牆外的新沙發

2011年7月25日

2011.04.02 Gnosis

Gnosis
by Akram Khan Company
at De Bijloke Muziekcentrum Gent

Featuring
Fang-Yi Sheu 許芳宜

這個部落格的忠實觀眾們（疑？有這樣的人嗎？）可能會眼尖地發現，若將我的所有文章以演出團體來分類統計，則屬於阿喀郎汗舞團的文章最密集；更仔細一點的朋友可能又會發現，一年多前（2010年4月）Gnosis（中文譯名為《靈知》）這支阿喀郎汗近年來唯一的卡達喀作品在倫敦沙德勒之井復演[1]的時候，小弟在下我就已寫過了一篇心得（見此文）。雖然最近的確是比較忙碌，但同樣舞碼的文章現在又重複地出現，難道我已經喪失了接觸新作品的心靈了嗎？

2011年7月17日

2011.07.15 Political Mother

Political Mother - The Choreographer's Cut
by Hofesh Shecher Company
at Sadler's Wells

近日繁忙，工作和非工作皆然，雖然一直在持續觀賞各類劇場，卻無暇寫文章（這時就不得不說說我對吉米布蘭卡的無上崇敬，工作再忙碌文章產出依然 JIT），又因為我一定要照順序生文章的龜毛個性，導致這三個月下來累積了相當多稿債。這次，看完了 Hofesh Shechter 的這支舞作，我決定為它打破長久以來照時序寫文章的慣例，立即為這場震撼的表演超車。他值得！

2011年6月8日

2011.03.23 A Magic Flute

A Magic Flute
by Peter Brooks and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
at Barbican

Casting
Antonio Figueroa as Tamino
Agnieszka Slawinska as Pamina
Leila Benhamza as Queen of the Night
Virgile Frannais as Papageno
Patrick Bolleire as Sarastro
Betsabee Haas as Papagena
Jean-Christophe Born as Monostatos

衝著彼得布魯克 (Peter Brooks) 的大名，我早早就注意到了這齣戲。

2011年4月16日

2011.03.03 The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
at The London Palladium

Starring
Danielle Hope as Dorothy
Michael Crawford as The Wizard of Oz
Edward Baker-Duly as Tin Man
David Ganly as Lion
Paul Keating as Scarecrow
Emily Tierney as Glinda
Hannah Waddingham as Alphaba

演出結束後，朋友正好打電話來，問起剛看完的表演，我第一時間只有四個字評語：「乏善可陳。」朋友又接著問，歌不好聽嗎？舞台不漂亮嗎？女主角 Danielle 表現很差嗎？我仔細想了想，不會啊！歌還可以啊，舞台也還不錯啊，演員表現也不差啊，但不知怎樣就是很難從口中擠出個「好」字。

2011年3月3日

2011.01.24 The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour
by Lillian Hellman
at Comedy Theatre

Featuring
Keira Knightley
Elisabeth Moss
Bryony Hannah

其實我一直以來都是個劇場追星族，哪裡有大牌（好萊塢）演員我就往哪裡追，幸而 West End 也非常熱愛這些明星的光環，三不五時就有明星卡司，讓我這幾年來蒐集了不少明星，派翠克史都華、David Tennant、瑞秋懷茲、裘德洛、茱蒂丹契、琥碧戈柏、伊恩麥克林、伊森霍克。不諱言，注意到這齣《The Children's Hour》其實也是因為綺拉奈特莉和伊莉莎白莫絲，可以一次蒐集到兩位好萊塢明星的戲，為什麼不去看呢？

2011年1月26日

2010.11.11 春琴

Shun-kin

Complicite

at Barbican

Directed by Simon McBurney
Design by Merle Hensel and Rumi Matsui
Starring
Eri Fukatsu as Shun-kin
Junko Uchida as Young Shun-kin
Yoshi Oida as Old Sasuke
Kentaro Mizuki as Tanizaki
Ryoko Tateishi as Radio Narrator

讀著2009年初《春琴》首次在 Barbican 演出時，劇評家 Charles Spencer 寫的冰冷文章[1]，心中頗能體會 Spencer 先生執筆時的那種違和感。倒不是因為這齣戲不好（它棒透了！），而是

2010年12月21日

2010.10.06 Vertical Road

Vertical Road
by Akram Khan Company
at Sadler's Wells

Eulalia Ayguade Farro - Spain
Spain Konstandina Efthymiadou - Greece
Salah El Brogy - Egypt
Ahmed Khemis - Algeria/Tunisia
Young Jin Kim - South Korea
Yen-Ching Lin - Taiwan
Andrej Petrovic - Slovakia
Paul Zivkovich - Australia

"I died from minerality and became vegetable;
And from vegetativeness I died and became animal.
I died from animality and became man.
Then why fear disappearance through death?
Next time I shall die
Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels;
After that, soaring higher than angels -
What you cannot imagine,
I shall be that."
(Rumi)

這首魯米的詩，是《Vertical Road》整支舞的主軸。

2010年10月28日

How To Beguile Open Air Theatre's Box Office System

When I finally decided to go to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre to see the legendary Sondheim's best musical Into The Woods, I didn't expect there were many seats left when it was only ten days before the performance. However, I was surprised. And in two ways.