Berlin What's on
Smile Machines at Transmediale 06
3 Feb-19 March 2006.
Berlins annual mega media arts event, Transmediale 06, this year explores the theme of Reality Addicts at the Akadamie der Kunste, which also hosts the Smile Machines exhibition...
Paris What's on
9 Feb-5 Aug 2006.
The painting of Paradise in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doges Palace in Venice is one of the worlds largest on canvas, measuring around 8m high by 27m long. It was painte...
Dublin What's on
18 Dec 2006-18 Dec 2007. Highlights from the National Library
Barcelona What's on
7-8 Jan 2006. As part of the season of concerts on offer at the Auditori music venue, the Orchestra Simfnica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) presents some of the most popular works in the s...
Oxford What's on
11 Jan-2 Apr 2006. The Ashmolean Inter-Faith Exhibition Service (AIFES) present the first in a new series of exhibitions exploring artistic representations in religious movements, from Christianity to...
Madrid What's on
5 Jan 2006. Epiphany is more important to Spanish children than Christmas Day, when Santa Claus, who is fundamentally a northern European import, leaves just a token gift for them. The real day for Ch...
Barcelona What's on
How to be Happy - All the Time .
29 Dec 2005-26 Jan 2006. At the Caf Teatre Lliantol on the last Thursday of December and January, American comedian, Rachel Arieff presents her one-woman extreme-cabaret act, with original songs, com...
Berlin What's on
31 Dec 2005. Since the momentous events of 1989, the Brandenburg Gate has come to symbolise the unification of east and west Germany, and as such has become the focus for various celebrations, includi...
Berlin What's on
3-15 Jan 2006. The annual contemporary dance festival at Berlins Sophiensaele features a mix of dancers and young choreographers from all over Germany, and also showcases works by foreign performers c...
Copenhagen What's on
27-29 Dec 2005. This year the annual Copenhagen Masters International Badminton tournament is once again to be held at the Radisson SAS Falconer Hotel in Copenhagen. Over three days, international pla...
Amsterdam What's on
23 Dec 2005-8 Jan 2006. Catalan Compaa Metros present their passionate flamenco and contemporary dance version of Bizets famous opera at the Amsterdam RAI. Directed by one of Spains most outstanding c...
Amsterdam What's on
15-23 Dec 2005. Amsterdams CREA Theatre hosts the Queens English Theatre Company with their Broadway-style production of Ken Hills The Curse of the Werewolf. The story is set in an old German castle i...
London What's on
Peter Pan Cup at the Serpentine.
25 Dec 2005. Every Christmas Day since 1864 the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park has hosted the Peter Pan Cup swimming race. The race is swum over 100 yards on a handicap system. Only members of the Serpe...
Copenhagen What's on
24 Nov-31 Dec 2005. The world famous Royal Copenhagen porcelain forms the centrepiece of this annual Christmas event in Copenhagen, when seven of Denmarks best gourmet chefs lay the table for Christma...
Dublin What's on
27 Dec 2005-4 Jan 2006. After its very successful run last Christmas, Dorothy and her faithful friends are returning to Dublins National Concert Hall in their quest to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz....
Paris What's on
12 Dec 2005-12 Jan 2006. The Opra National de Paris Opra Bastille presents Nureyevs staging of Swan Lake, first performed at the Opra in 1984. The famous ballet is based on an ancient Nordic legend,...
Vienna What's on
23 Nov 2005-29 Jan 2006. The State Hall of the Austrian National Library sterreichische Nationalbibliothek hosts this exhibition of the original unfinished score of Mozarts Requiem. In 2006 Vienna c...
Madrid What's on
19th Century Spanish Art at the Prado.
13 Dec 2005-12 March 2006. To celebrate the centenary of a bequest made to the Prado in 1904 by Ramn de Errazu, a wealthy art collector based in Paris, the museum is holding an exhibition of the 25 wo...
London What's on
The Qing Dynasty at the Royal Academy.
12 Nov 2005-17 April 2006. This exhibition entitled China: the Three Emperors, 1662-1795 covers the reigns of the most powerful rulers of the Qing dynasty: Kangxi (1662-1722), Yongzheng (1723-35) and...
Paris What's on
20 Oct 2005-25 June 2006. Im a chameleon, Lennon used to say, refusing to allow himself to be pigeon-holed by the media. Screen images of the many faces of John Lennon greet the visitor at the entranc...
