Leicester’s £61 million replacement for its old Haymarket playhouse is about to get its curve on. The new building, designed by Uruguay-born architect Rafael Viñoly, is like “a cathedral, teleported from the future. Or a huge ocean liner, as dreamt by Salvador Dalí.” And after a ten year wait, Paul Kerryson, the theatre's artistic director, is “palpably excited”. Read the full UK ‘Telegraph’ article here.
Showing posts with label Uruguay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uruguay. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2008
East Midlands Build Their ‘Curve’
Leicester’s £61 million replacement for its old Haymarket playhouse is about to get its curve on. The new building, designed by Uruguay-born architect Rafael Viñoly, is like “a cathedral, teleported from the future. Or a huge ocean liner, as dreamt by Salvador Dalí.” And after a ten year wait, Paul Kerryson, the theatre's artistic director, is “palpably excited”. Read the full UK ‘Telegraph’ article here.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Festival de Teatro Experimental
submitted by Jake Witlin
For those of you in and around Ecuador for the next few weeks, make sure not to miss the 11th annual FITE (festival de international theatro experimental). I had the great pleasure of taking in two shows, of which I can highly recommend both.
First, the street performers David Berga, Ferran Aixalà, Oriol Aubets, Jordi Huete, Jaume Jové, all from Spain, delight with an outdoor show of mime, mimickry and general merrymaking in EFS (¨Encara Farem Salat¨). Set against the backdrop of a funeral, the procession starts somber enough, as the four wiry actors carry a coffin thru Mariscal Foch, stopping in front of several coffee shops, where a crowd quickly gathers. Over the course of the next hour, we are taken on a humorous ride of pratfalls and wonderful mime as they try desperately to find the missing body!
The second, and more traditional show, comes from Uruguay, and was a truly unique experience. Josep Pere Peyró´s ¨Una Lluvia Irlandesa¨ is a touching and poetic look inside the psychologies of a young woman seeking to let go of a love, and the man who continually psychoanalyzes her, remarking that without feeling, there is no where else to go. Taking place inside of the hip and happening bar Pobre Diablo, the actors comfortably navigated the mess of tables and chairs, to leave the audience with a sense of wonder and awe as we voyeuristically witness the birth, then death of love without emotion. Underscored with a haunting score, it is not to be missed. Click here for more information.
For those of you in and around Ecuador for the next few weeks, make sure not to miss the 11th annual FITE (festival de international theatro experimental). I had the great pleasure of taking in two shows, of which I can highly recommend both.
First, the street performers David Berga, Ferran Aixalà, Oriol Aubets, Jordi Huete, Jaume Jové, all from Spain, delight with an outdoor show of mime, mimickry and general merrymaking in EFS (¨Encara Farem Salat¨). Set against the backdrop of a funeral, the procession starts somber enough, as the four wiry actors carry a coffin thru Mariscal Foch, stopping in front of several coffee shops, where a crowd quickly gathers. Over the course of the next hour, we are taken on a humorous ride of pratfalls and wonderful mime as they try desperately to find the missing body!
The second, and more traditional show, comes from Uruguay, and was a truly unique experience. Josep Pere Peyró´s ¨Una Lluvia Irlandesa¨ is a touching and poetic look inside the psychologies of a young woman seeking to let go of a love, and the man who continually psychoanalyzes her, remarking that without feeling, there is no where else to go. Taking place inside of the hip and happening bar Pobre Diablo, the actors comfortably navigated the mess of tables and chairs, to leave the audience with a sense of wonder and awe as we voyeuristically witness the birth, then death of love without emotion. Underscored with a haunting score, it is not to be missed. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
10 Best National Anthems
It took a month to track down every one of the 205 national anthems that might be heard at this year's Olympic games, but Alex Marshall of ‘The Guardian’ managed to sit through all four and a half hours of them. “What did I learn from all this? That there are only a dozen anthems that are musically worth listening to - and that most of the countries these belong to do not have a hope of winning a gold in Beijing.” Check out this amusing article and find out why Uruguay tops the list.
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