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Ripping – a tale of two performances
March 31, 2011 by textile
Last year saw the premiere of my electronica opera, The Pomegranate Cycle, a work which combined spoken narrative, operatic arias, chorus and soundscape. For all its beauty, Pomegranate is a dark little work about women, violence, and healing based around the myth of Persephone. In my interpretation of the myth, the girl Kore is kidnapped [...]
Continue Reading →Performing Pomegranate Pt 2
January 9, 2011 by textile
A new year, a new website! Plans are afoot for more music, some video and even some cover songs. Until then here are, belatedly, pics from The Pomegranate Cycle Imagine Festival performance at the Cleveland St Theatre. [Show as slideshow] Images are stills from video footage taken by Oliver Heath, Ravi Glasser-Vora and Matt Burgess. [...]
Continue Reading →Textile Audio in Time Off this Week
August 28, 2010 by textile
Well The Pomegranate Cycle has been given a pretty sweet write up in Time Off Magazine. The flash edition will be online here for the the next week. Or you can click here to read a PDF of the write up. A large chunk of the email Interview I did with Time Off’s Mitchell Knox [...]
Continue Reading →Hansel & Gretel Montage
August 18, 2010 by textile
Hansel & Gretel has been and gone. I didn’t get time to blog during the show with the hectic rehearsal schedule and a nasty bout of tonsillitis. Rather than writing a long, boring post about it, I’ll tell the story in pics for your viewing pleasure. If you’re interested a review of the show done [...]
Continue Reading →Interview on 2MBS FM this morning…
July 12, 2010 by textile
So switch Sydney radios to 102.5 FM or listen online at www.2mbs.com/ Interview is for the fast approaching production of Hansel & Gretel and will feature Pacific Opera’s musical director Julia de Plater! Should be on around 7:45 am… Over+out.e
Continue Reading →Dancer wanted & other news…
June 14, 2010 by textile
Hi Y’all, You may have noticed I’ve posted a page on the site advertising for a female dancer. So what’s it all about?…. Well the great news is that I will be staging The Pomegranate Cycle opera/ album in September in a very exciting way. Unfortunately I can’t say more until contracts have been signed. [...]
Continue Reading →Performance Updates!!!
March 19, 2010 by textile
I’ve finally updated the Performances page of the site! How very exciting New additions are all opera-related although I should be adding a “number” of Textile Audio gigs in the near future. To keep an eye on the Performances page click me… For now, check out: Pacific Opera Gala: Top Hat & Tails! When: Friday [...]
Continue Reading →Fairy Queen… The Movie!!
January 31, 2010 by textile
Last year I played Second Fairy in Purcell’s opera The Fairy Queen with the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir. The production was staged as part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, and is the single most fun I’ve had on stage to date. After all I got to wear fishnets, a corset, a [...]
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