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Marlowe’s Malta

Sunday, 9 September 2018, 12:00 Last update: about 7 years ago

Religious conflict, revenge, intrigue... These words could easily describe the first Elizabethan Era of England, which lasted from Queen Elizabeth I's ascension to the throne in 1558 until her death...

Sfumat: caught between what is seen and what is not

Sunday, 9 September 2018, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago

Alex is never seen. He only appears through the words and actions of those around him, mostly through those of his father, Charles, and his daughter, Maria. As such, the audience forms its own...

Becoming Aida

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 11:31 Last update: about 7 years ago

In the world of opera, few works hold such distinction as Giuseppe Verdi's famous masterpiece Aida, with performances of the classic staged repeatedly every year around the globe. For most opera...

Stitching Up censorship

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 08:49 Last update: about 7 years ago

They say that truth may be stranger than fiction and, certainly, the story of the battle to perform Anthony Neilson's Stitching in Malta is one worthy of a play. Famed for the headline-hitting...

The Music of the Day

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 08:44 Last update: about 7 years ago

"Malta has missed out on a hundred years of music," claims Ruben Zahra, artistic director of concert series Modern Music Days. "The works of important 20th century composers have been featured in all...

Boulevard

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 08:41 Last update: about 7 years ago

Describe Francis Ebejer's Boulevard. T: Boulevard represents everyone's life and their relationship with it vis-a-vis trying to make sense of it all. In many interviews with friends and peers of...

Christopher Marlowe’s ‘The Jew of Malta’

Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 09:57 Last update: about 7 years ago

This October, the MADC and Teatru Manoel are producing Christopher Marlowe's classic 1590s play The Jew of Malta. In many ways The Jew of Malta was ahead of its time, and today reads more like a...

World-famous opera director for Opera in Gozo

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 11:31 Last update: about 7 years ago

An all-time favourite, Puccini's Tosca returns to the Aurora Opera House this October after what is considered an abnormally short time. But there will be a very good reason why Tosca reappears in...

Baxx Baxx to open at the Manoel Theatre

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 13:53 Last update: about 7 years ago

The highly anticipated debut of ‘’Baxx Baxx’’ by  theatre production company Grokk Teatru will premiere this weekend at Manoel Theatre, Valletta, from the 20th-22nd...

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