The company Digital Theatre “has partnered with film producers CinemaLive and will present its first series of screenings in September 2013. Titles have not yet been announced, but the focus will initially be on commercial West End productions, some newly recorded and some from Digital Theatre’s archive.”
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Santiago Calatrava Sued By Client Over Leaky Roof
“A dozen years after Calatrava built the spectacular Ysios winery in the rainy Alava region of northern Spain, the building’s dramatic, undulating roof continues to let in the damp. Now Domecq, the owner of the winery, has said it is fed up with the botched attempts of Calatrava’s original builders at fixing the roof and wants [€2m] from them so that it can bring in fresh architects and engineers to design a new one.”
Can You Make A Musical Out Of A Degas Sculpture? These Folks Will Try
“The songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Tony Award winners for Ragtime, will collaborate with the Tony-winning director Susan Stroman (The Producers) on the world premiere of the new musical Little Dancer in October 2014″ at the Kennedy Center.
Help The Guardian Battle Arts Jargon!
“Well, in an effort to do just that, and inject a little bit of fun into your week, why not help us in collecting some of the most confusing, complex and inaccessible arts bumph about, as a lesson in what not to do the next time you decide to put pen on paper.”
Why Big-Name Authors Are Self-Publishing
“As digital disruption continues to reshape the publishing market, self-publishing — including distribution digitally or as print on demand — has become more and more popular, and more feasible, with an increasing array of options for anyone with an idea and a keyboard.”
Meet The First All-Digital Generation – What They Like (And Don’t)
“On one hand, millennials consume so much media they can’t concentrate, torn as they are between texting, posting on Facebook, and watching YouTube. And yet they also have an astonishing ability to focus on elaborate videogame play for six-hour stretches or to watch complex, multistranded television dramas in binge sessions that can swallow a weekend.”
Art From A Vending Machine
“Is it good art? Is it worth a quid? I’ve no idea. If anyone could actually fathom the farce of economics, we’d all have a pound to buy some art with.”
How To Measure The Impact Of Arts Education?
“The most plausible hypothesis in my mind would be that the arts lead to engagement and attendance and interesting teachers and engaged teachers. And it’s that which would lead to test scores, not directly going from arts to test scores.”
Listen To Heavy Metal? Are You Depressed?
“An analysis of 551 college students found “significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression among listeners of heavy metal/hard rock music, as compared with non-listeners.” Furthermore, their underlying level of anger was not significantly different from their peers who prefer other musical genres.”
Why Movies Aren’t Being Shot In Australia (A Mundane Reason)
“The Australian dollar traded close to 47 US cents in 2001, but has risen to above parity against the American currency in recent years, which is deterring foreign film makers from coming to the country.”