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NT LIVE: Dr. Strangelove (ENCORE)

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.

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NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (Encore)

Spazju Kreattiv Cinema St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

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Is-Siġġijiet

Spazju Kreattiv Theatre St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

The water is rising. The world outside is crumbling. Alone in a room, an old man and an old woman set out chairs ready for the arrival of a very special audience.

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On Falling

Set against a landscape dominated by an algorithm-driven gig economy, in a world designed to keep us apart, On Falling explores the silent, vital struggle to find meaning and connection. It tells the story of Aurora, a Portuguese migrant working as a warehouse picker in Edinburgh, Scotland.

KorMalta – Holy Week Concert

Atrium / Atrium Approach / Upper Atrium

The KorMalta Ensemble, under the guidance of Masahiro Taniguchi and with Riccardo Bianchi as Artistic Director, presents an extraordinary programme that weaves together sacred and folk traditions from around the world. The concert delves into spirituality across eras and cultures, beginning with Mykola Leontovych’s heartfelt ‘Otche Nash’ and featuring masterpieces by composers such as Monteverdi, Byrd, and Bruckner.

IKKREA

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

With Spazju Kreattiv continuing its open approach to programming and collaborations, the call for participation in the Spazju Kreattiv programme is a key tool for artists and creatives to approach the programme's team.

Neil Young Coastal

Spazju Kreattiv Cinema St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid – from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid, wry banter with his audience. The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theaters.

Met Live in HD: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro

On April 26, Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

Chronicles in Colour

Space A, Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

This exhibition will showcase James Vella Clark's vibrant artistic journey and celebrate his 25 years of artistic evolution. This retrospective will present Vella Clark’s dynamic transformation from his early expressionist landscapes to his more recent bold abstract expressions.

Personalised Medical Imaging: The future of tailored healthcare

Imagine a world where every medical scan is perfectly tailored to your unique body and health needs—this is the future of personalised medical imaging. Personalised medical imaging is revolutionizing patient care by tailoring imaging techniques to each individual's unique anatomy and health needs. Historically, imaging systems had limited adjustable settings, leading to less accurate diagnostics.

EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST | EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE

Space C, Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

CO-MA is a self-taught Maltese artist who presented his first collection of work at Lily Agius Gallery in November 2021. Devoid of colour, the artist favours a world of black and white—thus avoiding unnecessary distractions and focusing on plays of light and shadow. He uses these elements almost effortlessly to portray textures and surfaces, contrasting a healthy body with one that is decaying or rotting.

Il-Manifest tal-Qlub Maqsuma

Spazju Kreattiv Theatre St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Il-Manifest tal-Qlub Maqsuma is a theatre production set to explore Malta's political turmoil in the late 80s through the eyes of its people. It delves into the internal divisions driven by political conflicts between Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici and Eddie Fenech Adami.

Dystopian Garden

Growing from Justin Amrhein’s Mechanical Botanical series, Dystopian Garden is a collection of work that utilises the natural and architectural ambience of the atrium exhibition space. This detailed and comprehensive project embraces the elevated glass ceiling, the enveloping spiral staircase, the commanding elevator shaft, and the living palm tree, all of which have a distinct presence within the atrium. Collectively, these elements evoke an opulent greenhouse or botanical garden, which serves as the conceptual inspiration for the exhibition.

Met Live in HD: Strauss’s Salome

Spazju Kreattiv Cinema St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium on May 17 to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. South African soprano Elza van den Heever leads a celebrated cast as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, with Swedish baritone Peter Mattei as the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan; German tenor Gerhard Siegel as Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod; American mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias; and Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth.