Blind Summit & the serious business of puppetry

By Jane Hobson, 18 June 2019

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“A puppet is made out of imagination and love”

Bachtrack, 20th May

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Jonathan Payn talks about The Green Table by Kurt Jooss, first performed in Germany in 1932 – and how choreography can respond to political collapse and the threat of war.

Diversity and recovery: Early music in Croatia

Lawrence Dunn, 13th May

A group of younger Croatian musicians, including new ensemble Gli Schiavoni, are determined to recover the historical music of Croatia, despite a devastating series of earthquakes and armed conflicts.

Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood

Lawrence Dunn, 1st May

Brett Dean, Heather Betts and Lotte Betts-Dean sit down to discuss their work on Of One Blood, a new opera dramatising the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots – affairs of the family all round.

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Charlotte Gardner, 30th April

Ahead of a return to Prague to perform with the Czech Philharmonic, Anastasia Kobekina talks about Bryce Dessner’s new cello concerto, Trembling Earth, her love for Dvořák, and exploring new instruments.

Rambert School, Juilliard School, McGregor: triple threat!

Deborah Weiss, 29th April

Amanda Britton, Artistic Director of Rambert School, talks about an exchange and collaboration between the Rambert School and Juilliard to create a new work by Wayne McGregor, a unique project.

No fixed paths: Jorge Losana on Early music in Spain

Eleanor Knight, 24th April

Founder of celebrated young vocal ensemble Cantoría talks about being a musical organiser, singing musical ensaladas, and how Barcelona might be the capital of Early music on the Iberian peninsula.

Jane Hobson

Jane Hobson is an erstwhile advertising strategist and cowgal, who is now a gun-for-hire in the performing arts. Usually found photographing Work of Extraordinary Beauty, she has also been known to turn her hand to writing. Should you wish to commission her, whether for productions or portraiture, she is to be found at janehobson.com

Blind Summit and the serious business of puppetry