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Kryptogal (Kate, if you like)'s avatar

Very excited about this. You should look into what Spiegelworld has done with some of its cabarets/revues in Vegas (mostly Atomic Saloon and Absinthe), which are always the top-rated shows there and run for years.

Absinthe is easily the best show I've ever seen (and despite what it looks like online, it's not mostly about the acrobatic stuff, it's about the fact that it's completely un-PC, unacceptable, audience-provoking humor throughout -- did get into a bit of trouble after bringing a friend who objected to the rape jokes). Very much in a similar vein aesthetically though with more physical stuff and comedy and only a bit of singing.

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Norman Eckart's avatar

I only realized about halfway through that Bismarck's intention was a theater performance, which would be quite interesting to see! I have absolutely no experience in choreography or dance, but I understand there are entire organizations that exist in any major city for providing that talent.

It also doesn't hurt to scan the credits of good productions and, once you have enough of a screenplay and concept described and visualized, sending out letters to prospective artists and/or their agents. Physical letters make a greater impression today than emails alone, and I imagine for artistic-types it would make a particularly strong impression. Even if you don't end up snagging any of the creators of those works, it might supply you with visual fodder and reference material for whomever you do get to design your visuals.

My favorite is still Speedy Little Friend, and I personally think some of the sections between the verses could be expanded a bit to give more opportunity for scene-shifts and other dramatic tonal shifts in the visual rendition of it. As a process of energetic overreach and its dark dissolution, it would be quite the highlight scene underlying the overall themes of Faustian desire and Mephistophelian bargains.

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The Stern Golum's avatar

This sounds really interesting mate!

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Rachel Haywire's avatar

You're aware of how I'm doing a Dark Cabaret thing too, yet we're obviously doing completely different things with how we cast and produce them. Nevertheless, the revival of Dark Cabaret is exciting on a wider scale. Make the scene creative again. That's really all that's needed.

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Kryptogal (Kate, if you like)'s avatar

Maybe you guys should team up?

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Rachel Haywire's avatar

Walt is doing his own thing here and I don’t want to hog the limelight for him. Mine is a live show in NYC for my gallery opening on the 22nd. We have different focuses.

Yet the wider resurgence of Dark Cabaret in our sphere is important.

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Melbourne Theatre Nerd's avatar

I was interested until the promotion of AI

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Walt Bismarck's avatar

This is very silly.

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Dissident Soaps's avatar

Never beating the theater kid allegations.

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Walt Bismarck's avatar

theater kids = master race

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Anonymous Dude's avatar

Don't kill the cringe, kill the part of you that cringes.

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Yolanda M.'s avatar

Loving Lana praying mantis... :)

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maximum drive's avatar

HUGE IF TRUE

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The Stern Golum's avatar

Where’s it gonna be held? I was in musical theatre at school and do acting classes on screen now. We did a sellout production of Oliver! Back in the day and it really felt we brought back London (except for having a cockney Fagin as opposed to a Yiddish guy sadly).

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N of 1's avatar

This sounds awesome. I’ve never been much of a theater kid myself but if Bingo Bobbins can make the theater of foreign affairs entertaining to me I’m certain you will do the same with musical theater.

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