This is what thousands of Australians are watching right now on their screens – a pair of kangas slugging it out in the burbs.
It’s the closest most suburbanites will ever get to Wagner.
The cause of the dispute is unknown. Probably nothing to do with arts funding.
No need to watch to the end. The kangaroos, settling for a draw, are seen heading off to a bar for a 4X.
(No more stereotypes for the rest of the day. Promise.)
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John Turville writes: Of the things you expect on London Underground, one of them is probably not Bach’s violin concerto played on a mouth organ. This is why this is the best city in the world.
Roma coach Rudi Garcia was dismissed by the referee in the match against Juventus on Sunday after pretending to play a violin. He was thought to be disputing a dubious penalty decision.
Since when has violin playing been considered an offensive gesture?
(And what do we think of Rudi’s technique?)
Marian Seldes, who made her debut opposite John Gielgud in 1948 and was married for a decade to the playwright Garson Kanin, died last night in New York at the age of 86. The lights should dim tonight.
Among many legacies, she was the revered teacher of Kevin Spacey and Robin Williams. Report here.
On Monday, the theatre mourned the loss of Geoffrey Holder, 84.
