Berthold Brecht, one the most influential playwrights and theatre directors of the last century, firmly believed that theatre was meant to change the world. He was faithful to an ideal of social theatre throughout   his work creating a legacy that crosses continents, as is the case of the Dagoretti slums of Nairobi, Kenya, where a group of youngsters is now performing his play, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”  (“Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis”).

The major exhibition of modern Haitian visual arts which took place at the Agnès B Gallery in Paris from 8 April to 22 May 2011 took its name from a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier. There were works by eighteen1 painters, sculptors, installation artists and video makers, including key figures like the now deceased Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mario Benjamin, a familiar figure at art meccas such as the Venice Biennial, and Edouard Duval-Carrié. 

Bougainville was granted autonomy following a bitter civil war in the 1990s. It is now readying for a referendum on independence.

Interview with Martin Dihm, EU Ambassador to the European Union in Papua New Guinea Newly-appointed Ambassador of the EU in PNG, German national, Martin Dihm, has previously held senior posts in the EU’s delegations in Barbados and Abuja, Nigeria. From 2001, he was on the trade desk and EPA negotiator for the Pacific and from 2005, Deputy Head of Unit in the EU’s Directorate for Trade dealing with relations and EPA negotiations with Eastern and Southern Africa and the Pacific.

Two massive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects to commercialise the gas resources of PNG’s Southern Highlands and Western provinces have opened the floodgates for an unprecedented economic boom seen in the rash of new hotels, supermarkets and entertainment centres in the capital, Port Moresby.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) could be described as a mini continent. It is a country of extraordinary diversity both on land and sea from its fauna and fauna to its economic potential:  oil, gas, minerals, forests and fish.