Vivienne Westwood designs new outfits for Monteverdi Choir
Vivienne Westwood has designed new outfits for the Monteverdi Choir, one of the world’s most well-respected vocal groups. Her Wrap Jackets will be worn by … Read more
Pokémon symphony to play Paris and London
The launch of Pokémon Go on 6 July has sent a Pokémon craze across the world that has been hard to avoid. Now fans have … Read more
Edinburgh International Festival offers refund before opera opens
Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) has offered the audience for Così Fan Tutte a refund before they have even seen it performed. That’s because Christophe Honoré’s … Read more
Fantasy gaming and theatrical action collide
A classic Japanese game is to go on tour as an entertainment extravaganza Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour, a live-action adaptation of Yuji Horii’s classic role-playing … Read more
UK luxury shopping brand hops on the Shakespeare bandwagon
High-end department store Selfridges & Co is making its own take on Shakespeare400 next week – through fashion, beauty and food. The Greater Manchester store, located … Read more
Reimagine India comes to fruition
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced the second batch of successful applicants for its Reimagine India cultural exchange programme, established to nurture collaboration between cultural … Read more
Record year for Singapore arts philanthropy
Singapore’s arts sector saw a stunning increase in philanthropy last year, with SGD136.1m (€91.2m) donated – 46 per cent more than in 2014, and a … Read more
Battle of the Somme remembered
Benjamin Ellin’s new composition One Before Zero will be performed at Maison de la Culture in Amiens, France, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the … Read more
Avi Avital’s Instagram Concerto
Thoroughly modern mandolinist Avi Avital has released InstaConcerto, which compresses classical music into the original 15-second format of Instagram. The piece was composed by Avital’s … Read more
Kim and Dreisig victorious at Operalia
South Korean tenor Keon Woo Kim and French soprano Elsa Dreisig have won Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2016 singing contest. Both have done well in big … Read more