Felix Barratt is artistic director of pioneering theater company Punchdrunk, which has created the immersive theater mainstream with a series of acclaimed shows for over two decades. Here he talks about the company’s major shows… Mask of the Red Death Battersea Arts Center (2007) (Stephen Dobbie) We had done a few big demonstrations in huge… Read More »
“Victor Hugo planted this oak tree 150 years ago and called it the ‘Oak of the United States of Europe.’” Our Anglo-French tour guide pointed to a large tree in the garden of Hauteville House, where the French writer lived in exile for 15 years. This was a funny line to hear on the Channel… Read More »
Thousands of people gathered on the Champs-Élysées for a huge free picnic organized by a committee of local merchants and businessmen fighting to stop the slow decline of the boulevard long known as “the most beautiful street in the world.” Once a favorite promenade for Parisians, the Champs-Élysées has been increasingly abandoned by locals in… Read More »
A warning: If you want to build sand castles, Nice beaches may not be for you. The five-mile coastline is almost entirely composed of small pebbles or larger ones. But the compensations are many. It did not usurp the Bay of Angels name. The vast sea shines with light that seemingly comes directly from our… Read More »
When you go hiking on islands like São Miguel, you actually go back in time. -Joao Santos I wandered through a labyrinth of black basalt, my fingertips tracing walls covered in electric green lichen, my boots squeaking on rubble as dark as coal. The landscape on Pico, one of the nine islands that make up… Read More »
Airbnb and Booking.com have been accused of facilitating fraud by refusing to take action against social housing tenants who illegally rent properties to holidaymakers. Local authorities and social housing providers claim the platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove holiday lets listed as illegal, leaving homeless families without safe housing as a result.… Read More »
From bikini to swimsuit. Factor 15 – 50. Paperback to Kindle. The answers to my holiday prep questions have changed over time, but this year there was an extra decision: Pedal bike or electric? I went on a four-day cycling tour in South Tyrol with my 16-year-old daughter. The idea of vacations is moving towards… Read More »
The opioid crisis will be the subject of a new opera from the former artistic director of English National Opera (ENO) and the man behind the opera’s stage adaptation. war horse. Galloping Treatment Its director, Tom Morris, said it would tell “a horrific story of the greed surrounding the tragedy of the opioid crisis.” Morris’… Read More »
In July 2023, The New York Times published an article titled ‘American Theater Is Exploding Before Our Eyes’. This was marked by the postponement of the Under the Radar festival (based in New York), the cancellation of the Humana Festival of New American Plays (Kentucky), and the cancellation of the Williamstown Theater Festival (Massachusetts), among… Read More »
What do you see when you look at a river, mountain or forest? A wild animal in the ocean, bush or air? Do you want to own them, tame them, or subdue them? Or do you see souls similar to yours who need your protection and respect? If you view humans as custodians of our… Read More »