AUTHOR Bettina Gracias
I left my tears in Kyiv
It’s not just about our pain. It’s not just about Ukraine. It’s about our civilisation. It’s about our values. It’s about humanity
Ulysses
A play about the publishing of James Joyce’s Ulysses which examines the relationships between James Joyce, Sylvia Beach, Adrienne Monnier and Nora Joyce.
I nostri mondi attraverso l’obiettivo di Alessandro Punzo
Un viaggio fotografico che attraversa culture, disuguaglianze e meraviglie naturali: lo sguardo di Alessandro Punzo ci invita a riflettere sulla bellezza e le contraddizioni del nostro mondo.
Nos mondes sous l’objectif d’Alessandro Punzo
À Venise, une exposition photographique m’a menée bien au-delà de l’esthétique : dans les pas d’Alessandro Punzo, photographe-nomade, j’ai découvert les visages oubliés de la migration et les fractures invisibles de notre monde. De Madagascar au Sénégal, des ruelles italiennes aux plages brûlantes, ce récit mêle art, engagement et rencontres poignantes.
This Covid Life: Ash
“It is hard to believe that it was almost a year ago, April 2020, that I answered an advert on the BBC Writers Room page to send in a ‘dark’ ten minute script on life under Covid.”
Our Worlds Through the Lens of Alessandro Punzo
Alessandro Punzo started his working life at sea as a trainee officer onboard a mammoth petrol tanker bearing the Italian flag. He describes this experience as having opened his eyes to the dreadful inequalities of capitalism and its detrimental effect on the environment as well as showing him:
Funny Boy & Interview with Nimmi Harasgama
Adapted from Shylam Selvadua’s novel, the film is multi-layered, cleverly weaving the personal and political over time to show how inextricably entwined they have become. In Sri Lanka, then and now, it is impossible to separate the wider political, cultural and historical context from individual lives, loves and memories.
Circles | Michael’s Story
The play is a touching love story between two, very different, men. Michael, a sweet innocent from the South and Rob, a brash New Yorker. The characters are brilliantly played by Greg Miller Burns and Oliver Hamilton which is reflected in the fact that you care what happens to them almost instantly.