The Carnevale di Viareggio (Carnival of Viareggio) is a carnival event annually held in the beautiful city of Viareggio, in Tuscany, Italy. The event is one of the most renowned carnival celebrations in both Italy and Europe. The greatest and best-known part of the carnival are the enormous floats which are featured in the parades. This year, one of these floats was a massive whale designed to highlight the single-use plastic pollution of our oceans.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an island and special territory of Chile. Far away, in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean. At the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Farthest away from any larger land mass. It is also a place steeped in mystery. Here is a short history of this fascinating corner of the world plus a even short introduction into its theatre practices and traditions.
The Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi is a special treat for all theatre afficionados visiting this fascinating Vietnamese city. Traditional legends and historical tales are among the enchanting puppet plays performed at the popular theatre, which is located at 57B, Dinh Tien Hoang Street, nearby Hoan Kiem Lake.
A few days ago, I was diving into one of the hard drives populated with digital memories of my life, or ‘past lives’, as I like to refer to the many hats I have worn over the years. I was taking a look at projects, some of them realized, others only imagined or written, lots of draft ideas, pictures, documents… Music performing, music production, theatre projects, drama in education, commercial performances, artistic, corporate events, festivals and a long and varied list of endeavours to which I have devoted different stages of my life journey.
This was not my first Ramadan, my first was in Egypt when I was traveling along the Nile on a felucca boat and the boat crew would wake early before sunrise to have their breakfast and would then set sail while we still slept on the deck of the boat so we awoke to a sun rising over sandy hills as we sailed back towards Luxor. Once everyone was awake the crew would pull into shore to make us breakfast, despite them now fasting for the day.
Last year, an icon of the circus world celebrated its 100th birthday: The Swiss Zirkus Knie. Swiss TV SRF filmed a wonderful documentary in their honor. It aired last November. I’ve provided the links for you at the end of this article.
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