“Well preserved remains of Shakespeare’s original ‘wooden O’ stage, the Curtain theatre where Henry V and Romeo and Juliet were first performed, have been discovered in a yard in east London. The Curtain theatre in Shoreditch preceded the Globe on the Thames as Shakespeare’s first venue.”
Tag: 06.05.12
Vancouver’s Film Industry Fears Losing Its Competitive Advantage
With the strong Canadian dollar and more attractive tax credits for foreign production in Ontario and Quebec, the film professionals in what used to be called “Hollywood North” are getting worried.
Canadian Feds Restore Funding They Yanked From Toronto Theatre Festival Last Year
“In a surprise move, the Harper government is restoring the funding it controversially pulled last year from the SummerWorks Theatre Festival after the Toronto event was criticized in 2010 by a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper for scheduling a play that ‘glorifies terrorism’.”
Corcoran Gallery Considers Leaving Its Historic Building – And Maybe Even DC
“After more than a century of occupying a handsome Beaux-Arts building at one of Washington’s high-profile addresses, on 17th Street NW across from the White House, the Corcoran Gallery of Art” – mired in longstanding financial troubles – “is considering a move to another neighborhood, possibly even to Maryland or Virginia.”
Is Everything Your Fault? (Maybe It’s Just In Your Head)
“Crushing guilt is a common symptom of depression, an observation that dates back to Sigmund Freud. Now, a new study finds a communication breakdown between two guilt-associated brain regions in people who have had depression. This so-called ‘decoupling’ of the regions may be why depressed people take small faux pas as evidence that they are complete failures.”
Hundred-Year-Old Delaware Symphony Suspends Operations
In a letter that went to orchestra musicians on May 31, the DSO said it “cannot financially sustain our programming and cannot go forward with the next season as originally planned.”
The Crowdfunding Gold Rush
“The JOBS Act changed the game for crowdfunding. It makes it legal for crowdfunding sites to give actual equity to investors – not just thank-you gifts such as T-shirts and coffee mugs – and it’s expected to draw a vast amount of capital to crowdfunding. Some are predicting an influx of as much as $300 billion, 10 times the amount now deployed in the venture sector.”
France’s New Youthful Culture Minister
“Aurélie Filippetti’s appointment is in line with the socialist president’s commitment to “justice and youth”. She turns 39 in June, and is one of 17 female members in prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s government.”
What Will France’s Political Left Turn Mean For Culture?
“While everyone generally agrees about the importance of culture, a combination of budgetary constraints and the cost of maintaining grants to existing institutions, which are almost impossible to reduce substantially, do not leave many options for development in the coming two or three years.”
Tel Aviv Wagner Concert Canceled Because Of Protests
“It was intended to break a seven-decade unofficial boycott and smash an enduring cultural symbol of the Nazi era. But the first performance of works by Richard Wagner, Hitler’s favourite composer, by an Israeli symphony orchestra in the Jewish state was never likely to be a harmonious event. And now it has been thwarted.”