In 1987, Ute Lemper appeared in Paris as Sally Bowles in Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret. The critics were ecstatic about her performance for which she later won a ‘Moliere Award’, comparing her to Marlene Dietrich, who had taken up permanent residence in the city. Ute sent Marlene, whom she had long admired but never met, […]

In 2017 Alba Arikha, Samuel Beckett’s goddaughter, published a highly successful memoir of her childhood “Major/Minor”, recounting the difficult relationship she had with her father, set in the Paris apartment cum artistic studio where she grew up. The book itself is compulsive reading – one of those which, once started, is difficult to put down, […]

Opera back in London! And not just opera, but experimental, cutting edge work. We Sing/I Sang is a completely improvised opera performed by a singer, viola player and movement artiste. In fact, Leo Doulton, who was responsible for the concept and structure of the piece said that the dress rehearsal was totally different from the […]

Marquee TV is a subscription arts channel offering high quality, opera, dance and drama on demand. Their latest release is Verdi’s 1842 opera Nabucco, telling the Old Testament story of Nebuchadnezzar who proclaims himself God. This was Verdi’s third opera and by far his most successful so far, stirring up thoughts of independence and republicanism […]