Invited to forget about the ills of the world for an hour I celebrate one of the few GMT opportunities to join Peter Michael Marino’s live figure theatre take for all ages, streamed live from New York, on the 1968 cult classic film Planet of the Apes. I fell in love with staged science-fiction since … Continue reading Planet of the Grapes – a cava-crowned celebration of lockdown crafting
Confession first: Before tonight I had not seen Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show on stage or watched the film. I knew that the Time Warp was a thing, “Dammit, Janet” a catchphrase and that audiences brought water pistols, rice and toilet paper to performances everywhere. Hopefully, all these little myths and rituals will now make … Continue reading A baptism of fire at the New Wimbledon Theatre – seeing Richard O’Briens Rocky Horror Show for the first time
Finally I am in the same city at the same time as Toruk, Cirque Du Soleil’s take on James Cameron’s Avatar. I wanted to see it since I first stumbled upon a call for puppeteers in the newsletter of the Jim Henson Association years ago. Now I am in Bologna, a lively city on a … Continue reading Bioluminescence in Bologna: Cirque Du Soleil’s Toruk, based on James Cameron’s Avatar
It is our last night in Kyoto – yesterday was a Tuesday when most museums and theatres are closed in Japan but we also had typhoon Jebi storming above us, bringing the public and tourists alike to a halt. Luckily our Ryokan guesthouse did not lose electricity like others. We ate in the main train … Continue reading Artificial intelligence and its Gear in Kyoto
Admittingly we left the idol show in Akihabara well before its finale but decide to give Tokyo’s nightlife another chance. The last couple of evenings have been spent in restaurants and bars where we celebrated the score of our step counter. We had ventured out to Shinjuku, Tokyo’s red-light district, after the visit to teamLab's … Continue reading Shouting “Tokyo I love you” in the Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku
When you are booking tickets for an event to go with someone who is far more passionate about the topic, artists or genre than you are, be aware that your idea of a night out might be challenged afterwards. I am accompanied by a Moog owner, synthesizer collector and sound engineer to the Kings Place, … Continue reading Don’t Panic: Waiting for the Moog with Bach in the Kings Place, London
I am in Zürich in Switzerland on my own and decide to go out. The flyer for the Ballet Revolucion catches my eye in the hotel lobby but the cheapest tickets are already 68 Swiss Francs and the soundtrack is with the likes of Justin Bieber and Enrique Iglesias a bit too charts-orientated for me. … Continue reading Swiss Hundeherz in Zürich, Switzerland
