Had such a blast conducting the UK premiere of ‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’ last week. Very grateful to Turner Sims, especially Jessica Santer, for all their support. Great to work with regular musical collaborators (Nici Heinrich, Anna Durance, Amy Green, Ali Hughes) but also happy to wave at Rowland Sutherland, Cat Lawlor, Aaron Townsend and Bob Allan. Amazing puppetry work from Edie Edmundson and Bori Mezo. Awesome lights from David Duffy. Rachel Warr was brilliant as always directing. Thanks to Tom Crame for the photos. Hope we can do it again soon.
Super happy to be bringing Pythagoras’ Toolkit to Turner Sims for the UK premiere performances. There will be three performances – one family ticketed event on Sunday 30 March and then two schools performances on Monday 31 March.
Really excited about the exciting group of musicians involved, and of course the amazing puppeteers directed by my co-creator Rachel Warr.
Really excited about upcoming UK premiere of Pythagoras’ Toolkit at Turner Sims on 30 March (and two schools shows on 31 March). Great musicians and puppeteers lined up to learn and perform the piece this side of the Atlantic for the first time!
Had a wonderful time on Saturday at the premiere of VENT, which is a new piece for choir, electronics and object puppetry. I made the piece with my friend Rachel Warr, who is a fantastic theatre maker and puppetry director in response to a commission from the excellent organisation MUSARC. Rachel wrote the libretto and work narrative and also directed the movement and puppetry. The piece explores themes including protest, anarchy and ventriloquism. Was a lot of fun making it, and I found it very moving on Saturday. I also enjoyed playing ‘harmonium’ in Gavin Bryars’ On Photography and some kind of synth bass thing in Julius Eastman’s Stay On It. The concert went really well and the following are some rehearsal pictures from the gig by Yiannis Katsaris. I’ll post some other pics in the New Year.
Look forward to seeing how the piece can evolve in the world.
Had a fantastic time returning to Montreal this week for performances of Pythagoras’ Toolkit promoted by Le Vivier and Bach Before Bedtime. Was really fun working with the musicians from Ensemble Paramirabo again and of course the Dotted Line crew director/co-creator Rachel Warr and puppeteers Gilbert Taylor and Edie Edmundson.
‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’ returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023.
Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the Greek thinker hastened to explore sound and invent new instruments.
In this co-creation by Rachel Warr (Dotted Line Theatre) and Benjamin Oliver, performed by the musicians of Paramirabo, our hero, the modern-day Pythagoras, invites children families to follow him in her surreal, amusing and even danceable experiments.
A Paramirabo production, co presented by Le Vivier, Bach Before Bedtime and Une école montréalaise pour tous.
‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’ returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023.
Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the Greek thinker hastened to explore sound and invent new instruments.
In this co-creation by Rachel Warr (Dotted Line Theatre) and Benjamin Oliver, performed by the musicians of Paramirabo, our hero, the modern-day Pythagoras, invites children families to follow him in her surreal, amusing and even danceable experiments.
A Paramirabo production, co presented by Le Vivier, Bach Before Bedtime and Une école montréalaise pour tous.
‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’ returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023.
Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the Greek thinker hastened to explore sound and invent new instruments.
In this co-creation by Rachel Warr (Dotted Line Theatre) and Benjamin Oliver, performed by the musicians of Paramirabo, our hero, the modern-day Pythagoras, invites children families to follow him in her surreal, amusing and even danceable experiments.
A Paramirabo production, co presented by Le Vivier, Bach Before Bedtime and Une école montréalaise pour tous.
‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’ returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023.
Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the Greek thinker hastened to explore sound and invent new instruments.
In this co-creation by Rachel Warr (Dotted Line Theatre) and Benjamin Oliver, performed by the musicians of Paramirabo, our hero, the modern-day Pythagoras, invites children families to follow him in her surreal, amusing and even danceable experiments.
A Paramirabo production, co presented by Le Vivier, Bach Before Bedtime and Une école montréalaise pour tous.
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