. A statement from his family said Sir...
A musical in Des Moines Iowa takes a farcical look at the first-in-the-nation presidential voting process and the chaos that surrounds it. Julie Noce reports.
Overshadowed by the more famous sibling in Nadur and hounded by lack of official support and an array of logistical nightmares, carnival floats and parades in Gozo risk disappearing. Ricky Bugeja finds out more. In recent years Gozo has gained a rather...
Everyone on the dance floor and not a soul stood still. Ramona Depares reviews a recent gig by The Busker.
It’s going to be all words ablazing at the second edition of Botta u Risposta, a freestyle rap battle that pits two of the local scene’s heavyweights against each other in the virtual ring. Il-Hooligan and Il-Lapes tell Ramona Depares what to...
Sandro Zerafa is joining forces with three international musicians for a performance at the Manoel Theatre. Ramona Depares catches up with him. You were one of the pioneers for rekindling a jazz culture in Malta. How has the scene evolved and what are...
Fronted by siblings Kurt and Katia Abela and with Janelle Borg, of Cryptic Street fame, writing the music, Oxygyn is the latest indie pop outfit to hit the local scene. Ramona Depares interviews two of its members. Janelle Borg How was Oxygyn...
Albert Storace reviews a recent performance by pianist Tricia Dawn Williams.
Michela Dalli. Photo: Emil Calleja Bayliss Singer Michela Dalli was recently chosen by Erseb Productions to take part in Northern Lights, an international competition of pop and folk music held in Finland, where participants from eight countries,...
Albert Storace reviews Jordi Savall’s opening concert and a performance of Rubino’s Requiem as part of the Valletta International Baroque Music Festival. The fourth edition of what has become a very prestigious festival of baroque music began with a...
An innovative education programme is targeting a lacuna in the arts world in Malta: dance performances for children. The surprising aspect of this, Veronica Stivala discovers, is that children are far more advanced than adults think and that all we...
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