The Bulletin radio show on Bruzz: 20 November

There's a new English theatre group in town - plus we meet a US magician visiting Brussels

BEAT: Our Town
Theatregoers may already be familiar with Thornton Wilder’s play ‘Our Town’, which was written in 1937 and tells the story of the citizens of a fictional small town in New Hampshire called Grover’s Corner. ‘Our Town’ is the first production of the newly created Brussels English Actors Theatre (BEAT). Acting coach, John Flanders, and 20 of his international students, will take to the stage to bring Thornton’s metatheatrical three-act play to life.

Lawrence Hass: Philosophy meets magic
Lawrence Hass is a philosopher turned magician and magic teacher who suggests that far from tricking people and deceiving them, magic is an art form that can be a force for good and lift the spirit. This, he says, helps explain why there have been magicians in every recorded human culture. The American will be performing his magic for one night only in Brussels at Op-Weule Cultural Centre on 26 November.

Stéphane Oiry: French cartoonist creates English heroine for Belgian comic book
Frenchmen Stéphane Oiry and Lewis Trondheim, inspired by London and the films of Mike Leigh have created detective comic book series Maggy Garrisson for Dupuis Publishers and their iconic weekly Spirou. Maggy is a Londoner and Kilburn resident down on her luck who falls into private detecting for an alcoholic boss as a means to make ends meet. Oiry speaks with Richard Harris about the series, now three volumes strong.

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