The Royal Opera House and game developers Hide&Seek have created an iPhone/iPad game called The Show Must Go On, “in which players become a beleaguered goatee-bearded stage manager with a whole heap of problems.”
Tag: 11.10.11
How Did Humans Become Social?
“Researchers have long believed that it was a gradual process, evolving from couples to clans to larger communities. A new analysis, however, indicates that primate societies expanded in a burst, most likely because there was safety in numbers.”
Giller Books Award Show Cut Short In Mid-Sentence In Technical Glitch
“Tuesday night, as Esi Edugyan was giving her thank-you speech after winning the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize — Canada’s richest literary award — a “technical gaffe” ended the CBC-produced show. The author was cut off mid-sentence when the show Homes by Design started promptly at 10 p.m.”
London Olympics Could Kill Audiences For Theatre Next Summer
“A colossal slump in group tourist reservations for visits to the UK during next year’s Olympics could have a negative effect on London theatre bookings, the European Tour Operators Association has warned.”
Is The Pushkin Museum Showing A Fake Modigliani?
The allegations come from a leading Russian collector, who does not wish to be named, as well as other figures in the Russian art world.
Could Julie Taymor’s Lawsuit Shut Down Spider-Man?
“Taymor may never ultimately get a judgment that grants her an injunction. but will licensees take that chance? What will the insurance premiums be on a licensed production that is one potential adverse judgement from getting shut down?”
Denver Museum Raises ore Than $100 Million For Building Selling Clyfford Still Paintings
“Four pieces by Still, whose works rarely come to market, were sold, taking a total of $114m (£71.6m). All of the works came from the Estate of Patricia Still and were being sold by the City and County of Denver with funds going towards the new Clyfford Still Museum, set to open in a week’s time.”
Theatres Need To Find Ways Around Funding Cuts
“I’m not saying that we’d want to do things with a cheap set because we pride ourselves on our production values, but there are ways of doing things, of being inventive, of telling these stories in inventive, challenging, new ways, that mean we can beat any cuts.”
English National Ballet Boss to Step Down
“Craig Hassall has worked for the ENB since 2005. He was previously deputy general manager at the Sydney Theatre Company.”