Vienna: Tales of Transport
Buskers, babushkas and abandoned travelers, there’s a bit of casual coupling and the occasional dead drunk, the pleasures of schmäh and wastrels wandering onto the tracks – it’s all business as usual on Wiener Linien. In fact, sights like a musician serenading on accordion or an elderly man lecturing the passer-bys are so commonplace they [...]
Marry Me? Maybe Later…
Not long ago, marriage seemed like a solution to every woman’s future. It brought financial security, status in society, and children to start the picture-perfect family she had always dreamed of. Today, the equation has been changed: With access to education, financial independence and reliable birth control, marriage is not the only answer anymore. A [...]
Where Tragedies Meet Hilarity
The stage at the International Theatre is empty as we enter, with only a lion-clawed armchair and a fat copy of The Illustrated Stratford Shakespeare leaning upright against the back. Here’s the problem, to do on stage what this bulky book manages between its embossed covers: to bundle all of Shakespeare’s pieces into one event. [...]