So yesterday was the premiere of “50 Shades of Grey.” Do we care? Not much, but our Berlinale correspondent, Sabine Koch, happened to be there by coincidence. I was at the Zoo Palast, one of Berlin’s oldest and most beautiful movie theatres, recently renovated and once again at the center of the Berlinale. I got tix […]
REVIEW: Sound Unbound Festival at the Barbican
November 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
The ever busy Barbican Centre introduced a new event – Sound Unbound, The Barbican Classical Weekender. Over the course of two days there were more than 80 concerts, musical vignettes, debates, films and anything else you can think of, all related to classical music – but in its different forms and incarnations from ancient to contemporary, […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Clubbing The Blues in Dublin
March 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
Twenty four hours in Dublin over the weekend, for the very first time and Sabine Koch found what everybody knows – it’s a bustling place where you can have a heck of a good time. I came to see Sea Wall at the Dublin Theatre Festival, but I wanted to spend my time getting to know the music scene as […]
THEATRE REVIEW: Sea Wall with Andrew Scott at Dublin Theatre Festival
March 2, 2015 by 4 Comments
Facing the SEA WALL twice….. review by Sabine Koch I had the good fortune to see Andrew Scott live on stage last year in London for the Simon Stephens play BIRDLAND at the Royal Court Theatre. It was a wonderful experience, one of the best I had in a theatre – ever. So when I […]
How to do the Berlinale – an insider’s tips
February 11, 2015 by 6 Comments
Some advice from a seasoned veteran on “How to do the Berlinale” It’s February in Berlin and that means The Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, known as the Berlinale, and it’s dominating the face of my town writes Sabine Koch, guest contributor. During the 10 days of films, parties, markets you can get a glimpse of the world of […]
