Boldly not going: zero-travel ‘touring’ play paves the way for eco theatre
Using local creatives and actors, director Katie Mitchell’s A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is a narrative response to the climate...
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German ballet director ‘smeared dog faeces on critic’s face’ after bad review
Marco Goecke allegedly confronted Wiebke Hüster at Hanover State Opera, furious at her verdict on a previous show The director of a leading German ballet...
Tintin drawing by Hergé sells at auction for record £1.9m
Belgian cartoonist’s black and white artwork from 1942 was used for the cover of Tintin in America An artwork by Tintin creator Hergé has set...
Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, director of ¡Ay Carmela!, has died aged 91
One of Spain’s most prolific auteurs continued to work until the end – his last film, Walls Can Talk, was released last week Veteran Spanish...
The other Monet: impressionist’s brother is star of new exhibition
A Paris show will focus on Claude’s little-known elder sibling Léon Monet and his impressionist collection The name Monet conjures up pictures of water lilies,...
‘Chance of a lifetime’ Vermeer exhibition to open in Amsterdam
Rare exhibition assembles 28 paintings by enigmatic Dutch master in one place For once, say its curators, “the chance of a lifetime” may be right:...
‘We have been mistaken for terrorists’: Italy’s most controversial rap group fight persecution
P38-La Gang perform in balaclavas, namecheck the Red Brigades – and are under criminal investigation for inciting terrorism. Are they, as they believe, being scapegoated...
Anna Politkovskaya film inspired by Guardian’s obituary
Exclusive: Film-maker Miriam Segal says article made her feel compelled to tell story of anti-Putin journalist murdered in 2006 The Guardian’s obituary on Anna Politkovskaya,...
Sicilian mobster asks judge to order seizure of Roberto Saviano book
Giuseppe Graviano files for defamation against Gomorrah author over origin of nickname A Sicilian mobster has asked a judge to order the seizure of all...
Rare Giacometti chandelier bought for £250 in London set to sell for £7m
Piece acquired by English painter in antiques shop in 1960s has been confirmed as lost work by Italian sculptor Sometimes a hunch pays off, and...
