Chaplin Festival in Milan

27 Jan 2020

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Italy presents the Charlie Chaplin Festival, featuring six Chaplin films with live orchestral accompaniment at Teatro Dal Verme from 16 February to 24 May 2020.

16 Feb - Modern Times conducted by Timothy Brock
15 Mar - The Gold Rush conducted by Helmut Imig
05 Apr - City Lights conducted by Frank Strobel
26 Apr - The Circus conducted by Adrian Prabava
24 May - A Dog’s Life conducted by Adrian Prabava
24 May - Shoulder Arms conducted by Adrian Prabava

Tickets available on Teatro Dal Verme’s website.

Children's Play in Lausanne - La Paternelle

12 Nov 2019

La Paternelle, a Swiss nonprofit mutual insurance company supporting orphans, has organized a children’s play for 125 years. This year, the children’s troupe will be performing a show based on Charlie Chaplin which will take place inside a circus tent set up for the occasion in Lausanne.

More information on La Paternelle’s website.

Sneak Peek - Chaplin Kabuki Show

30 Oct 2019

In December 2019 the Japan Arts Council National Theatre in Tokyo will stage a revival of the 1931 kabuki show KOMORI NO YASUSAN, written by Kimura Kinka in 1931 and based on Chaplin’s City Lights. The show has been revived and revised by Ono Hiroyuki in collaboration with Matsumoto Koshiro the 10th, who will perform in the show. Here are the first photographs of Matsumoto Koshiro the 10th in costume for the performance: