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The Kooks Release Sixth Studio Album '10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark'

Listen to The Kooks sixth studio album, ‘10 TRACKS TO ECHO IN THE DARK.' The band have taken a fresh approach to releasing the album; being released in three parts, the first two parts consisting of 3-track EP releases and the final part - out now - adding a further four tracks to make up the full LP. 

Valley Traction's DEATH RATTLE to Open This Month

Valley Traction will present DEATH RATTLE, a multimedia fragmentation of Boris Vian's masterpiece The Empire Builders; composed of scavenged text as well as original music and movement. DEATH RATTLE is a live performance based on the play The Empire Builders, written by Boris Vian. DEATH RATTLE will be performed at July 22, 23, 29, and 30, 2022.

Following a Sold Out Tour, THE KOOKS Unveil New Music Video for 'Closer'

Following their sold out tour across the UK for their 15th-anniversary tour celebrating ‘Inside In/Inside Out’, today, British indie trailblazers The Kooks release their new video for EP track ‘Closer’ - watch here. Their new EP 'BEAUTIFUL WORLD - ECHO IN THE DARK PART II’, is out now, listen here. 

THE KOOKS Share New EP 'Beautiful World - Echo In The Dark Part II'

Following their sold out tour across the UK for their 15th-anniversary tour celebrating ‘Inside In/Inside Out’, today, British indie trailblazers The Kooks release their new EP 'BEAUTIFUL WORLD - ECHO IN THE DARK PART II.' The video for the track ‘Beautiful World’ with German duo Milky Chance, will be released soon.

The Kwasha Theatre Company Brings Boris Vian's THE EMPIRE BUILDERS' to Life With Audio Play

Sit comfortably (whether you find yourself in a chair, a couch, a bed , in a park, a library, at home, in South Africa or elsewhere), plug in to your headphones, connect on www.empirebuildersinsa.org and get ready for an audio journey that will bring you straight into the shrinking apartment of a strange family with “The Empire Builders”.

CON LO BIEN QUE ESTÁBAMOS (FERRETERÍA ESTEBAN) se estrena en el Español

Hoy llega al Teatro Español de Madrid el musical CON LO BIEN QUE ESTÁBAMOS (FERRETERÍA ESTEBAN) como parte de la programación 2020/2021.

Shortlist Announced For Mercury Weinberger Playwriting Prize

The Mercury Theatre Colchester and Josef Weinberger Ltd today announce the shortlist of their inaugural Mercury / Weinberger Playwriting Prize.

Jorge Usón y Carmen Barrantes protagonizarán CON LO BIEN QUE ESTÁBAMOS

El musical, escrito y dirigido por Jose Troncoso y música de Mariano Marín, se estrenará en el Teatro Principal de Zaragoza el próximo mes de octubre y llegará al Teatro Español de Madrid en 2019.

CABARE DE CARICIA Y PUNTAPIE regresa a Madrid en octubre

Del 11 al 15 de octubre el espectaculo de la compañia El Gato Negro, ganador del Max al Mejor Espectaculo de Teatro Musical 2010, protagonizado por Carmen Barrantes y Jorge Uson, vuelve a Madrid, esta vez a la Sala Jardiel Poncela del Teatro Fernan Gomez.

Gay Marshall 's GAY'S PAREE Returns for One More Show 4/5

Gay Marshall, who starred as Morales in A Chorus Line and as GRIZABELLA in the French production of CATS, will give one more performance of her autobiographical, musical travelogue, Gay's Paree, at downtown's alternative supper-club, Pangea, Wednesday April 5th at 7:30pm. Call 212.995.0900. 

Gay Marshall to Return to Pangea with GAY'S PAREE

International theater actress, Gay Marshall, reprises her critically lauded show, Gay's Paree, at downtown's alternative supper-club, Pangea, for four performances this spring.

