don't know where my original post was , someone's eaten it probably, wow! what a brilliant show this was , glad i saw it at the time in '86, it was like literally stepping into a fall album in 3d in which loopy characters and cryptic clues came to life in front of my eyes , completely stuffed to the brim with bizarre ideas and odd stage lingo and of course the live music - sublime cheers
I laughed when the dancing nazi brownshirt appeared, but elegance of his movement was undeniable (I gather a professionally trained dancer was part of the cast at the time)- looks like a fun evening in the theater, you lucky fellow- thx for the upload
@@Lana-ww9qw ah, yes Mr. Clark, he's been mentioned a few times in the var. Fall bio-books I 've been reading lately. (long time small "f" fan of the Fall, more reciently converted to bigger "f" Fan).So, that's him then. Thank you.
aye , though the version I witnessed did not have alana pelay and m.clark involved and the Fall playing the parts remember just actors treading the boards . though band were present saying lines , Brix and mark . I may have seen a more 'polished' performance ,this version may be a rehearsal of some distribution? surprised it's not had an official release by now considering how long ago it was made , i would pay to view this on an official release.
"Typically, Smith's play was greeted with incomprehension by the obsolete British bourgeois-liberal art critic establishment"(Mick Middles, The Fall p.256). Full audio of performance here: th-cam.com/video/B6L8c2fwnDc/w-d-xo.html
We are putting on the play this weekend in Prestwitch! Wish I'd noticed that you posted here I would have invited you along (or picked your brains about the original performance).
@@Lana-ww9qw now that would have been wonderful! In the end we did it as a one off not for profit as part of the Prestwich art festival. But we would love you to come on our Fall podcast "f.a.l.l.o.u.t. podcast" to talk about those times if you were up for it!
don't know where my original post was , someone's eaten it probably,
wow! what a brilliant show this was , glad i saw it at the time in '86, it was like literally stepping into a fall album in 3d in which loopy characters and cryptic clues came to life in front of my eyes , completely stuffed to the brim with bizarre ideas and odd stage lingo and of course the live music - sublime
cheers
I’ve still got the program from this sitting In my cupboard. December 1986
I laughed when the dancing nazi brownshirt appeared, but elegance of his movement was undeniable (I gather a professionally trained dancer was part of the cast at the time)- looks like a fun evening in the theater, you lucky fellow- thx for the upload
@@laszlozoltan5021 Actually Laszlo ma luv, It was one of our Premier iconic dancers Michael Clark, now go Google him.x
@@Lana-ww9qw ah, yes Mr. Clark, he's been mentioned a few times in the var. Fall bio-books I 've been reading lately. (long time small "f" fan of the Fall, more reciently converted to bigger "f" Fan).So, that's him then. Thank you.
aye , though the version I witnessed did not have alana pelay and m.clark involved and the Fall playing the parts remember just actors treading the boards . though band were present saying lines , Brix and mark . I may have seen a more 'polished' performance ,this version may be a rehearsal of some distribution?
surprised it's not had an official release by now considering how long ago
it was made , i would pay to view this on an official release.
wasnt Ste Hanley playing a Priest...
"Typically, Smith's play was greeted with incomprehension by the obsolete British bourgeois-liberal art critic establishment"(Mick Middles, The Fall p.256). Full audio of performance here: th-cam.com/video/B6L8c2fwnDc/w-d-xo.html
Fabulous! i never knew what the hell was going on i just turned up to rehearsal and the theatre and did my part nice memories though .x
We are putting on the play this weekend in Prestwitch! Wish I'd noticed that you posted here I would have invited you along (or picked your brains about the original performance).
@@NHCTF You could have paid me to come up and revived the role i helped to originate with Mark.xxxxxx
@@Lana-ww9qw now that would have been wonderful! In the end we did it as a one off not for profit as part of the Prestwich art festival. But we would love you to come on our Fall podcast "f.a.l.l.o.u.t. podcast" to talk about those times if you were up for it!