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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Firebird Pica Pica
Some 10 to 15 years ago I used to spend frequent evenings playing piano with my friend Dominic Black. Neither of us are particularly good piano players. Dominic could sight-read better than I could, but I was the more proficient … Continue reading
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Tagged denes agay, dominic black, elmer schönberger, louis andriessen, pina bausch, stravinsky
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Nonsense & NF Simpson
To leap from Alfred Jarry straight through to NF Simpson in the late 50s is to leave a lot out in terms of nonsense theatre otherwise known as the theatre of the absurd and possibly other sub-categories. But when you’re … Continue reading