Bayreuth the finest Baroque theatres in Europe. It is both a museum and the oldest working "tableau" in Bayreuth. The Festival Hall dates to the 19th century and is now used solely for the Bayreuth Festival. Only works by Richard Wagner are put on. The Bayreuth Town House ("Stadthaus"), likewise, does not have its own ensemble. It is regularly used by the "Theater Hof" as well as the "Tourneetheater". The only two theatres with their own ensemble are the "Studiobühne Bayreuth" and amateur dramatic society, "Brandenburg Kulturstadl". The venues of the studio theatre in Bayreuth are the domicile of the theatre
Irrawaddy Literary Festival Irrawaddy Literary Festival The Irrawaddy Literary Festival is an annual not-for-profit event which celebrates Burmese and international writers. It is planned to take place regularly every one or two years in Burma/Myanmar. The inaugural Festival was described by the (then) British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, as having “achieved more for freedom of speech in one afternoon than most of us manage in a lifetime.” The inaugural Festival was held at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon, subsequent Festivals have been held at the Mandalay Hills Resort Hotel in Mandalay. The Festival was founded by Jane Heyn, wife of the former