Reading Arts and Venues runs the three main arts venues in Reading, on behalf of Reading Borough Council. This includes The Hexagon, South Street Arts Centre and The Concert Hall at the Town Hall. It also incorporates box office services for other local and national events and festivals.
The eclectic programme in these venues includes over 600 events a year; including pop and rock, theatre, classical music, comedy, lectures, festivals and family shows.
saw this 'performance' today in Den Haag(the Hague). i felt it was shallow...devoid of anything thought provoking to the point of being boring, though i know most conservative mentalities would have found it shocking and obscene...and it didn't seem like the narrator, rachel mars, did anything BUT(and yes...i COULD make a pun here if it was worthy of such feedback) narrate...the only piece i found worth my time was one by Frida Kahlo, which i thought was poetic... what i thought was a shame was all the correspondences by james joyce...referring to sex as 'dirty'...as if most of humanity needs that sort of reinforcement for exquisite acts that have been deemed shameful and sinful by too many authoritative institutions throughout human history... i guess i was hoping for some feminist feedback/perspective that might be a bit enlightening... and i wish i had the opportunity to know what the audience was applauding when it was done...i'm thinking that maybe they might have mistaken what is usually scandalous or unspeakable for hip...or...maybe i just didn't get the point of the piece.
Once upon a time, i had the chance to experience the spiritual atmosphere she created. She is a storyteller rather than a singer. She tells like as she lived...
