Culturekiosque Nouveau: Reviews

Our take on musical performance, theatre, exhibitions and any other events that catch our fancy.

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Theatre Review: A Weekend With Pablo Picasso

Herbert Siguenza, the 30-year theatre veteran who pioneered the use of sketch comedy to illuminate the complex ethnic relationships of America’s cities, presents his unique vision of Pablo Picasso.

The Power of Yes at the Lyttelton, National Theatre, London

David Hare’s latest play attempts — and fails — to compellingly dramatize the events leading to the near collapse of the global financial system.

Whisper House: Murmurs of Something Great

All the ingredients are there, but before Whisper House can find success, some serious tinkering with the recipe is needed.

The Man Who Made Dead Bodies Speak and Fathered the American Public Library

Harold Hyman reports on a travelling exhibition about one of the founders of public libraries in the United States who was expelled from medical school because he made cadavers speak during autopsies.

Compagnia Pippo Delbono: Gente di Plastica

Worshipped or despised, Italian theatre director Pippo Delbono and his troupe rarely leave an audience indifferent to their particular brand of contemporary theatre. In Paris during the month of December, Patricia Boccadoro reviews the Italian company's production, 'Gente di plastica' (Plastic People).

The First Ebony Festival : A Celebration of Africa

The first Ebony Festival of African Music, A Celebration of Africa was held earlier this month at Demba Diop soccer stadium in Dakar, Senegal.

John Fleck in Nothin Beats Pussy

Developed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Warhol Museum in Pittsburg and the Evidence Room in Los Angeles over the past year, Nothin' Beats Pussy takes its title from a conversation John Fleck had with his father about being gay.

2002 Avignon Festival: A Return to Innovation

France's Avignon festival is France's oldest theatre festival, founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar. In 1993, Bernard Faivre d'Arcier returned to Avignon as director of the Festival d'Avignon.