Cultural identity and the Walferdange book fair with writer Rolade Berthier, and an upcoming Ukrainian Winter Night with Natalia Rada Demchuk, plus a brief look at NWTC’s ‘Lend Me a Tenor’!
Hark, what most wondrous news is this? The Shakespeare Schools Festival is on again this February 5th and 6th, and has grown and now includes school theatre groups from Cyprus, Belgium, France and the UK as well as St. George’s and Michel Lucius from Luxembourg and the New World Theatre Club’s youth group. Drama teacher Clare Williams spearheaded this initiative five years ago, and continues to get her kids at St. George’s enthused about the Bard and about performing on stage. The festival presents short versions of Shakespeare’s plays, adapted and revised and often given a modern, fun twist like
Playwright Nora Connolly discusses her play Nora and Jim, about James Joyce and his life partner and wife Nora Barnacle, joined by Fergal from the Luxembourg chapter of the Irish music association Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. NWTC has organised the 11 and 12 January performances in Neudorf. Also in the studio are the organiser and beneficiary of the 18 January classical piano concert at the St Eglise St Laurent in Lorentzeiler featuring Zala and Val Kravos. The concert is organised by InterNations Changemakers and benefits the Ile aux Clowns. Ticket info can be found on the Ile aux Clowns website.
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