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24/04/2019
Entertainment & Art

“MERLIN E ARTHUR – UM SONHO DE LIBERDADE

(*) Ewa Procter And so we can now move to the past… But not just to any past, but rather to the medieval universe of magic and battle! Even if it tells us about a very ancient legend known all over the world, the author (Márcia Zanelatto) and the director (Guilherme Leme Garcia) believe the result is really contemporary. I am talking about “Merlin e Arthur – Um Sonho de Liberdade”, a musical that I had the opportunity of watching […]
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24/03/2019
Entertainment & Art

“COLE PORTER – ELE NUNCA DISSE QUE ME AMAVA”

(*) Ewa Procter Now that the Carnaval festivities are over, time has come to enjoy a different kind of music! The samba is a wonderful rhythm; recently everybody had the opportunity to either watch the samba schools or to go to Carnaval balls and dance to one’s heart’s content! Of course, this kind of thing is for those who are up to it, and interested in participating in this wonderful feast. But now, as we say in Brazil, Carnaval is […]
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10/02/2019
Entertainment & Art

“AS CRIANÇAS”

(*) Ewa Procter “As Crianças” (“The Children”, in its original English title) was written in 2016 by young and prize-winning British dramatist Lucy Kirkwood. The play opened at the mythical Royal Court Theatre in London, a theatre where a large number of expressive young British authors were staged. “The Children” then continued to be produced in England, as well as in the United States. And now it arrived in Brazil! The play tells us the story of three nuclear physicists […]
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10/02/2019
Around Rio

Brazilian Pipers Pipe Band 20 Years Anniversary

Resplendent in their kilted uniforms, the boys of the Brazilian Pipers Pipe Band, based in São Gonçalo, have become a regular and very popular attraction at BCS events, with their lively display of foot-tapping Scottish and Brazilian tunes. Not many of us will be aware that it’s twenty years now since the band was inaugurated by retired Fusileiro Naval officer José Paulo Perreira Filho as a social project to develop and create opportunities for teenage boys from one of the […]
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02/01/2019
Entertainment & Art

“WHAT A MUSICAL YEAR WE HAD…”

(*) Ewa Procter As I usually do for my January article, once again I am writing a summary of what I saw and reviewed for my readers during the previous year. In analyzing the shows I considered the most appropriate for “The Umbrella”, I realized that a large number of my columns were on musicals! If you follow my monthly articles, you have probably come to the conclusion that I am a great fan of this kind of entertainment. I […]
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04/12/2018
Entertainment & Art

“O INOPORTUNO”

(*) Ewa Procter “O Inoportuno” (or rather, “The Caretaker”, its original title) is one of the most important and best known plays by Harold Pinter. The Brazilian staging I am reviewing now pays homage to one of the most famous theatre writers of the 20th Century, also winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature (2005). I am sure Harold Pinter’s name is familiar to all of you! Pinter was a British actor, director, playwright, poet and scriptwriter. And now, on […]
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02/11/2018
Entertainment & Art

“ATRAVÉS DA IRIS”

(*) Ewa Procter “More is more, less is bore”. This is a joke that became a motto for New Yorker Iris Apfel. Iris is now ninety-seven years old; she continues in full activity as an entrepreneur and interior designer. And if you are not familiar with her name, please take note that this lady became one of the major worldwide references in pop art and in the fashion world! So, “Através da Iris” is a tribute to Iris Apfel. And […]
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01/10/2018
Entertainment & Art

“O CHORO DE PIXINGUINHA”

“O CHORO DE PIXINGUINHA” (*) Ewa Procter I wish to start this article by saying that musicals are and will always be musicals! It does not matter how old you are, providing you are young at heart, and that you do enjoy this kind of entertainment. And following this line, I wish to tell you about a wonderful experience I had the other day. Although basically geared for the younger audiences, I want to say that “O Choro de Pixinguinha”, […]
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11/09/2018
Entertainment & Art

“ELZA”

(*) Ewa Procter One might say that I enjoy musicals more than anything else! And this is the reason why I am always reviewing them. This is not really true, although I have been a great admirer of this kind of theatre experience all my life. This brings me memories of my late husband John Procter who had always preferred either opera or straight plays. But I must add that he was not really at all unhappy to accompany me […]
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10/09/2018
Around Rio

7th SAS/BCS Caledonian Ceilidh

Article by James Frew, Chair of the St Andrew Society.   St. Andrew Society of Rio de Janeiro *Founded in 1906*  Scottish week October 06 to 14 2018 If you’ve ever heaved a rock into the still water of a Scottish loch, you’ll have seen how far the ripples keep going long after there’s no sign of where the rock submerged and just at the point where attendances at Audrey Hieatt’s Scottish country dancing classes at the Paissandu Club have […]
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