Now playing Next Culture news 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. 10/01/2022
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 04/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 30/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 29/12/2021
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 28/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 03/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 02/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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? 02/12/2021
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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. 18/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 03/11/2021
Now playing Next 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. 20/10/2021
Now playing Next Culture news 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. 28/09/2021
Now playing Next Culture news '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. 23/09/2021
Now playing Next no comment 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. 19/09/2021
Now playing Next 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. 01/08/2021
Now playing Next 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. 17/06/2021
Now playing Next 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