Andrew O’Hehir: “Most people involved in marketing independent or foreign film will tell you that the audience is no bigger or smaller than it ever was – but that those people now have far more flexibility about how, when and where they can watch movies.”
Tag: 03.22.12
D’Oyly-Carte To Return To Stage After Ten Years
“The company, famed for its Gilbert and Sullivan operas, stopped producing work in 2003 after it was unable to secure funding to enable it to continue. Since then it has operated a music hire library, which supplies the orchestral parts for Gilbert and Sullivan operas to professional and amateur societies. Next year, however, the company will return as co-producer of a new staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.”
Watch A Day Backstage At The Royal Ballet, Live
“[On] Friday, the Royal Ballet are taking the concept of fly-on-the-wall to a new level: live-streaming an entire working day online, unedited and in real time.”
When It Comes To Religion, Does It Matter Whether God Exists?
“Discussions of religion are typically about God. Atheists reject religion because they don’t believe in God; Jews, Christians and Muslims take belief in God as fundamental to their religious commitment. The philosopher John Gray, however, has recently been arguing that belief in God should have little or nothing to do with religion.”
Russian Artist’s ‘Orthodoxy Or Death’ T-Shirts Ruled Extremist By Judge
“The t-shirts, bearing the logo ‘Orthodoxy or Death’, are designed by Igor Miroshnichenko, a former underground artist and fashion designer who became a Russian Orthodox Christian monarchist. They feature a cross, skulls, crossbones and knives, and have been openly displayed by Orthodox activists.” A Moscow court has upheld a ruling that the logo is an extremist work and therefore illegal.
Data Mining Shakespeare In The Digital Age
Data mining is “where you count a bunch of features in a text or a molecular element, or who is buying a product. Marketers use it to target audiences and analyze web content, but we can use the same techniques to analyze the First Folio.”
In The UK: Sales Of Video Games Surpass Sales Of Videos For First Time
“The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said sales of £1.93bn in 2011 made the gaming industry the country’s biggest entertainment sector. By contrast, sales of DVDs and other video formats totalled £1.80bn, while music pulled in £1.07bn.”
New Director For Royal Shakespeare Company
Gregory Doran, who joined the company 25 years ago – as an actor – is currently chief associate director at the RSC.
The Age Of Networked Intelligence
“The secret thread running through the SXSW Interactive conference is one that, once noticed, is seen propagating throughout everything from politics to comedy, social media strategies to street parties, all the way to the very laws of thermodynamics.”
UK Changes Visa Entry Rules For Artists
“The previous ‘points-based immigration system’ effectively classed visiting non-EU artists as migrants and forced them into long, and sometimes unsuccessful, visa application processes. It drew widespread criticism from the art world and London’s municipal government, but despite the change, it seems there is still some progress to be made on the issue.”