Ladies and gentlemen, I have been away on an artist’s residency in a beautiful hillside fairy land called Noepoli. The artist’s residency is called, ‘Palazzorinaldi,’ and I really recommend it. Although I also selfishly want to keep it a secret so I can go there as the sole guest and be treated like a [...]
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 [...]
Everything is going well, calm steady strong beats building up to show time.. have just been reading poetry with fiodor.. forgot auden’s september 1939 since college.. it made me want to contribute something real to the breakdown of illusion.. read it – and if you have read it – read it again… there are things [...]
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 [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen! La Catedral! It was a wonderful surprise last night to find myself so moved and inspired and delighted to be a part of the Salon in the Backloft at La Catedral. It was one of the great magical artistic nights that happen sometimes in Dublin – and that make Cabaret and performance [...]
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 [...]
