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Molière at 400: French high school students celebrate the great poet

At the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, students are re-enacting excerpts from his plays in a show highlighting violence against women, and Molière's modernity.

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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.

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Madrid's COVID-hit 'La Boheme' replaces both casts in just 24 hours

The opera encountered staggering complications when members of both cast rotations tested positive, forcing them to get creative.

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French cinemas to ban popcorn as COVID-19 restrictions tighten

In an effort to suppress an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 numbers, French cinemas will ban food and drinks from being sold in cinemas.

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Euroviews. Culture 2021 Year in Review - The Actor: Lauryn Redding

Taken out of two plays, major knee surgery, then diagnosed with PTSD. Actor and writer Lauryn Redding spent the best part of 2021 getting back on her feet. Literally.

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Belgium's Council of State overturns government theatre closure

The slap in the face for the government came on Tuesday afternoon.

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Euroviews. 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.

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Antony Sher: Shakespearean specialist who had stage fright dies at 72

After winning acclaim as a pillar of British theatre, Sher began to explore both his Jewish and his South African heritage.

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Romanian prisoners take to the stage in annual theatre festival

Every winter, inmates from Romanian jails begin rehearsals for an on-stage production performed at the 'Liberation Through Culture' festival. Organisers say it's an immense help to what they do with the rest of their sentences.

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Alexis Michalik brings Broadway to Paris with 'The Producers'

With famous lines like 'Springtime for Hitler and Germany...Winter for Poland and France,' how will Mel Brooks' classic go down in Paris?

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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."

Musica

Wagner's epic 'Die Meistersinger' electrifies the Met

The Metropolitan Opera in New York stages the longest opera in the repertoire and also marks the triumphant return of Maestro Antonio Pappano to its podium for the first time in nearly 25 years.

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This COP26 show explores the lack of diversity in climate activism

Actor Fehinti Balogun’s new multimedia show reveals his personal journey into climate activism as a young British Black man.

Food and Drink

Inside London's Theatre Royal: Bringing sticky, decadent afternoon tea

One of London's oldest theatres has launched a new afternoon tea menu taking inspiration from Regency-era dining - expect meaty pies and custard filled buns.

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Tony Awards: 'Slave Play' faces snub as 'Moulin Rouge!' takes home ten

Records were broken as theatre's biggest evening returned to New York for the first time in two years.

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'Andy': Gus Van Sant brings Warhol's early life to musical theatre

A young Portuguese cast brings Warhol's encounters with the likes of American writer Truman Capote, actress Edie Sedgwick, art critic Clement Greenberg and musician Lou Reed to life.

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France tightrope star stuns in Eiffel tower walk

French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin performs between the Eiffel Tower and Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris. "It was not as easy as I thought," he says after completing the 600-meter walk on a slackline.

Cinema

Enrico Caruso film restored after 100 years

A film which starred the legendary tenor, Enrico Caruso, has been restored after more than 100 years and combines his voice and his image for the first time.

France

French electro star Rone brings his musical to Lyon arts festival

French electronic music star Rone has been talking to Euronews about a musical he's created that tackles difficult themes like climate change and sexual violence.

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.