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London 2012 Festival: the programme is revealed

As the finale of the four-year Cultural Olympiad, next summer’s London 2012 Festival is the culmination of a programme that has infused music, theatre, dance, literature and the visual arts. Opening on Midsummer’s Day, Ju [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Festival celebrates London Olympics 2012 London Olympics

Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison and Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett are among the big names involved in a 12-week arts festival running alongside the 2012 Olympics in London. The London 2012 Festival, wh [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

2012 Olympic festival to be at centre of cultural celebratio...

A 12-week "once-in-a-lifetime" arts festival will form the heart of cultural celebrations surrounding the Olympics, with commissions from some of the world's finest artists, according to the new regime in charge of the UK&# [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Festivals gather strength to ensure they don't miss 2012 Oly...

EDINBURGH'S festivals are to mount a major counter-offensive to head off a string of potential threats from the staging of the 2012 London Olympics, The Scotsman can reveal. Fears are growing among some organisers that a major dates clash w [...]