no comment Alcoy celebrates Moors and Christians Festival after two-year break due to pandemic Hundreds of people have participated in the festival that includes a historical re-enactment and a street parade, commemorating the battles fought between Moors (or Muslims) and Christians during the period known as “Reconquista” (Reconquest) from the 8th century through the 15th century. 22/04/2022
Culture news Cancellation of London's VAULT Festival lamented by theatre community Once again, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of VAULT Festival, London's annual celebration of the performing arts. With little or no government support, artists and organisers discuss the current state of British theatre. 06/01/2022
Opinion Culture 2021 Year in Review - Julia Bullock: Performance and progress Soprano, speaker and curator Julia Bullock discusses her thoughts and feelings about 2021, and its impact on performers and progressiveness. 30/12/2021
Culture news Belgium's Council of State overturns government theatre closure The slap in the face for the government came on Tuesday afternoon. 28/12/2021
Opinion Culture 2021 Year in Review - The Conductor: Classics, COVID & Cameras How have orchestras coped with shutdowns, lack of support and having to adapt to audience-free performances? Conductor Ben Glassberg tells Euronews Culture about his experience of 2021. 28/12/2021
Culture news Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre legend and writer of 'Sweeney Todd', dies aged 91 Sondheim influenced several generations of theatre songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd." 27/11/2021
The Cube #BackOnStage: London theatres celebrate reopening doors to visitors UK theatres and cinemas will be allowed to reopen from 17 May with social distancing and to full audiences from June 21. 17/05/2021
Spain The show goes on at Madrid's opera house despite coronavirus While other the doors of theatres around the world have been closed throughout the pandemic, Madrid's Teatro Real has managed to continue performances, offering a brief respite from the reality of the pandemic. 21/11/2020
Good Morning Europe Greek National Opera entices people back to the theatre after hiatus It has been a seven-month break but the Greek National Opera is finally welcoming back audiences in Athens. With a number of health restrictions measures in place, the company’s singers have found an original way of convincing the public it is a safe activity. 22/10/2020
no comment Can Japan's ancient Noh theatre survive coronavirus? With audiences and performers already dwindling even before the pandemic, some in the industry of traditional Japanese Noh play fear the virus may sound the death knell for an art considered one of the oldest extant theatre forms in the world. 02/09/2020
United Kingdom UK arts sector 'warmly welcomes' €1.7bn COVID-19 rescue package The UK government says the "biggest ever one-off investment" in culture will help theatres, museums and galleries, music venues and cinemas to remain open. 06/07/2020
Green News This 23-year-old is on a mission to make theatre carbon neutral Meet Alice Boyd, the eco-minded theatre maker bringing sustainability to the stage. 23/12/2019
United Kingdom 'Creative genius': Satirist and director Jonathan Miller dies aged 85 Jonathan Miller, satirist and director of opera and theatre, dies aged 85 27/11/2019
Green News Coldplay refuses to announce world tour for environmental reasons The British band's refusal to tour shows the music industry is starting to take sustainability seriously, 21/11/2019
world news Arts play major role in health and well-being, WHO says in new report Can we dance our way to better health and well-being? The answer is yes, according to a new study released this Monday by the UN's health body. 11/11/2019
South Africa Watch: Disabled artist dances with the stars in South Africa Musa Motha's leg was amputated when he was 11-years-old, after being diagnosed with cancer. Now he is a lead dancer in 'Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Bolero.' 23/09/2019
Spain Briton Peter Brook wins prestigious Princess of Asturias arts prize Legendary British theatre director Peter Brook has won the prestigious Princess of Asturias arts prize. 24/04/2019
no comment Easter Passion re-enactment in impoverished Caracas neighborhood People living in Petare - one of the poorest neighbourhoods of the capital of Venezuela, came together on Friday (April 19) to watch a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ. 20/04/2019
Taiwan Taiwan now home to 'world's largest performing arts centre' Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world. 06/11/2018
USA Burning Man festival founder Larry Harvey dies aged 70 The founder of a popular US counterculture festival, Burning Man, has died in San Francisco. 29/04/2018
Russia Sochi surprises at the Winter International Arts Festival Classical music and a whole lot more is on offer at the annual event in the Russian city 19/02/2018
no comment Watch: tightrope walker crosses Rome's Tiber River Italian performer Andrea Loreni thrilled Rome on Sunday (Dec. 11) by becoming the first high-wire act to cross the Tiber. While crowds watched him 11/12/2017
no comment Taiwan let off hundreds of lanterns to mark the start of the mid-Autumn festival Hundreds of lanterns have been launched in Taiwan as part of the Sky Lantern Festival. 05/10/2017
Greece 'The Stones Speak' project brings Athens' historical gems to life The project is giving performances of the classical works of Homer, Sophocles, Plato and more at archaeological sites across the Greek capital. 21/09/2017
Russia Arrest of Russian theatre director hampers ‘Nureyev’ premiere Kirill Serebrennikov has a history of criticising Russian authorities and the Orthodox Church, and his supporters say he was framed in a fraud case as part of a government crackdown on artistic freedoms. 13/09/2017
Cult Up and Down - an Eifman ballet in London based on an F.Scott Fitzgerald novel Russian choreographer Boris Eifman has taken up the challenge of using the plot of a complex psychological novel for a ballet. 08/12/2016
