The Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin is a theatre and an ensemble that stages spectacular Las Vegas style productions on a two-year cycle. Commemorating its centenary in 2019, the shows combine extravagant costumes, state-of-the-art stage settings with grand musical and dance numbers interspersed with 'heart-stopping' feats. The current production i...

9/11, two numbers that conjure huge emotional resonance. The al-Qaeda terrorist attacks of Tuesday September 11 2001 - on the World Trade Centre in New York and Pentagon in Virginia - was witnessed by many, many millions who were glued to TVs around the globe. The overwhelming, barbaric, futility of 9/11 tends to be the abiding memory for those who...

Bathing naked, sip sparkling wine and eat schnitzel in the historic German city of Wiesbaden. Certainly, you can make eye contact and even nod in greeting. But, for heaven's sake, don't stare, in neither admiration nor aversion, at anyone's privates or bare backside. Those are my do-and-don't tips for taking the waters naked at Kaiser Friedrich The...

An e-bike is the perfect way to get around Rheingau wine country in Germany. Half-way up the impossibly steep hill to Schloss Johannisberg, I'm suddently grateful I opted for an e-bike. Originally, the plan was for a leisurely peddle on a commuter bike through vineyards in Germany's Rheingau wine region. But when I meet my guide, Claudia Lewerenz, ...

The Open Air Theatre Regents Park stages an annual season of four major productions and one of these usually arrives from 'left field'. It is a work that carries a risk of not quite resonating with the wide demographic range of regular theatregoers to the theatre. Our Town, which opens the 2019 season at the Open Air Theatre, is just such a product...

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which is located on the Inner Circle of Regent's Park was founded in 1932 and has been one of London's unique theatrical attractions ever since. The theatre itself is surrounded by woodland, which is invariably used to great effect as a stage backdrop. The UK's largest permanent professional outdoor theatre stages a ...