slideshow The celebration of Easter has certainly changed in many ways during my eight decades, but its meaning and impact remain constant. The story of the resurrection cannot be altered. We might lose sight of it, we might even choose …
CAPE TOWN Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf of Figure of Eight Dance Collective will present their acclaimed work Architecture of Tears, which was staged at the 2014 Baxter Dance Festival. They have teamed up with the Baxter’s Lara Foot …
For some, the term spring equinox conjures up images of daffodils and tulips bordering a fence line; but for those living on the Great Northern Peninsula, winter is still firmly entrenched. In France however-where ‘our Amy’ is attending school-spring is …
Everything about Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play is ambitious. Clocking in at just under four hours (yes, you read that right), the three-play cycle chronicles the staging of Passion plays across three places in geography, politics, and history. It uncovers, in …
ST PATRICK’S DAY The annual parade was a great success and there was a great sense of community loyalty and fun. Refreshments were served in the hall following mass. Thanks to all who took part and we hope next year’s …
Brandon Gutierrez as Jesus in the Passion Play at Park View 4U, Lytham Hundreds of performers will bring the Easter message to the streets of Lytham as the town’s first open-air Passion Play is performed this weekend. St Annes teenager …
Picasa cc thetford 032715 osborne 1.jpg Herman Osborne’s artillery unit spent 227 days in continuous combat during World War II. Photo by Harry Thetford Courtesy of Osborne family cc thetford 032715 osborne 3.jpg Charlie Battery, 741st Field Artillery Battalion on …
Joe and Grace Fox Both Joe and Grace Fox are significant role models. Grace Fox is a very well-known and highly respected woman. She has accomplished much to date and has met and worked with many political icons, decision-makers that …
There’s a depressing irony at the center of The Originalist, Arena Stage playwright-in-residence John Strand’s smooth, easily digested, genially middlebrow work of (recent) historical fiction about Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s longest serving and most divisive associate justice: The energetic …
Andrew Buchanan Denzil Deane seen as Christus in the Durban Passion Play, a highlight on the theatre calendar over the coming Easter break. New Dawn Park’s Denzil Deane has big sandals to fill in the role of Christus in the …