Thursday, 13 September 2012

Gargantua - CASTING CALL




An opportunity for a young, male performer to work on “Gargantua”, the new theatre piece by Ergo Phizmiz (“A burst of colour, noise and imagination” - The New Statesman, “Mad but mesmerising” - The Times).

A mini-epic in performance, animation, puppetry and electronic music, the show tours the UK in March 2013, with a planned European tour (across France, Belgium, Holland, Germany & Poland) in late 2013 or early 2014.

This is a paid position, which will develop skills in music, puppetry, dance, and intermedia performance.

Rehearsals take place in Bridport from 9th – 15th March 2013, with one week tour immediately afterwards, premiering at Bridport Arts Centre on 16th March.

The performer must be of a large build, and ideally be based in Dorset. A “baby face” will also be of benefit....

Interested? Contact ergophizmiz at gmail dot com

Monday, 10 September 2012

The City and Ponocrates

The Imperial City and Royal Palace of Gargantua, paper collage from books and postcards.

Ponocrates, the frustrated teacher of Gargantua

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Gargantua - Pieces in Progress 2




Elements of music-in-progress for Gargantua...

Loitering about in here are sequences for Angels who turn into a variety of other things, a big  War, a disappearing giant, a medieval village ....

Pages from the score for "Gargantua"

The first two pages of the score of "Gargantua".



Monday, 20 August 2012

Earlier compositions and experiments for "Gargantua"



"Gargantua" has been hovering about for years. Here are some bits that have been floating around like bad smells for a while.




Early instrumental and collage composition sections for "Gargantua". 





Improvisation with turntable, music-boxes, clocks, digital delay, mixer. Possible use in "War" and "Babyhood of Gargantua" sections.....Also a war at the end of the universe between Janacek & Beethoven.