Re: [情報] Damon Albarn to star in new stage show

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※ 引述《Eeli2008 (Eeli)》之銘言: : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12770942 : Damon Albarn to star in new stage show : Albarn returns to the Manchester festival four years after staging the : premiere of his first opera Monkey : Damon Albarn has written and will star in a stage show about 16th Century : alchemist, astrologer and spy John Dee. : Damon寫出一部關於16世紀身兼煉金術、占星術師以及間諜的John Dee的劇作,並且會參 : 與演出. : A musical work based on Elizabeth I's medical and scientific adviser, Doctor : Dee will have its premiere in July at the Manchester International Festival. : 會在七月於Manchester International Festival首演. : It will then be staged at the home of the English National Opera as part of : London's Cultural Olympiad programme. : The Manchester festival will also feature the debut of Bjork's new show : during a three-week residency. : Other original productions will be created for the event by immersive theatre : company Punchdrunk, film-makers The Quay Brothers, comedian Victoria Wood and : performance artist Marina Abramovic. : Manchester International Festival director Alex Poots said the event, which : started in 2007 and takes place every two years, was "a home for major : artists to realise their most ambitious projects". : Albarn's Chinese opera Monkey: Journey To The West was a highlight of the : first Manchester International Festival four years ago and the Blur and : Gorillaz singer will present his next production at the city's Palace Theatre. : 繼上齣Monkey: Journey to the West之後再度演出新作. : Albarn did not appear in Monkey but will perform in Doctor Dee. : 在上齣劇作中沒有演出,但這齣則會有演出的部份. : The show has been co-produced by the English National Opera and the London : 2012 Festival and will be staged at the London Coliseum next year. : 和the English National Opera還有London 2012 festival協同製作. : It will be directed by Rufus Norris, who staged Don Giovanni at the ENO last : year and whose Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses was nominated for : five Tony Awards in 2008. : 導演Rufus Norris,曾獲得五項Tony Awards提名. : "It will be a big, spectacular show," Mr Poots said. "I know that Damon's : passionate about it and he's already written some incredibly beautiful songs, : some anthemic songs." : Manchester International Festival director Mr. Poots信心滿滿. : Bjork will launch the Manchester International Festival on 30 June with a : show based on her new album Biophilia. : The project combines her interests in music, science and nature and is billed : as a "multi-media project encompassing music, apps, internet, installations : and live shows". : There will be an app for each song and the singer has invented a range of new : instruments for the shows, including a 30-foot (nine-metre) pendulum that : harnesses the earth's gravitational pull to create musical patterns. : She will perform six times over three weeks at the Campfield Market Hall. : Elsewhere, the Quay Brothers, celebrated for their dark, disjointed films and : animations, will team up with Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova to : stage chamber music in a promenade setting. : Punchdrunk will return after creating the acclaimed theatrical experience It : Felt Like A Kiss with Damon Albarn at the last festival. Their new show, The : Crash of the Elysium, will be the company's first for children. : Amadou and Mariam, a blind musical duo from Mali, will attempt to stage the : world's first concert in total darkness, while comedian Johnny Vegas will : present a new theatre show. : Victoria Wood is writing and directing That Day We Sang, about the 1920s : Manchester Children's Choir, which will open at the Manchester Opera House. : 'Artistic powerhouse' : Hollywood actor Willem Dafoe is to star in The Life and Death of Marina : Abramovic alongside the Serbian-born performance artist. The production will : feature music written and performed by Antony Hegarty from the Mercury-prize : winning Antony and The Johnsons. : The festival will also involve rapper Snoop Dogg, singer Sinead O'Connor, : artist John Gerrard, the Halle Orchestra and French composer Mark Andre. : Manchester City Council's executive member for culture and leisure, : Councillor Mike Amesbury, said the festival "makes a massive contribution to : the cultural offering of our great city and has helped establish us on the : world stage as a leading artistic powerhouse". http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9502000/9502946.stm 最近又有一則相關的新聞 主要是在介紹Doctor Dee這個人啦 不過也有提到Damon對於這齣戲莫名的狂熱:P 文中還有一小段在Radio 4的訪問內容錄音 看起來Damon似乎對過往的英國相當有興趣呀~ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 180.176.97.131

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