“The play – which stars Branagh alongside Judi Dench – was streamed live to 520 cinemas in the UK and more than 100 cinemas internationally on November 26. Benjamin Caron directed the cinema broadcast, which took more at the box office than previous number one The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two, according to overnight figures.”
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Google’s Cultural Institute Finally Adds Performing Arts
“The Google Cultural Institute [is] a free website that made its name in recent years by digitizing and displaying the collections of more than 800 art museums and historical archives. The Google initiative is now moving into the performing arts, and this exhibition is the first fruit of its partnerships with more than 60 groups from around the world – with the groups providing the content and Google providing the gee-whiz technology.”
Director Of China’s Top Music Conservatory Fired In Corruption Purge
“As the latest development of the anti-corruption drive that has swept the music scene in China since 2015, Prof Wang Cizhao, renowned composer and the rector of [the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing], was dismissed yesterday.”