Origins of kabuki

Kitakami City, Japan, 1948. An elementary school student enters the school bathroom alone. Her friends are waiting for her outside; it’s a beautiful spring day, and lunch period is almost over. A row

Japan’s modern-day shamans weave together past, present and future, via a healthy dose of folky doom

Exhibition of the week Ancient India: living traditions ...

The piece I’d never part with

FROM ancient Roman amphitheatres to cliffside stages battered by sea breezes, Britain’s open-air theatres have a long history. The magic of performance is clearly accentuated by the great outdoors. Th

SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...