Boutique Theatre Basel, Sustainable Living - Sustainable Investing Part 1, Tick Tacks Episode 7 - Learning

Susan Brownfield and Gracie Hughes came in to tell us about the Boutique Theatre Basel. The theatre company has a new production coming up in June called "The Last Five Years". "The Last Five Years" is a musical which explores a relationship between two people - Jamie Wellerstein and Cathy Hiatt. Jamie is an up-and-coming novelist and Cathy is a struggling actress. They say that life imitates art, and in the case of this work, we have art imitating life. The core of this musical comes directly from composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown's first marriage to actress, Theresa O'Neill. The musical was set to debut in New York at Lincoln Center in 2002. However, O'Neill, now Brown's ex-wife, threatened a lawsuit against the theatre because the work too closely resembled Brown and O'Neill's relationship. As a result, the theatre was then unwilling to move forward with the production leading to an eventual Off-Broadway debut at New York's Minetta Theatre in March of 2002. Since its opening, "The Last Five Years" has enjoyed success with performances worldwide and even a film adaptation in 2015. The music is poignant and beautiful and the storytelling is superb. This is a show not to be missed - it'll be on in June 2019 at The Safe in the Unternehmen Mitte. For more details, go to the to the Boutique Theatre Basel website! Listen to the interview again here.

Our "Queen of Green" Carrie Aikman discussed sustainable investing with her guest Steve Rocco. You've heard Carrie talk about the importance of "voting with your dollar" in past shows, but tonight Steve explained why this has even greater impact. An important step in your eco journey, so have a listen!

In episode 7, our Tick Tacks (Third Culture Kids) discuss if they did any research before moving to a new country. What were their expectations? Did those expectations hold up? Hosts: Sam Oliphant and Gwil Rowlands. Produced and edited by Dan Saks. Listen to the episode here.

Today's music theme is dedicated to one single band, and that band is music collective Archive from the UK. Why them? Because they're celebrating their 25th anniversary this year - and because they're fantastic. What kind of music do they play? They have a whole range of different styles that they mix together: electronica, trip hop, avant-garde, post-rock and progressive rock. They're on tour right now and will be in Zurich later this year, on November 29th. To give you a taste of their music, we picked songs from two of our favorite albums of theirs - Controlling Crowds from 2009 and Restriction from 2015 - plus a new song from their most recent album 25, and an older song from 1999. We played:

You Make Me Feel

Kid Corner

Black And Blue

Feel It

Erase

Restriction

Bullets