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Cuban life – Inner courtyard Wednesday, Sep 24 2008
Uncategorized -, courtyard, cuban, life, photos 4:01 am
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Nous, les héros Monday, Sep 22 2008
Uncategorized héros, les, nous 4:04 am
Somewhere in the centre of Europe, a marriage between two actors is being prepared and war seems imminent. Against that background, French playwright Jean-Luc Lagarce weaves a surreal tale – of warped relationships, deceit, pretension and unrequited love – which is strongly influenced by Franz Kafka. ”Nous, les héros’. One should hear this title with a sense of humour and melancholy’, said the play’s director, Philippe Sireuil. It stars Valérie Bauchau, Léa Capraro, Patrick Descamps and Janine Godinas. In French.
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Puss in Boots Sunday, Sep 21 2008
Uncategorized boots, puss, trip 4:02 am
Dustin, the oldest surviving turkey in the world, co-stars with Twink in ‘Puss in Boots’, the Olympia’s panto offering this year. How a puppet turkey will star on stage is anybody’s guess but you can bet the kids will be entertained – and even some parents too. As with other pantos around town, Macnas were involved with some of the more creative characters on stage. Up-and-coming pop sensations, a happy ending and lots of ‘look behind you’ screams are the order of the day, and the story bears little resemblance to the fairy tale most children would normally know.
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L’Entracte Saturday, Sep 20 2008
Uncategorized international, lentracte 4:02 am
As you’d expect from the location steps away from the grands magasins, this café draws a mix of visiting nationalities during the day, replaced after hours by a more Gallic crowd of couples deep in conversation. Make for the first floor, and if you’re lucky, you’ll arrive as one of the tables by the huge front window becomes vacant – an unbeatable viewpoint across to the Palais Garnier, especially romantic despite its grime, as the blue Paris evening darkens. Inside, four fans connected to a pulley wheel rotate idly above a plush décor of wood panelling, velveteen seats and wine memorabilia – wine posters, maps of wine-producing regions and polished table-tops made from wine casks. Prices are par for the course; you can also eat snacks at all hours.
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Pompeii Wednesday, Sep 17 2008
Uncategorized domestic, flights, international, pompeii 4:01 am
The destruction of this small Italian town in AD79 and its subsequent preservation by volcanic ash are the subjects of this huge exhibition in one of Tokyo’s newest galleries. As well as artefacts from Pompeii, there are astonishing photos of the site, featuring what look like statues, but are in fact people, petrified in the last moments of their lives. Perhaps as people wander round, they’ll pause to glance nervously in the direction of Mount Fuji, which last blew its top a mere 292 years ago.
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King$ Monday, Sep 15 2008
Uncategorized foreign, fun, king$ 3:59 am
Megabucks dressy House nights are done particularly well in Paris, and a handful of veteran promoters tend to crop up again and again, organising unashamedly glitzy soirées. Thus David Guetta, the Midas of the Paris club world and manager of infamously sexy club Les Bains Douches, brings you housemeister Eric Morillo at his Big Dollar King$ night. Already this new monthly night has welcomed Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, the Ministry of Sound, Victor Calderone and others, and for a seriously chic in-crowd of BPs (Beautiful People) look no further than the Elysée.
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Navrat Idiota Sunday, Sep 14 2008
Uncategorized idiota, navrat, trip 3:59 am
Modern Czech sexual politics and soul searching come under the spotlight in this witty take on Dostoyevsky’s ‘The Idiot’. Directed by rising Prague star Sasa Gedeon, this is Czech indie film-making at its best. ‘Return of the Idiot’ casts current luminaries of new Czech cinema, Anna Geislerova and Tatiana Vilhelmova.
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