Kate McIntosh 13/12/2009
 
Went to the Spielart Festival in Munich during the last weekend in November. Saw Forced Entertainment's Spectacular and New Zealand/ Belgian artist, Kate McIntosh's Dark Matter. Watching Kate's peformance I had this strange feeling I was watching a skewed Drowning Bird. Kate, in her green sequined dress is not unlike Rachel to watch on stage and the piece was full of the ideas Simon gets preoccupied with every time we get into quantum physics. As the three performers swayed from side to side, pointing out what particular audince members might be doing right now in another world, I couldn't help but feel that in another world we were all sitting together at BATS during the Fringe... 

-Fiona
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Check out the website of  Free Theatre Christchurch, especially the Theatre of Unease essay. In it, Peter Falkenburg argues that whereas NZ film has a history of roughness and difficulty, (cinema of unease), "the mirror that New Zealand theatre seems to hold up to its audience seems to be one of reassurance, that everything is all right or it will be." Worth a peek. We shared The Globe in Dunedin with Free Theatre at the start of the year and saw first hand the unsettling and very uneasy Ella and Sussn. Hope they get to Wellington again soon!

Also, have a look at the handsome and mellifluous home of Barbarian Productions

In Etchells news, hope you're following this guardian column and that you've read this.

-Ralph
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To paraphrase Tom Waits: Here is an old one that fell down the side of the stove while I was cooking.
 -Ralph


This is an OPEN BOOK text. 
You may have as much time as you like. 
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How can we keep politics out of entertainment? 
Should David Bain be allowed on Dancing with the Stars? 
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Which antiperspirant deodorant sexually arouses women the most?

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What text messages have you sent to yourself?
Would you prefer to lose a finger or your cell phone? 
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If I only knew you through your Facebook page, do you think I’d want to fuck you?

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What is the difference between a celebration and a curse? Can both exist in the same moment?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how in love are you today? 
What lies do you believe?
Do you have your priorities right?

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What kind of art should you make as the ice caps melt?  
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