dear all, from what i saw of this in an earlier incarnation the below
is brilliant. and if you can make it to the performance followed by
the peter manson genius then all the better.
yours truly,
sam
>
>
>
> Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 January 8pm
>
> YEAH BOOM: A Christopher Knowles Reader
> devised and performed by Chris Goode
>
>
> Born in 1959, the autistic writer and visual artist Christopher
> Knowles was just nineteen years old when the poet John Ashbery
> described him as "a major figure of the New York avant-garde". By
> that time, Knowles had already been collaborating for five years
> with the then-emerging theatre director Robert Wilson, and he went
> on to contribute texts and performances to many of Wilson's major
> works of the 70s, including the seminal Philip Glass opera Einstein
> on the Beach in 1976.
>
> Despite the robust critical acclaim for Knowles's compelling and
> idiosyncratic work (much of which is collected in the volume
> Typings 1974-77) he has now dropped somewhat out of view, and his
> profile in the UK is particularly low given the iconic status of
> the Wilson productions on which Knowles worked.
>
> YEAH BOOM is an attempt to bring some of this remarkable work back
> into circulation. In an hour-long piece, theatre artist Chris Goode
> performs a number of Knowles's texts, including extracts from A
> Letter for Queen Victoria and Einstein on the Beach. Pieces taken
> from Typings 1974-77 range from Knowles's charming letters to
> friends and family, through his strange and often hilarious
> variations on mid-70s pop songs, to the vertiginous pile-up of his
> sound-text poem 'Get Wreck'. The production features a sound-score
> specially created by Chris Goode, who also reflects on the unique
> experience of becoming 'A Christopher Knowles reader'.
>
>
>
> Friday 13th: there will be an opportunity to share responses to
> YEAH BOOM and to Knowles's work, in a post-show discussion led by
> Lynne Kendrick (Central School of Speech & Drama).
>
> Saturday 14th: YEAH BOOM will be followed at 9.30 by a substantial
> solo reading from Peter Manson. The reading is a benefit in support
> of the Writers Forum workshop, which meets at CPT.
>
>
> For more details on YEAH BOOM and on WRITERS FORUM PRESENTS PETER
> MANSON, please visit the CPT web site: http://www.cptheatre.co.uk
>
>
> Yeah Boom: A Christopher Knowles Reader is at
> Camden People's Theatre
> 58-60 Hampstead Road
> London
> NW1 2PY
>
> nearest tube: Euston Sq / Warren St
> for other transport details and how to book in advance, please
> visit the web site: http://www.cptheatre.co.uk
>
>
> Please note: for health and safety reasons, it will not be possible
> to admit latecomers to Yeah Boom so please arrive in good time for
> the 8pm start.
>
> Do feel free to forward this information to anyone you think may be
> interested.
>
>
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