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, 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 [...]
The Sugar Club was packed to the brim with people in corsets and fishnets, tattoos – and alcohol problems. In other words, it was wild – and unpredictable – and a roaring Cabaret success. I had a great time – being dressed and undressed back stage with the usual chaos – and doing my thing [...]
