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Easter Passion re-enactment in impoverished Caracas neighborhood

People living in Petare - one of the poorest neighbourhoods of the capital of Venezuela, came together on Friday (April 19) to watch a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ.

20 April 2019

Taiwan

Taiwan now home to 'world's largest performing arts centre'

Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world.

6 November 2018

USA

Burning Man festival founder Larry Harvey dies aged 70

The founder of a popular US counterculture festival, Burning Man, has died in San Francisco.

29 April 2018

Russia

Sochi surprises at the Winter International Arts Festival

Classical music and a whole lot more is on offer at the annual event in the Russian city

19 February 2018

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Watch: tightrope walker crosses Rome's Tiber River

11 December 2017

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Taiwan let off hundreds of lanterns to mark the start of the mid-Autumn festival

Hundreds of lanterns have been launched in Taiwan as part of the Sky Lantern Festival.

5 October 2017

Greece

'The Stones Speak' project brings Athens' historical gems to life

The project is giving performances of the classical works of Homer, Sophocles, Plato and more at archaeological sites across the Greek capital.

21 September 2017

Russia

Arrest of Russian theatre director hampers ‘Nureyev’ premiere

Kirill Serebrennikov has a history of criticising Russian authorities and the Orthodox Church, and his supporters say he was framed in a fraud case as part of a government crackdown on artistic freedoms.

13 September 2017

Cult

The Best of Arts and Culture in Europe and in the World

This is Magritte In Paris the Pompidou Centre is staging an exhibition of the works of Belgian artist Rene Magritte.

13 January 2017

Cult

Up and Down - an Eifman ballet in London based on an F.Scott Fitzgerald novel

Russian choreographer Boris Eifman has taken up the challenge of using the plot of a complex psychological novel for a ballet.

8 December 2016

Cult

The best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the World

The European Oscars Captured on camera for acting in front of the camera – stars of the European silver screen.

6 December 2016

Cult

Czech puppets vie for UNESCO nod

Puppetry has a very long history across the Czech Republic and can be traced deep into the Middle Ages.

29 November 2016

Cult

'Bat Out of Hell' musical previews in London

‘Bat Out of Hell: The Musical’ has previewed at London’s Coliseum ahead of its launch next summer.

8 November 2016

Cult

Theatre as an act of resistance

‘While I was waiting’ by acclaimed Syrian playwright Mohammad Al Attar and director Omar Abusaada tells the story of a young man who ends up in a coma in hospital after being beaten up at a checkpoint

1 November 2016

Cult

Budapest circus revives Paris cabaret

‘Paris de Nuit’ by the Budapest-based Recirquel Contemporary Circus Company takes audiences into the cafes, brothels and dark streets of 1930’s Paris.

13 September 2016

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360° video: experience Sziget Festival 2016 in timelapse

The Sziget festival in Hungary, with 500,000 attendees, is the largest in Europe.

17 August 2016

Cult

Refugee stories brought to life in 'Queens of Syria'

A group of refugees are taking to the stage in the UK to tell their stories through the play “Queens of Syria.

31 July 2016

Cult

Alkantara festival brings cream of performance arts to Lisbon

The world of performance arts comes to the Portuguese capital Lisbon for the annual Alkantara festival.

10 June 2016

Spain

Spanish actress Nuria Espert wins Asturias Award for the Arts

The first of the annual Princess of Asturias Awards has been won by the Spanish actress, theatre director and stage designer Nuria Espert. The

11 May 2016

Culture news

Cirque du Soleil makes Broadway debut

Canadian theatrical company Cirque du Soleil is making its Broadway debut with a new show called ‘Paramour’. Set in the golden age of Hollywood, it

7 April 2016