Simon Callow
8. April 2011 | 00:21A LETTER FROM LONDON: The Sheridan Morley Theatre Book Prize, The Children’s Hour, Company
In this month’s column spotlighting London theatre, we slip into the Garrick Club for a special award, and attend Company, Spelling Bee, The Heretic, The Children’s Hour and more. (News Source: Playbill - 14:04:28)
Blaze destroys King’s Speech and Downton Abbey costumes in arson attack on top movie costumier’s warehouse
Thousands of ‘irreplaceable’ costumes - many over 100 years old - were reduced to cindered rags as the blaze tore through Lionel Digby’s storehouse, in Torquay, Devon. (News Source: Daily Mail - 09:03:40)
Trichet Seen Burying Ailing Nations With Interest-Rate Rise
Jean-Claude Trichet’s shot against inflation may end up inflicting collateral damage on Europe’s most cash-strapped economies. (News Source: BusinessWeek - 09:52:06)
How covers turned the world karaoke
Cover versions have always been with us, but now that so many artists are trying to live off the kudos of other people’s songs, is the music scene at risk of being run over by its own retreads, asks KEVIN COURTNEY (News Source: The Irish Times - 23:21:17)
The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts
The axe has fallen on the arts. Were the cuts fair? As some groups celebrate and others face oblivion, David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, Jude Kelly and more give their verdicts Richard Eyre : director What Arts Council England has done seems quite smart. Equal misery for all would have been deplorable, and lazy. Instead, they’ve applied the more substantial cuts to the larger organisations, which … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 23:56:27)
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