Actors – Professional vs. Amateur
Many of us enjoy the entertainment afforded by a visit to the theatre to see a play or a musical. In Paphos we can feel starved of good theatre and with more and more people installing satellite TV...
View ArticleThis year’s premier attraction –‘The Tales of Hoffmann’
The highlight of the cultural season in Paphos is the annual Aphrodite Opera Festival that takes place in front of The Medieval Fort in Paphos harbour. Over the past 13 years many popular operas have...
View ArticleHow Times Have Changed (1)
I have recently recorded, for an elderly friend, a series off the television entitled ‘Heroes of Comedy’. The series covered comedians and comic actors of past and recent eras including Frankie...
View ArticleSoap Box time (again)! – Reality Television
Due to the apparent end of ‘summertime’, UK television is leading towards a surfeit of old favourites returning to the Sky network viewing programmes. I appreciate that not everyone is ‘fortunate...
View ArticleTales of Hoffmann and other stories.
I attended two performances of ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Jacques Offenbach’s opera that was the choice for this years Aphrodite Festival in front of the Medieval Fort in Paphos...
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AWAY FROM IT ALL WITH MATT CUTLER
I have just returned from a sojourn in the UK. Admittedly only a short one but sufficient for me to realise how the world outside of Cyprus has changed almost as much as this island during the 8 years...
View ArticleA Differing of Opinions for “Wait Until Dark”
Theatregoers in Paphos have had the opportunity of seeing the latest product from Stage One Theatre Group in the stageing of Frederick Knott’s 1960’s play “Wait Until Dark”. Directed by Liz Pearce...
View ArticleThe 14th Pafos Aphrodite Festival with the opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi on...
Further to my earlier blog the time is fast approaching for the annual escapade into opera presented by The Pafos Aphrodite Festival, now in their 14th year. The opera will be Giuseppe Verdi’s...
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