Dublin, Where Theatre Thrives Amid (or Because of?) the Recession

There’s “‘a revolution in Irish theatre’ that has seen the great literary tradition challenged by an enterprising new generation of theatre-makers emerging from the universities … The great myth is that audiences want froth and fantasy during a recession: the Irish experience suggests that what they really crave is innovation and substance.”

Malaysian Islamists Object to Yet Another American Rock Star (Adam Lambert)

“Malaysia’s Islamist opposition party on Monday demanded that authorities cancel a planned concert by U.S. glam rocker Adam Lambert.” Said a party spokesman, “Adam Lambert’s shows … are outrageous, with lewd dancing and a gay performance that includes kissing male dancers, this is not good for people in our country.”

How a Ballerina Dances While Deaf

“[Nina] Falaise uses the tiny threads of residual hearing she has to hear the lowest notes in music – low notes which she says she ‘treasures very much’. Like many deaf people, she has a small amount of hearing that she utilises to the maximum. Falaise also senses music through vibrations – much the same vibrations as a hearing person will sense in a loud concert.”

Banksy Tags The Simpsons

“Typically, the ‘couch gag’ in the opening credits of The Simpsons is a spot for its writers to slip in one more punch line before the cartoon family assembles to watch its own show. But on Sunday that running joke went to a very dark place” – one dreamed up by the pseudonymous British street artist.