of mice and men

Seven of Britain’s opera houses including the Royal Opera House, the Welsh National Opera and the English National Opera, get together for a behind the scenes look at opera this Saturday May 10th. The four-hour event Inside Opera will be live streamed on YouTube. Read more. Inside Opera: Live will be livestreamed at theguardian.com/classical and…

Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim of the New York Times, writes about this form of ‘high-culture hooliganism’.  

‘Art for art’s sake’ is becoming an increasingly remote concept in 21st century Australia as performing arts bodies are expected to function according to business models and boost their bottom line from private sources. Are these expectations realistic – and who evaluates the bodies that make the funding decisions? The Australia Council for the Arts which…