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beware the Furies
A newly-edited trailer for The Furies, by Kindle Theatre. Visuals taken from The Vault, Old Vic Tunnels, Feb ’12; audio from Supersonic Festival, MAC, Birmingham, Nov ’11. The Furies will be touring in 2013 but there are Autumn teasers for those suffering withdrawal symptoms. Firstly an appearance in the Pop-up shop on New Street, Birmingham […]
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bilbao by night
June 2012: ACT Festival, Bilbao Backstage with The Furies: photos by Jonathan “Bungle” Blackford
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a dark lady
A Dark Lady fixes its gaze on the puzzling relationship at the heart of Shakespeare’s late sonnet sequence and attempts to provide a voice to the elusive and mysterious subject of these verses. Delivered as a music-theatre duet by actor Graeme Rose and bassoonist Gretha Tuls, and drawing on two of Shakespeare’s sonnets 128/129, performance […]
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Offal Tales at The Hive
This is The Hive, a spanking-new landmark building which now graces the cityscape of Worcester. The Hive has been built house the City Library and Archives and will be officially opened next week by the Queen. In the meantime though, ground floor zones will be animated this friday/saturday by Vamos Mask Theatre – directed by […]
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SO
A link to Dave Street’s Flickr images from this weekend’s Dream-Walk, presented by Bodies in Flight, commissioned by Dance4 for the SO Festival, Skegness, Lincs.
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a Dream-Walk in Skeggy
“Let me lie beside you … in my birthday suit Let me play about the hem of your rippling skirt Let me dip my toes in those endless kisses And let me swim in your embrace” This coming week Bodies in Flight bring a version of Dream-Walk to Skegness for the SO Festival. […]
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listen again
They’re separated by Hemispheres but co-incidental by date. Listen again via the following links to two national broadcasts which feature shows in the recent portfolio. The Velvet Gentleman – Interview with Richard Chew on ABC ‘RadioNational: The Music Show’, (broadcast 16/06/12) The Velvet Gentleman was presented by Various People Inc. at Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, […]
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Tags: Erik Satie, richard chew
au cabaret
Our Bon Maître, Richard Chew, plays Erik Satie in preparation for tomorrow’s premiere of The Velvet Gentleman at the Adelaide Festival Centre as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. The three performances of the show had sold out before my plane touched down – testament not only to the enduring appeal of the composer but […]
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An artist ought to regulate his life. Here is the exact time-table of my daily life: Get up: at 7:18 a.m.; inspired: from 10:23 to 11:47. I lunch at 12:11 pm. and leave the table at 12:14. A healthy turn on the horse to the end of my grounds: from 1:19 to 2:53. […]
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Tags: Arceuil, Erik Satie
ACTBilbao
Still reeling from a whirlwind week of workshops, discussions, performances and general enlightenment at the excellent ACT Festival in Bilbao. Friends met up with and friends made. The programme concluded with an end-of-Festival performance of Kindle’s The Furies, followed by an all-night party in which the best of Basque beats segued into more familiar Anglophonic […]
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Tags: ACT Bilbao