Amal Khanum Gadjieva of the Bactria Cultural Centre in the capital says that the low quality of contemporary productions has left the post-Soviet generation uninterested in theatre.
Fanatical defenders of religion start out attacking contemporary secular culture; it's no surprise when they end up forsaking any meaningful religious experience.
Good job Fielding was there, or I might have blamed myself for being intolerant and not giving contemporary art and its language a chance.
The docs they are looking for need to have brilliant storytelling and characters, focused on contemporary subjects that are relevant globally and feel very new.
"Nobody else was focusing on contemporary Latin American art and I felt there was a real need for a gallery that shows the quality of the work we have on offer here," he says.
When it comes to food to soak up all that pisco, Vinilo (+56 32 223 0665, cafevinilo.cl) is worth a visit for a contemporary take on Chilean dishes such as shredded beef in a stylish roulade.
If we don't want British contemporary theatre to become a little ghetto of its own, then our theatre-makers need to get outside of European borders more, and that is likely to become more difficult if we won't let others in.
The show takes the form of a week-long house-warming party, and is a look at contemporary migration, inspired by Chekhov's Three Sisters.
It's always shown contemporary art, always collected contemporary art.
Ms Weissová-Hošková was introduced by the Nash's artistic director Amelia Freedman to an editor from Penguin, who commissioned the diaries Helga had kept as a child in Terezín, for publication this year – a major event, for such contemporary records (as opposed to memoirs) are rare.
Christopher Reid's work, by contrast, I love for its wry and always well-mannered outsider's take on contemporary mores.
