Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth hire a medium to perform a seance for research for Charles’ new book and she unwittingly conjures up Charles’ first wife, Elvira. This is playwright Noel Coward at his best. The king of English tearoom drama shows that when polite upper-class society meets the unrefined undead one, the outcome [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Blithe Spirit
December 30, 2009My Ruin
December 28, 2009No age restriction. My Ruin are the latest rock incarnation of mouthy female rapper Tairrie B. The band are also making an instore appearance at Avalanche Records in Dundas Street at 3pm,
Why Don-Chan ?
December 27, 2009Hello Dali: From the Sublime to the Surreal
December 26, 2009Well, hello Dali. It’s nice to meet a whimsical show about art. This playful bit of theatre offers a poignant and provocative re-discovery of the world’s greatest masterpieces. It is a songwriter’s response to great paintings of the European and American masters, including Picasso, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Pollack and Dali. Along with pithy and amusing [...]
German Film Festival
December 25, 2009Years after the fall of the Wall modern German cinema employs documentary, drama and comedy to examine the country’s ongoing East/West divide.
Mercado de Budapeste
December 24, 2009Zeitwenden
December 19, 2009A joint project held at the 20er Haus Museum of Modern Art and the Künstlerhaus, ‘Zeitwenden’ (‘Turn of the Times’) marks the year 2000 by inviting over 80 artists from around the world to express their hopes, fears and visions for the future, unrestricted by specific themes or instructions. Among the artists exhibiting in a [...]
Virus
December 18, 2009Virus has been the home for extravagant New Russians and $8 cocktails – the owner never went anywhere, even the dancefloor, without at least six bodyguards – but has transformed itself into a slightly more egalitarian place for the late night crowd. Prices have come down, the sound system has been unpgraded but the toilets [...]
Winetime
December 15, 2009Located just off Vienna’s main shopping artery, Mariahilfer Straße, Winetime is a discreetly stylish wine bar serving superb beef carpaccios, antipasti and a couple of hot dishes which change daily. The interior is a relaxing blend of bare brick, unusual iron work and natural light from conservatory. Food-wise, the highlight has to be their superb [...]
