(*) Ewa Procter One may think it is a strange mixture to join Edith Piaf and Bertold Brecht in a show! But author Aimar Labaki believed it would be a good idea, and he wrote the play dealing with this encounter that never happened in real life. Thus we have “Piaf e Brecht – A Vida em Vermelho” at the Teatro Prudential in Rio de Janeiro. I will write more about this theatre further on in this article. The author’s […]
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We’re delighted to inform that on her 8th June birthday, The Queen was graciously pleased to give orders for the promotion of an MBE to Adam Reid for his “services to sport, underprivileged children and the British community in Brazil”. Adam has helped The British School, the BCS and Street Child United Brazil, among other organisations, for many years. In the photo, Adam can be seen at his son’s graduation last month.
(*) Ewa Procter Theatre has strange ways and mysterious paths! It doesn’t matter what kind of play is on: a drama, a tragedy, a comedy, a musical…And then the main idea from all those involved in a production is to always bring enjoyment to their audiences! I quote Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) when he wrote: “The wild vicissitudes of taste. The stage but echoes back the public voice. The drama’s laws, the drama’s patrons give, for we that live to please, […]
(*) 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 […]
(*) 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 […]
(*) 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 […]
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 […]
(*) 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 […]
(*) 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 […]
(*) 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 […]