by Web Editor | May 29, 2017 | Visual Arts
Simon Tait Sidney Nolan is known as Australia’s principal painter of the 20th century, famous for the “Ned Kelly” series and his fascination with Australian history and landscape. What is little known is that for more than half his life he was based in Britain,... 
by Web Editor | May 28, 2017 | Film
Winners are announced for the 2017 Palm Dog Anna Smith The dog was the star at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, May 26, when members of the Critics’ Circle Film Section sat on the jury for the Palm Dog Award for the best canine performance in a festival title. A... 
by Web Editor | May 23, 2017 | Music
Lights, camera, inaction Lucien Jenkins Y Tŵr (The Tower) is a new chamber opera by Guto Puw, directed by Michael McCarthy for Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. The libretto is by Gwyneth Glyn, from a play by Gwenlyn Parry. Performed in Welsh with... 
by Web Editor | May 9, 2017 | Music
Stress tests Robert Thicknesse Handel performed only one of his operas – Imeneo – during his 1741 Dublin sojourn, but Ireland proved fertile ground for his works during James Conway’s time running Opera Theatre Company, starting back in the 1990s; the company... 