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Music & Dance - Saturday, June 18, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Music Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing (Review)
Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews "Seeing is believing", the latest music CD from Nico Muhly, an "undisputed champion of contemporary classical music".
Classical & Opera - Saturday, June 18, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Opera Seven Angels (Opera Group)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on a production of Seven Angels at the Opera Group.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 14, 2011 0:00 - 4 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions After the Event?
As the wave of popular protests sweeps the globe, there is a growing recognition within activist movements of the exhaustion of traditional radical politics of ideological models and organisational vanguards. Sara Motta calls for a new politics in which people have control over decisions and processes affecting their lives.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, June 12, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Film ‘Our Generation’
"Attending the opening night ... was not the red carpet experience one may hope for at a film premiere; but then for a documentary about the persecution of Australia’s Aboriginal people, a glamorous outfit and a dozen photographers would hardly have been appropriate". Ceasefire's Melanie Scagliarini reviews 'Our Generation'.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, June 11, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue Arab Revolutions and the Recognition of Israel
One of the most striking images in the wave of Arab revolutions has been the presence of Palestinian flags on demonstrations throughout. From Tunis to Cairo to Benghazi, expressions of solidarity with the Palestinians have been there all along. In his new column, Asa Winstanley argues that Zionism's propsects in the region are more untenable than ever.
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 9, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Opera Simon Boccanegra (ENO)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on a production of Simon Boccanegra at the English National Opera.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays - Monday, June 6, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Photo Essay Capturing Gaza (II)
In this week's edition of her "Capturing Gaza" series of photo essays, Ceasefire's Gaza correspondent Hama Waqum presents the images the headlines missed.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, June 4, 2011 20:27 - 0 Comments
Special Report India: “progress” before people
This week, thousands of people in two rural districts of India’s eastern Orissa state are losing their homes and livelihoods, their land forcibly bought by South Korean steel mining giant POSCO after five years of Indian government deliberation. Juliet Whitley reports for Ceasefire.
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 2, 2011 2:01 - 1 Comment
Opera Go Traviata (Go Opera)
Hackney-based opera company Go Opera made their debut last night with their own adaptation of Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata aptly named ‘Go Traviata’ which was performed in a warehouse in Hackney. Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews a "unique experience".
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 0:00 - 6 Comments
Passing for Normal The mushroom chair
"For a while now" begins Dave Prescott in a brilliant new piece "I have been looking for someone with the time, skill and interest to help me grow oyster mushrooms on a straw-stuffed chair, in order to install it without explanation as a piece of living art in my local high street."
