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Jamming with Rise Tigné
The first two reunions rallying former members of the Tigné music community have served not only to rekindle old friendships but have also led a number of musicians to rediscover their musical spark. As a result, several bands from that bygone era...
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The BMAT PRS Malta Top 20 Airplay Chart
1 The Person I am Ira Losco 2 Home The Crowns 3 Tomorrow Gianluca Bezzina 4 Daphne Lyndsay 5 Want You to Know Planet Seed Elizabeth, I No Snow/No Alps 7 Memory of a Dream Tenishia, featuring Chris Jones Ronnie Skimmed How I...
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Love, comedy and friendship
Time for comedy, courtesy of the MADC, with a sparkling comedy, Secret Bridesmaids Business, written by Australian writer Elizabeth Coleman and directed by Chiara Hyzler. The play centres around the final night before Meg’s wedding day – the day she...
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Seminar and site tour regarding Malta’s Neolithic temples
In keeping with its role to promote awareness of Malta’s history and heritage sites, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar is holding a one-day seminar on Malta’s Neolithic Temple culture in collaboration with archaeologist David Trump and several experts in...
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Lecture on the cultural legacy of Malta and Gozo
Historian Vincent Zammit will give a lecture that takes his audience on a journey through Malta’s 7,500 years of history and culture, in the context of the islands’ built and natural beauty as well as aspects of Malta’s culture like traditions and...
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A voice that demands attention
I must confess I am not particularly keen on the counter-tenor voice. Live performances such as that given by David Hansen at the Manoel Theatre are rarities, and in this case doubly so because this young man must be one of the greatest living...
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The Rocket wins Tribeca’s top honours
The Australian film The Rocket picked up two top honours on Thursday at the Tribeca Film Awards, winning best narrative feature and best actor for the performance of a non-professional child actor. The film, set in Laos and shot in its native...
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Journey of discovery round the Maltese islands
A pictorial account of the Maltese islands’ cultural legacy will be given in a compendium of 20 books by the Salesians of Don Bosco. Aptly named The Cultural Legacy of Malta & Gozo, the new series of books will deal with different subjects: the...
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Of power struggles and family politics
TheatreThe HomecomingMADC Clubrooms Power struggles and family politics are tough waters to navigate, but when several male egos struggling for dominance are suddenly unsettled by a single, electric female presence, then the sparks really do start...
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Iron Man in quest to save the US
After battling grandiose villains and teaming up with other superheroes, it’s back to basics for Iron Man in the third instalment of the multi-million-dollar franchise featuring Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man 3 has Downey reprising his role of...
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Science fact or fiction?
Can we build an Iron Man? Is Tony Stark’s technology a science fact or fiction? This is the subject of an event being held ahead of the Iron Man 3 midnight screening at the Eden Cinemas on April 30 (between Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1). Speakers...
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An appetising late breakfast
ConcertTrio FrühstückClara Frühstück, piano;Maria Sawerthal, violin;Sophie Abraham, cello.Manoel Theatre Despite having been announced rather late in the season, there was a goodly gathering of chamber music enthusiasts at the Manoel for this...
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Exceptional violinists
ConcertDaniel Auner, violin;Barbara de Menezes Galante, violinThe Friends of the Manoel/Embassy of Austria.Sala Isouard The recital, sponsored by the Embassy of Austria, is the first of several aimed at enriching the local music scene, as Austrian...
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The end of the world... as we know it
Oblivion (2013)Certified: 12Certified: 124 minutesDirected by: Joseph KosinskiStarring: Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, Zoë BellKRS release Oblivion is set in the year 2077 when...
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Another Nicholas Sparks adaptation
Safe Haven (2013)Certified: 12Duration: 115 minutesDirected by: Lasse HallströmStarring: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons, Mimi KirklandKRS release Safe Haven is another adaptation of a novel by Nicholas Sparks, and has all...
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First ‘opera Oscars’
Frankfurt Opera was crowned the world’s best opera company at the inaugural International Opera Awards which were set up to promote opera to a wider audience as it comes under increasing financial pressure. The award was one of 21 prizes announced...
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Bublé tops UK charts
Michael Bublé has scored the fastest selling album of the year – and his own career – after his latest recording outsold the rest of the top five combined this week. To Be Loved, the Canadian crooner’s third UK number one album in a row, amassed a...
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Tom Cruise’s Oblivion wipes out US box office
Tom Cruise’s post-apocalyptic thriller Oblivion wiped out the box office competition, racking up €29.2 million in weekend ticket sales during its US and Canadian debut. The debut of Oblivion knocked baseball movie 42 into second place. The drama...
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Art queries what we take for granted
Religious morals and the creative process in art and discrimination within society are topics explored in an exhibition titled Painting Diaries. This first solo exhibition by self-taught artist Matthew Cassar, opens at Palazzo Ferreria, in Valletta...
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Documentaries take centre stage at Tribeca
A world heavyweight champion, a brassy Broadway legend, ground-breaking comics, an Oscar-winning director and a four-legged internet star are among subjects that documentary film-makers have trained their lenses on at this year’s Tribeca Film...
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