Upon arriving at Warsaw Chopin Airport, I was greeted by representatives from the Polish Tourist Board. One of the first things they said to me is that they want the preconceived notion that Warsaw still resonates with its past Soviet association to be put to bed. It was clear upon the drive from the Airport to the Hotel that the development, ...

A new production of the 1964 stage musical Hello Dolly is playing a limited summer season at the London Palladium. It stars Dame Imelda Staunton in the lead role along with a full cast. The plot sees 'meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi travelling to Yonkers, New York to find a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder. He is a miserly, and...

The Brittany American Cemetery in Saint James, lower Normandy, sits quietly just on the outskirts of the town of Saint James. It is one of several sites in France operated by the ABMC, with this particular cimetière at the point where American forces broke through the hedgerows and rolling farmland on the Normandy/Brittany border during the offensi...

Sadler's Wells was the venue for Carlos Acosta's Carmen Ballet production from his Dance School, Acosta Danza. Indeed, Carlos Acosta is a highly revered figure in the industry, with a desire for entertaining audiences with classical and contemporary dance.Back In 2016, Carlos Acosta, produced a one-act version of Carmen for the Royal Ballet and dec...

A small cottage industry of Paris comedy shows in English helps tourists laugh at themselves and Parisians both. How archaic to think of women traveling to Paris getting a new bouffant hairdo and Chanel suit in order to fit in.Long gone are the days when an American in Paris had to fret that their travel trousseau, accent or sneakers would elicit s...

The second major production in the 2024 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre season is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It runs until 20 July 2024 Images : Alex Brenner This is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911. A classic of English children's literature, this is a new version by Holly Robinso...