Dublin What's on
11-30 April 2006. Tom Duffys famous circus has joined forces with the Chinese National Circus for the Silkroad Show currently touring Ireland. Taking its name from the ancient trade route, the Silkroa...
Dublin What's on
30 April 2006. Ballet Ireland performs excerpts from The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty for this gala tribute to Russian composer Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky at the National Concert Hall. The highlig...
Vienna What's on
27 March-6 May 2006. Noel Cowards 1930s comedy Fallen Angels is playing at Viennas English Theatre in a production directed by British actor/director Ron Aldridge. The angels in question are two happi...
Oxford What's on
27 Apr-13 May 2006. The Oxford Playhouse presents Edward Albees Pulitzer prize-winning play Three Tall Women directed by Irina Brown. The play is set in the bedroom of a sick and forgetful old woman....
Amsterdam What's on
9 March-24 May 2006. The Rijksmuseum presents an exhibition of paintings initially attributed to Rembrandt and acquired by the museum as such, but whose authenticity is now in question. This unusual e...
Berlin What's on
Gnter Kupetz. Industrial design.
5 April-5 June 2006. The Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design in Berlin presents the work of industrial designer Gnter Kupetz on the occasion of his 80th birthday. During the 1950s and 1960s, Kupetz was o...
Barcelona What's on
22 March-7 June 2006. The 17th edition of the Festival de Guitarra de Barcelona is hosted by the Palau de la Msica and music clubs such as Bikini and Luz de Gas. Highlights include a solo concert by J...
London What's on
28 March-10 June 2006. Mike Leighs acclaimed play Two Thousand Years returns to the Nationals Lyttelton Theatre following a sell-out run at the Cottesloe and a UK tour. Better known in recent times fo...
Barcelona What's on
Ancient Persia: the forgotten empire.
8 March-11 June 2006. The CaixaForum hosts an exhibition of over 500 artefacts, weapons, items of jewellery, sculptures and wall paintings from the Persian Aquemnida empire, which flourished between 5...
London What's on
23 March-25 June 2006. The British Museum presents a chronological exhibition of drawings by the Renaissance genius Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564). Nearly 100 drawings are on display, including f...
Copenhagen What's on
12 April-25 June 2006. The Thorvaldsens Museum is hosting this site-specific photo installation by Danish artist Sren Lose. The Home! Abroad and home again! exhibition displays images of travel in Ita...
Berlin What's on
29 March-3 Sept 2006. The life, loves and travels of Giacomo Casanova, whose name has become synonymous with seduction, is now a musical presented by the Friedrichstadtpalast theatre. Set in Venice, L...
Paris What's on
8 Feb-4 Sept 2006. The Pompidou Centre is currently displaying heads of all shapes, sizes and materials. Aimed at visitors aged 5-12, the exhibition presents an interactive tte--tte between artworks f...
Madrid What's on
10 March-1 Dec 2006. Madrid city council is presenting a festival of Mozarts music as part of its programme Distrito Artes aimed at making the arts accessible to all residents. Celebrating the 250th a...
Berlin What's on
Until 22 Dec 2006. The Berlin Potsdamer Platz Theater is hosting the fifth production of this extraordinarily popular show combining theatrical performance with highly percussive rock music.
Using a...
Dublin What's on
17-27 March 2006. The Irish Film Institute presents the 12th edition of the VIVA! festival of Spanish cinema, which this year also features films from Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The 12-film progr...
Copenhagen What's on
24 March-2 April 2006. 150 films from 46 countries are to be screened at Copenhagens most important international film festival, this year in its 16th edition. Screenings are held in every cinema in t...
Copenhagen What's on
29 March-2 April 2006. Top boutiques in the Danish capital are hosting a variety of free events for Metro Fashion Week including the History of Fashion at Magasin, a make-up and hair show at Fields, o...
Paris What's on
23 Feb-9 April 2006. The Maison des Cultures du Monde (MCM) is hosting the tenth edition of the Festival of the Imagination celebrating cultural diversity. Participating international artists include...
Berlin What's on
17 Feb-7 May 2006. This exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie explores the idea of melancholy, a major preoccupation in European art over the centuries. Over 300 works are on display, from the earlie...
