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Lausanne’s free festival with priceless performances

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Lausanne has been the official Olympic capital for 30 years, but for longer than that, the hilly Swiss city has been staging a summer spectacle with a dizzying array of artistic, rather than athletic, disciplines. This year’s line-up for the Festival de la Cité – the 52nd edition – features more than 80 shows over … Read more

arts in public schools should be a priority for the next administration, theater leaders say

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Tackling the erosion and devaluation of the arts in state schools must be a priority for the next government, leading theater figures in England have insisted. Sir Nicholas Hytner, who ran the National Theater in London for 12 years, said state schools “have been robbed” and that restoring arts education was an urgent issue to … Read more