“When the Arts Council asked how organisations would respond to the five ambitions set out in their 10-year strategy, a group of eight programmers and producers based across the south east of England saw the possibility to put into practice a more generous, collaborative model for touring theatre.” One of those eight, Gavin Stride, explains how the model works.
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The Woman Who Orchestrated Random Penguin
Liz Mohn, the power behind media giant Bertelsmann and the merger of Random House with Penguin: “The planned combination will give authors from all genres even more publishing options for the success of their books.”
Without Fashion Magazines, Would The Impressionists Have Existed?
“Paris of the mid 19th century was becoming a stage for the city’s emerging haute bourgeoisie, and the style of the fashionable Parisienne was as much an invention of the city as its new urban design.”
Don’t You Bookish People Understand Satire?
“Since coming to Ireland, I’ve seen so many applications to Dalkey in which CVs list upwards of six internships, which tend to smack of ‘we looked, we evaluated, and didn’t think the person was good enough to keep’. And my 25 years of experience with interns has been very mixed.”
How Social Media Is Protesting The University Of California’s New Logo
“While the UC quietly spends whatever amount of money it costs to rebrand a huge network, a back channel of angry communication is able to take place by the people who feel most affected by UC decisions.”
Movies At 48 Frames/Second – A Weird, Wonderful Experiment
“The 48 fps version of The Hobbit is weird, that’s true. It’s distracting as hell, yes yes yes. Yet it’s also something that you’ve never seen before, and is, in its way, amazing. Taken all together, and without the prejudice of film-buffery, Jackson’s experiment is not a flop. It’s a strange, unsettling success.”
How The Movie Industry Has Scaled Back (Production And Creativity)
“What do mainstream movies mean any more? Big studios have cut back on output and refined business models to appeal to the taste for the spectacular, the special event, the blowout. In the process, they have largely left the task of creating serious drama to cable television.”
Tolkein Lawsuit Over Hobbit Merchandising Is Battle For Marketing
The estate claimed that the merchandising of all sorts of doodads “has offended and distressed Tolkien’s devoted fans, harming Tolkien’s legacy and reputation.”
Who Should Design The New York Philharmonic’s Home?
Architecture critic James Russell makes his list: “The possibilities are bracing. It’s worth dreaming big.”
Damien Hirst Suddenly Quits Gagosian
“Hirst’s abrupt and unexpected departure leaves him without gallery representation in New York City.”