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maltatoday SUNDAY 6 MAY 2018 39 This Week Anastacia live in Malta NNG Promotions is proud to announce that Pop legend Anastacia - the mega voice behind massive hits including 'I'm Outta Love' and 'Left Outside Alone' is performing live at the MFCC in Ta' Qali on the 6th of June. Anastacia is one of the most recognisable voices of our time and is celebrating her seventh album, 'Evolution', with the new tour. With over 30 million records sold worldwide, Anastacia's performance in Malta, falling on the eve of a public holiday, forms part of her Europe-wide tour that commenced this April. Recorded in Stockholm with executive producer An- ders Bagge (Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Madonna) and his Baggpipe Studios team, 'Evolution' marks a return for the Anastacia of old - captivating rock numbers alternating with catchy pop songs and moving ballads, dominated by her immediately-recognisable soulful voice. Speaking about the new tour, Anastacia said, "I am so ex- cited to be coming back to Europe and performing Evolu- tion. I recorded the album whilst I was on the road touring the Ultimate Collection and I'm really looking forward to sharing these songs with my fans." Home-grown sister-duo The New Victorians will open for the multi-platinum artist. Tickets go on sale on Friday 27th April from www. showshappening.com AN encore of Kenneth MacMillan's master- piece of modern ballet, Manon, will be broad- casted live at Eden Cinemas on Sunday 6th May at 3pm. A firm favourite in The Royal Ballet reper- tory, Manon depicts the powerful and obsessive love between Des Grieux (Vadim Muntagirov) and Manon (Sarah Lamb), who, when they first meet, is being sold off to the highest bidder by her brother Lescaut (Ryoichi Hirano). They then elope to Paris only to find herself being seduced by Monsieur G.M (Gary Avis) who en- tices her to leave her lover for a life of luxury. The ballet was choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, who took inspiration from the best- selling novel by the 18th-century writer Abbé Prévost. MacMillan perfectly captures Manon's conflict between her love for Des Grieux and her need for luxury, and uses the whole Compa- ny to create a complex portrait of Parisian high life and the squalor of a New Orleans punitive colony. Parking at Eden Car Park for both screenings is free of charge and complimentary Villa Sandi wine courtesy of Vivian Corporation is served to those attending the live screening on 3rd May. For more information and to book your tickets visit: www.edencinemas.com.mt The Royal Ballet's Manon at Eden Cinemas THE Swedish Academy announced on Friday morning that there would be no Nobel Prize for Literature this year, amidst a scandal over sexual assault al- legation. It will be the first time in 75 years that the secretive jury won't be handing out the world's most prestigious literary award. Instead, it will reveal two win- ners in 2019. The decision, announced on Thurs- day, comes after a string of sexual as- sault allegations made against the French photographer Jean-Claude Ar- nault, the husband of academy member and poet Katarina Frostenson. After the allegations were made pub- lic in November, three members of the 18-strong jury that selects the winner resigned in protest over the decision not to expel Frostenson. Arnault was also accused of leaking the names of seven former Nobel winners. He denies both claims. Permanent secretary of the academy Sara Danius resigned on 12 April – to widespread protests in Sweden over the implication that she was taking the hit for male misbehaviour – as did Frosten- son, after a three-hour meeting. This, along with accusations of con- flict of interest and the leaking of Nobel winners' names, divided the organisa- tion. Only 11 members are now in place. Of those, one, Kerstin Ekman, has been inactive since 1989, when the academy refused to condemn the fatwa issued over Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Some academy members had argued that the prize should proceed to protect the tradition, but others said the insti- tution was in no state to present the award. An earlier statement from the acad- emy said the Nobel Prize for Litera- ture's reputation had suffered "greatly", promising a plan to restore public con- fidence in the organisation. Apart from six years during the world wars, there has only been one year when the prize was not awarded. No worthy winner was found in 1935. 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature postponed amid sexual assault scandal