Zurich is always beautiful. However, it is never more picturesque and offers more cultural activities than during summer. The entire city radiates life during those fair weather months. Outdoor cafes and restaurants pop up everywhere as do a myriad of open air concerts, festivals, and movie theatres. One such festival is the “Zuercher Theater Spektakel,” the Zurich Theatre Spectacle, which this year goes into its 43rd successful year.
If you’ve ever been to Malta, you know that it is a very small country. In just a few hours you can easily drive once around the entire island nation. Malta offers many cultural highlights, beautiful churches (365 of them!) and the capital Valletta is a stunning fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Much more hidden are Malta’s theatres. And they, too, are a sight to behold.
This year, the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival (RAKFAF) in the UAE will celebrate its 10th edition under the theme “The Journey.” It will be a celebration of the annual event’s first decade. As well as a celebration of the first 50 years of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The arts festival will open to the public on Friday, 4th of February 2022. And it will run until Thursday, 31st March 2022.
Are you a movie aficionado? Do you love open air cinemas? Then you should travel to Western Australia! The Sun Picture Gardens (also known as Sun Pictures) is the world’s oldest picture gardens still in operation. It is located in Broome, Western Australia. And, unlike most outdoor cinemas around the globe, this open-air cinema screens multiple films per night. Most outdoor cinemas which are in areas with favourable climate conditions screen only one or two films per week.
Zurich’s Cinema at the Lake took place for the first time in 1989. It has since become an integral part of Zurich’s event calendar. Originally, it was planned as a fair-weather event only. But given that Zurich’s weather tends to be unpredictable and rather rainy throughout the year, the organizers soon gave up on their initial idea. Since then, the Cinema at the Lake has taken place every night, each August, for the last 32 years. Only to be interrupted once, last year, due to Covid19.
In another article a few days ago we looked at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. The oldest, still operating indoor theatre in the world. It was built in 1585. Today, let’s go outdoors. And let’s go a little further back in theatre history. Far enough back, in fact, to make the Teatro Olimpico look like a teenager. In this journey through time, we’ll have a look at the 5 oldest amphitheaters in the world, all of which go back centuries.
