process/unprocess showing at rosas

A short invitation to a showing of some sort this Friday: The last two weeks, Gala Moody and I have …

Nein! Nein! Nicht die Wunde ist es.

I heard it slightly wrong. Parsifal, struck with awareness of Amfortas and the wound is physically overwrought. “Sie brennt in …

parsifal in film

I arrive in Brussels this morning, curiously with Anuschka sitting next to me the whole way. We stay up the …

(renamed as) mm ∫-1x dt/dv ≥ ⨍(dy:fr:hf)

The last few days, Dasniya, Hartmut and myself had been in another Fabrik, with another mobile gantry. More dust and …

stuttgart calixto bieito parsifal (+ andrew)

It seems the nature of seeing a performance in another city also involves lengthy missed trains on the return for …

die singende stadt — parsifal and calixto bieito

The last day screening, Dasniya and I climbed the stairs of Hackesche Höfe Kino for 90 more minutes of the …

us alone tied

The day before the last performance, we arranged to spend some time on the stage working on some suspensions and …

parsipress? pressifal?

More? More! Continuing on from when Castellucci was a criminal … Words and Pictures!. I was planning on making an …

the tying before parsifal unties

I saw the first Act. Well, parts of it I’d not seem before, while loitering side-stage from shortly after Nietzsche …

third to last (+ workshop) (+ special treat)

I ask Andrew what happens if you can’t sing? Do you act it while someone sings from the side, or …

parsifal suspended

Today was our second workshop, this time being attentive to suspension. After the last one, word got around of our …

castellucci is a criminal

After the fourth performance, an emotionally tough night for us, we stand outside the stage door. A woman in beret, …

half-way

Last night, the fifth performance and half-way through the season of Parsifal, was pretty much what we hoped for. I …

third and some thoughts on revulsion

(I wasn’t so happy with what I wrote here last night, so I’m splitting this up and hopefully will write …

opening & second night

Now is the difficult part. Rehearsals are easy. Turn up in the morning or when the call is, newness and …

parsifotos

Once we got into the theatre to rehearse, I decided to not show all the photos, and wait until Parsifal …

last before

I see so little. The first act is warming up, putting on ropes. The only part I really see is …

Reading: Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse

Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse

all together now (including pauses)

Oh! There are a lot of people here. I wasn’t expecting that! Not just an obvious number of friends and …

a day off and still in la monnaie

I am writing out of order. We thought to go to Gare du Midi markets around lunchtime, giving us a …

third before last

I have not so much to say today, even being aware what i wrote yesterday is somewhat cryptic; I lost …

1882, chin of nietzsche, invisible orchestra, double basses clamour to escape

Which is the title to the only image I will show today. As we come closer and I spend more …

that’s what parsifal said…

Getting stuck in Ghent at 1am after missing the last train from Brugge, talking in the kitchen till 330am and …

orchestra-ing and opera-ing (and black metal-ing)

The evening cafeteria meal was unique in being quite utterly tasteless. I had to ask Gala to try the dried …

la monnaie

Strange I have no category for pain. Two days after feeling so comfortable hanging for half an hour, I find …

Wahnsinn… Oh! – Wut… Ach! Jammer!

(Mainly because supernaut has been discovered at Parsifal, so I can no longer entertain the fancy I’m writing for my …

friday parsifal

A late start for some of us today and not even a suspension for me, though I was all ready …

the second act

Already almost 1am and still long before I find sleep. Today was another long one, with a running of the …

wherin tomas suspends dasniya, later much stupidity from gala and frances

We went in on Monday, the others enjoying a day off, to work on some rope stuff. Dasniya wanted to …

berlin to brussels … again …

Much packing, organising, turning off of fridge, plants watering, courier arriving, eating the remainders of the fridge. (and so on.) …

Parsifal

(Wherein I reveal what I’ve been biting my tongue about for months…) Dasniya said (perhaps in August), “The Opera in …

Christoph Schlingensief

christoph schlingensief

som faves

Ivo says, ” you know I was very suspicious about its qualities and I will still be…”. Though not in …

Tragedia Endogonidia – Romeo Castellucci in Melbourne

Mostly I am remiss. Three weeks since I arrived in Melbourne, and only today did I finally hang out with …

performance of the damned

There’s some weird Italy thing going on for me right now. Actually ever since I saw Fellini’s Satyricon when I …

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