'Girls, be Good' to be First Serbian Book to Translate to English

Summary: 'Girls, be good' is an omnibus novel that consists of twenty short stories connected by a single framing narrative: just after the fall of the Berlin wall, foreign investors feel good about the investment climate in Eastern Europe and decide to open a huge toy factory in ex-Yugoslavia, where they are going to produce a hit range of toys designed for girls: small, plush lemurs called Aya, that will be sold all over the world. We then follow the little lemurs as they bear witness to physical and mental abuse, inhumane treatment and molestation of young girls around the world. The main character, the young woman who writes these stories, has a father who has sold her soul to the devil, just so that he could obtain two decades of life outside the law and without fear of punishment. The young woman herself, meanwhile, has a pact with the devil of her own. About the Author: Bojan Babi? was born in Belgrade in 1977. He studied at the Department of Serbian and World Literature at the Faculty of Philology, in Belgrade, and later gained a Master's degree from the same department. Before commencing his studies in Serbian and World Literature, he was a singer in a little-known heavy metal/grunge band. Over the last ten years, he has worked as a prolific and acclaimed copywriter and associate creative director at a big advertising agency, winning numerous awards. As one critic wrote of Babic's novel Inhuman comedy, realistic prose seems too feeble and naïve to describe the unbelievable reality that is happening to us, hence Babic uses surreal tactics to talk about it. If one had to come up with a name for it, it would be called dystopic surreal realism, in which he always adds a pinch of dark humor, irony and an oneiric atmosphere. Critics have compared his prose to that of Don DeLillo, Boris Vian and Roberto Bolanjo. Babic won an award from the Borislav Peki? Foundation in 2011. His novel Illegal Parnassus, published in 2013, was shortlisted for the biggest national literary award, the NIN prize; it was also shortlisted for the biggest regional award (for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia) - the Meša Selimovi? prize. He has had prose, poetry and essays published in a large number of magazines and anthologies in Serbia and abroad. Reviews: '[T]he author Bojan Babic, although this may sound biased and exaggerated, is one of the most refreshing voices in our [Serbian] literature (the literature of the four-name language we all understand), at least in the past ten years. What Babic has accomplished with his novels 'IlegalniParnas' [Illegal Parnassus] and 'Devojcice, budite dobre' [Girls, be Good] <...> is most certainly the kind of step forward that we have not seen in a while.' Djordje Krajišnik, Oslobodjenje Review copies are available upon request. Title: Girls, be Good Author: Bojan Babi? Translator: Nataša Miljkovi? Publisher: Glagoslav Publications Language: English ISBN: 9781911414261 Extent: 156 pages Format: paperback, hardback, e-book

Actress-Singer Gay Marshall to Play Major Engagement at Pangea

Actress and singer, Gay Marshall, brings her original show, Gay's Paree, to downtown's alternative supper-club, Pangea, this fall. Marshall's real-life experiences of singing all over Paris, to varying degrees of adventure, delight and misery, unfold through songs by Charles Aznavour, Boris Vian, Francis Lemarque, Dave Frishberg Jacques Brel, and Edith Piaf in both French and English, featuring Marshall's own English adaptations. 

Actress-Singer Gay Marshall to Play Major Engagement at Pangea

Actress and singer, Gay Marshall, brings her original show, Gay's Paree, to downtown's alternative supper-club, Pangea, this fall. Marshall's real-life experiences of singing all over Paris, to varying degrees of adventure, delight and misery, unfold through songs by Charles Aznavour, Boris Vian, Francis Lemarque, Dave Frishberg Jacques Brel, and Edith Piaf in both French and English, featuring Marshall's own English adaptations. 

Cinquième des concerts ENIGMA créés par Jean-François Zygel pour le Théâtre du Châtelet, Today

Les concerts ENIGMA de Jean-Francois Zygel sont autant des spectacles que des concerts. Chacun d'eux est une transposition musicale, scenique, visuelle d'une oeuvre litteraire : Boris Vian le 20 fevrier, H.G. Wells le 17 mars et Antoine de Saint- Exupery le 18 avril.

Cinquième des concerts ENIGMA créés par Jean-François Zygel pour le Théâtre du Châtelet, 3/17

Les concerts ENIGMA de Jean-Francois Zygel sont autant des spectacles que des concerts. Chacun d'eux est une transposition musicale, scenique, visuelle d'une oeuvre litteraire : Boris Vian le 20 fevrier, H.G. Wells le 17 mars et Antoine de Saint- Exupery le 18 avril.

Joel Beddows Named New Artistic Director of Theatre francais de Toronto

Alexandra Vandelle, President of the Board of Directors and member of the selection committee, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joel Beddows as the new Artistic Director of Theatre francais de Toronto (TfT). Beddows' talent, professionalism and profound dedication to the arts garnered the respect of the selection committee during the rigorous selection process. Moreover, his experience not only as Artistic Director of Theatre La Catapulte from 1998 to 2010 but also as Chair of University of Ottawa's Department of Theatre from 2011 to 2016 substantiated the view that Beddows was indeed the perfect candidate for this position.

'Cabaré de caricia y puntapié' vuelve a Madrid

Del 9 al 21 de diciembre, el Teatro Alfil acogerá este viaje en forma de fábula a través del legado musical de Boris Vian. Un total de 16 personajes cuentan una historia llena de amor, violencia, humor y causticidad en esta producción de la compañía El Gato Negro y 9 de 9 Teatro.

Plays & Players and Power Street to Present Readings of NOGALAR, TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING and DARK MATTERS, June 2014

Plays & Players continues its collaboration with Power Street Theater Company with follow-up readings of El Nogalar by Tanya Saracho, Dark Matters by Oliver Mayer and To Catch the Lightning by Carmen Rivera. These three plays, representing 30/30/2, 30/30/3 and 30/30/4, were selected from a group of finalists chosen during the 30/30/1 full day event held with local theater and Latino community leaders in March, as part of a nation-wide event. The readings hope to serve as a further contribution to the already-growing conversation about the Latina/o voice and identity in the Philadelphia theater community.

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