Crewger night was magical in The Shed. It is amazing what Elizabetta has done with that warehouse… it was one of those great great parties… where you meet artists without meeting assholes…. rare.. My two friends did their thing, Kathleen O’Rourke with her comedy partner, Gearoid Farrelly – and Clodagh Downing.. It was great. Myself [...]
Rehearsed all morning and things are good with the girls.. am happy with the fun arising out of the good familiarity with the material.. still thinking about the poetry of auden… it followed me into the faces of the drugged out ghosts of rialto.. i saw an irish girl dressed in romanian clothes holding her [...]
last night in la catedral was truly beautiful.. a great spot for exploring the art of performance.. i finished the night asking some other artists up to join me… the audience clapped and stamped their feet – and we had a mini cabaret revolution.. preparation for the big one. have to get the proposal in [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, so much to do, have wonderful new producer to help, sat with him and conspired in Dalkey last night. There was an electricity cut so we talked in candlelight – quite magical… I always sense wonder in the air when I meet a new artist to take part in the process. Keith [...]
Doing a gig on Friday in Backloft – just ten/fifteen minutes… really looking forward to it… Have been doing a lot of screenplay writing. I will have to abandon it now as I go into big production season for Sugar Club.. I find it hard to do both well at the same time, so I [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen! Had a sweet rest in an attic looking over the sunny winter rooves of the south of France… I was alone in the atelier: read ‘Revolutionary Road’, and – about the French Revolution - in, ‘Citizens,’ a book by Simon Schama.. Am studying the history of social change for my film and [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, Pauline sent me a documentary synopsis and plan I sent it back with blue ink.. Will re work something tonight.. It’s a question of looking at the footage and seeing what it is saying – then also looking at the vision of the overall Cabaret… She is coming around tomorrow morning to [...]
Watching documentary footage a lot – lovely stuff from mamushka, lovely rehearsal gigs from Brendan… beautiful sound from cobalt… lots of different ideas going on… Some beautiful shots and angles from both Pauline and Brendan.. Now its time to get a beautiful story angle. Exciting but kind of a headwreck.. Hoping to get something done [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, Meeting up with Pauline tomorrow to see footage (have been studying films and docos recently) – am in the zone… Doing a lot of writing of screenplay… big big big rewarding job.. Also planning next Cabaret gigs… Possibly Sugar Club… (the above picture of Some Brass performing at this great venue for [...]
Hello ladies and gentlemen, It was such a magical gig… I am relieved and relaxed now it’s over. The build up to it was ‘charged,’ but also hot to boiling point – in terms of tension and anxiety… The meditation and grounding techniques are a great help – but my humanity is stretched to its [...]
