Look back at Sunderland's last Big Weekend in 2005

For those of us there at the Big Weekend in Herrington Park in 2005, it was two days of music and mud headlined by the Foo ...
NPR

Van Sant Builds on Cobain's 'Last Days'

Last Days is the latest from filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who is no stranger to controversy. His last film, Elephant, was loosely based on the Columbine shootings; it sparked debate over fictionalizing ...
Rolling Stone

Inside the Bold, Haunting Opera Inspired by Kurt Cobain

The official title of the opera making its U.S. premiere next week is Last Days. But Matt Copson, who co-directed it and also wrote its libretto, knows everyone will call it something else: the Kurt ...
The New York Times

In ‘Last Days,’ Strange Sounds of Simultaneous Joy and Sadness

Oliver Leith’s opera, based on the Gus Van Sant film that fictionalized the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, has its U.S. premiere in Los Angeles. By Hugh Morris Reporting from London It can feel easy to ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Kurt Cobain-Inspired ‘Last Days’ Opera Comes to L.A. for One Night Only

When Nirvana’s Nevermind was released, musician Oliver Leith was just an infant, and artist Matt Copson wasn’t even born yet. The two were too young to experience the impact of the culture-changing ...
The Advocate

Exploring Judas’ last days through theater

While “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” may be a too-hot cup of tea for the theologically fragile, it’s a delicious post-Easter dessert for everyone else. First staged off-Broadway in 2005 and ...