All I ask is the possibility of love! — Frankenstein at the National Theatre
The beginning of February sees what must be one of the most highly anticipated productions of 2011 — Frankenstein, directed by Danny ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Boyale at London’s National Theatre. It is an...
View ArticleDame Harriet Walter enter stage left
Actress Harriet Walter, who has been made a dame in the New Year Honours, has enjoyed a distinguished career on stage and screen spanning three decades. Dame Harriet, the niece of Sir Christopher Lee,...
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My memories of Jane Russell — a down-to-earth gal: June 21, 1921 – February...
Jane Russell and I had little in common, but we shared the same birthday, which we both agreed was the best possible day to have a birthday, June 21. When I worked with her, briefly, she joked about...
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Sylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’
Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale the Leone d’oro (Golden Lion) for “having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics”. Valeria Crippa of...
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About me
About me… Gramilano aka (by my Mum and Dad) as Graham Spicer. My short blog biography says, Director, writer and actor in Milan, blogging about ballet, opera, music and theatre for people who are a...
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Florestan’s crepes backstage at La Scala
Instead of lounging in the pressroom with glass of something bubbly in my hand during the opening of La Scala’s season, I found myself in the wings holding a mic and trying to describe – and translate...
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Giovanna d’Arco – the background of La Scala’s latest production
On 7 December 2015, La Scala’s 2015-2016 Season opens with Giuseppe Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, which had its premiere at La Scala on 15 February 1845, but hasn’t been staged at the Milanese theatre since...
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My memories of Jane Russell – a down-to-earth gal: June 21, 1921 – February...
Jane Russell and I had little in common, but we shared the same birthday, which we both agreed was the best possible day to have a birthday, June 21. When I worked with her, briefly, she joked about...
View ArticleSylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’
Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale the Leone d’oro (Golden Lion) for “having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics”. Valeria Crippa of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
About me
About me… Gramilano aka (by my Mum and Dad) as Graham Spicer. My short blog biography says, Director, writer and actor in Milan, blogging about ballet, opera, music and theatre for people who are a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florestan’s crepes backstage at La Scala
Instead of lounging in the pressroom with glass of something bubbly in my hand during the opening of La Scala’s season, I found myself in the wings holding a mic and trying to describe – and translate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Giovanna d’Arco – the background of La Scala’s latest production
On 7 December 2015, La Scala’s 2015-2016 Season opens with Giuseppe Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, which had its premiere at La Scala on 15 February 1845, but hasn’t been staged at the Milanese theatre since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My memories of Jane Russell – a down-to-earth gal: June 21, 1921 – February...
Jane Russell and I had little in common, but we shared the same birthday, which we both agreed was the best possible day to have a birthday, June 21. When I worked with her, briefly, she joked about...
View ArticleSylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’
Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale the Leone d’oro (Golden Lion) for “having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics”. Valeria Crippa of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
About me
About me… Gramilano aka (by my Mum and Dad) as Graham Spicer. My short blog biography says, Director, writer and actor in Milan, blogging about ballet, opera, music and theatre for people who are a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florestan’s crepes backstage at La Scala
Instead of lounging in the pressroom with glass of something bubbly in my hand during the opening of La Scala’s season, I found myself in the wings holding a mic and trying to describe – and translate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Giovanna d’Arco – the background of La Scala’s latest production
On 7 December 2015, La Scala’s 2015-2016 Season opens with Giuseppe Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, which had its premiere at La Scala on 15 February 1845, but hasn’t been staged at the Milanese theatre since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All I ask is the possibility of love! – Frankenstein at the National Theatre
The beginning of February sees what must be one of the most highly anticipated productions of 2011 – Frankenstein, directed by Danny ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Boyale at London’s National Theatre. It is an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dame Harriet Walter enter stage left
Actress Harriet Walter, who has been made a dame in the New Year Honours, has enjoyed a distinguished career on stage and screen spanning three decades. Dame Harriet, the niece of Sir Christopher Lee,...
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In conversation with Myriam Ould-Braham and István Simon
The annual, starry, late summer gala organised by American Ballet Theatre’s Xiomara Reyes and Ballets du Monte Carlo’s Elías García for IBStage takes place at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. Over...
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