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Big Audio Dynamite: How Theatre Is Moving At The Speed Of Sound

Long treated as a final flourish, sound design is now sitting at the heart of theatre productions – and new technology means it can make drama more tense and terrifyi...

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Alternative Entertainment

Bengaluru Theatre Groups Go For Trailers To Attract Tech-Savvy Audience

Unless one is a regular theatre goer, chances are that one does not know which play to watch. Information available is usually about the cast or a brief plot summary. Theat...

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Environment

Attack By 'Avengers' Militant Group Forces Chevron To Close Oil Facility In Nigeria

Chevron has been forced shut down oil production at its Escravos terminal in Nigeria following an attack by militants, the second time in recent weeks that violence has imp...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Meena Kumari

I walked carefully through the film set, encountering black coils of electrical wires, plug points, tripods, pedestal lights, noisy fans at every step of the way that made ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Laughter Above All

It's driving one section of theatre folk to despair, and causing another section to success-- the popularity of comedy above all else.

Audiences are flocking t...

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Health

Making A Fundamental Shift In Drug Policy And Harm Reduction

In 1998, the United Nations General Assembly convened a special session under the slogan, “A drug-free world — we can do it!” with the goal of prohibiting...

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Festivals

Cannes: Beloved Festival Figure Nathalie Dubois On Losing Her Brother In Paris' Bataclan Bombing

The France-born Dubois, who runs the DPA Cannes Gift Suite out of the Carlton Hotel, expresses the importance of coming to Cannes despite her fear of attending: "I'm fright...

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Alternative Entertainment

Artificial Intelligence Creativity Machine Learns To Play Beethoven In The Style Of The Beatles’ “Penny Lane”

It is the end of term this week and my film production students asked me to name my favorite part of filmmaking. I told them it’s directing, as it’s something I...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Nirbhaya Again

The horrific case of the brutal rape of a Kerala law student has reminded everyone of the December 16, 2012 gut-wrenching incident that has come to be known as the Nirbhaya...

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8 TRAVEL DOCUMENTARIES ON INDIA THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO PACK YOUR BAGS NOW

The shining sun, the cooling breeze; the sounds of nature, the joyous rain; the deep sea, the vast mountain; the towering trees, the mind-boggling streets; the foreign tong...

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