09 aprile 2022

 

Disponibili (per pochi) al banchetto del Cafe Oto ieri sera c'erano le prime copie del volume Long Live Pere Ubu! - The Spectacle prodotto da David Thomas per illustrare retrospettivamente la versione di Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi presentata in forma di concerto una dozzina d'anni fa. A qualcuna di esse era allegato in cd l'audio di una delle rappresentazioni teatrali londinesi dell'aprile 2008. 

A 107 page full colour plate book with exclusive pictures and info, as well as the entire script. Plus free a 2cd of the previously unheard performance (in its entirety) from the London South Bank Queen Elizabeth Hall. It’s spectacular: an incredible book that is everything you ever needed to know about Long Live Père Ubu! - The Spectacle. It has been a long awaited wish for all the info to be collated and here it is in full technicolor with introductions, behind the scenes insight, the full (current day) script and masses of photos. 

Long Live Père Ubu! - The Spectacle is the concert version of Pere Ubu's theatrical production, Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi, an adaptation of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi. As should be expected from Pere Ubu it is a production without precedent. The boundary between musical and dramatic performance is obliterated. The very notion of what a rock band can and should achieve on stage is turned on its head. David Thomas plays the parts of both Père and Mère Ubu. Members of the band perform the music, choreography, as well as all dramatic roles. The instrumental line-up is augmented with electronica artist Gagarin. As with the full theatrical production, the staging is framed by large screen projections of bespoke animations from legendary film-makers The Brothers Quay.