The Naturhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich brings together several historic collections to tell the story of natural history in the Zurich region and beyond. An Accidental Museum Visit I described the circumstances of my visit to the Naturhistoriches Museum der Universität Zürich in my last post. That post was a walking tour, following in the […]
An attempt to see fewer museums and more of the city on a recent weekend trip led me to discover octogenarian graffiti artist Harald Naegeli, known as the Sprayer von Zürich. Looking for Something Different to Do In my last couple of posts about the Kunsthaus Zürich and the exhibition I wanted to see there, […]
And now we come on to the exhibition that was my reason for visiting Zurich in the first place: Vilhelm Hammershøi. Maler des stillen Klangs. In Zurich to See Vilhelm Hammershøi As I confessed in my last post, I came to Zurich specifically to this exhibition. I have a very niche hobby that involves seeing […]
A brief weekend trip where my primary object is an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich is the perfect opportunity to acquaint myself with one of Switzerland’s top art museums. Kunsthaus Zürich If I’m honest, this isn’t even the first time I’ve travelled internationally for an exhibition. As an art lover, and as someone with a […]
The tale of a talking fish in the dying days of the Klondike goldrush takes the stage at the Bridewell Theatre. Goldfish Reading the premise for Goldfish, what intrigued me was what a big story it sounded for a fringe theatre production. I like a company who take on a challenge, and it seemed that’s […]
Economics and ballet sound like a strange pairing, but come together beautifully in The Standard of Living, a play about John Maynard Keynes. The Standard of Living The Urban Geographer was the one who spotted and booked The Standard of Living. It combines two things he really enjoys – economics, and stage performances by Rory […]
Queer Britain’s first immersive exhibition is Ian Giles’ Everyone Involved, which looks back at the early days of the gay liberation movement. Gay is Good There is a little bit of gay in everyone todaySo why not let it out?That’s what we sayGay is natural, gay is good, gay is wonderfulGay people should all come […]
Billy Bones breaks all the conventions to fit Every Ghost Story Ever into a convenient hour-long show. Every Ghost Story Ever Billy Bones (Billy Morton) starts the show by managing our expectations. It’s not really going to be every ghost story ever. We’d be here all night! But what this show is is quite an […]
Tilda Swinton, Bunny Christie and Stephen Unwin return to Manfred Karge’s Man to Man, almost 40 years after first making a splash with it. Man to Man The thing with theatre is, it’s live, right? You can see a filmed version of it, but it’s not quite the same. Otherwise, you either see it or […]
A stylish production of The Master Builder, directed by Mehmet Ergen, melds strong performances with striking design. The Master Builder This was my first time seeing Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder. And I have to say, I think Desmond MacCarthy’s erstwhile summary of it as the tragedy of an “elderly architect who falls off his scaffold while trying […]
