did anybody post this here?

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>Sadler's Wells update

I am planning to post a cyberfilm diary of my rehearsals for Sadlers
Wells. This is going to be posted every day on this site, except of
course for the days I'm not actually rehearsing or working on the show. The 
first posting will be on February 8th.

The show is unfolding in an exciting way. It was an impulse to plan the 
event. I have been worried lately by how much it might cost to mount, but in 
the past week a few side-deals have been negotiated which provide money to 
improve the production. One of the deals allows a simultaneous radio 
broadcast, another the filming and subsequent
webcasting of the event by a company specializing in such things.

The London Chamber Orchestra will perform some of the orchestral tracks from 
Lifehouse Chronicles, and also accompany me where appropriate. But with this 
new money in the pot I am going to be able to gather some wonderful 
musicians together so that every song can get its due.

John Rabbit Bundrick is here to help Billy Nicholls and I with the
music. Jon Carin was to have been involved, but a communication hiccup
(my fault) saw him taking on another job, so he can't join us this time 
around. Billy is putting together a vocal group, which I hope will include a 
couple of singers who can share the load - my voice doesn't always last the 
night.

I am also planning a simple and elegant film-projected light and
backdrop design. Simon Corder, a theatre designer, is in charge of
this. Tim Drury (who designed the new eelpie logo - the little face)
and I are hoping to cook up a three screen MIDI keyboard controlled
system to fly in some extemporized images and short animations.

So the event should be interesting to look at. But this particular show is 
going be about the music, and mainly the demos for Lifehouse. I am not 
trying to create a dramatic context for the show, nor tell the story in any 
way. But I hope the underlying themes, hopes and concerns of Lifehouse will 
come through.

I'll keep you posted

PT

0920 Saturday 19 January 2000



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