Win tickets to Glass Onion
http://east-torrens-messenger.whereilive.com.au/competitions/story/win-tickets-to-glass-onion/
11 Jan 11
by Melissa Phillips
Messenger Community News has eight double passes to give away to John
Waters' critically acclaimed production Looking Through A Glass Onion
on Saturday, January 22, at Her Majesty's Theatre.
The show is a homage to the music, mystery and memory of John Lennon.
"Glass Onion" was created by Waters and D'Arrietta back in January
1992 as a two man show and had a five week run in a small cabaret
room at the Tilbury Hotel in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. The show was an
instant success.
In 1994 they toured the show around Australia, took a trip to New
York to gain Yoko Ono's approval and performed a three month season
in the West End, London. "Glass Onion" has since successfully toured
the country in 2001/02 and 2004.
The show is not a cut-and-paste biography of Lennon or an emulation
of the original recordings. On stage, with shadows from the lighting
arrangement fluttering over his face as he explores the essence of
the man through song and spoken word, Waters, becomes synonymous with
Lennon. He shies away from imitating the artist, but so emotive is
his performance, it lulls the audience into believing anything is
possible. Its part concert and part biography, though it doesn't
seek to tell the full story of Lennon's life.
"Rather than to impersonate, I wanted to evoke his honesty,
bitter-sweet humour, self criticism and disdain for pretentiousness
and pomposity," says Waters.
"The song Glass Onion was John Lennon's postscript to The Beatles.
``It had such a strong image of crystal ball-gazing and peeling away
the layers that it inspired the format for this show - a
kaleidoscopic collage of song, word, emotion and image," agrees
D'Arrietta with Waters.
For the audience this is either an emotional trip down memory lane or
a wonderful introduction to the life and times of one of the most
fascinating icons of our time.
When you combine Waters' unique performance as Lennon with the
brilliant musical backing, you have an entertainment experience that
should not be missed by anyone who has been touched by or intrigued
by the legend of John Lennon and The Beatles.
With 31 songs performed including, 'A Day in The Life', 'Strawberry
Fields Forever', 'Revolution', 'Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds',
'Working Class Hero', 'Imagine' and more, this is a show for all
ages. The music is delivered superbly by The Glass Onion Band that is
lead by Stewart D'Arrietta (keys) and features some of Australia's
finest musicians, including former Sherbet bassist Tony Mitchell(who
also co-wrote 'Howzat'), drummer Greg Henson (Jon English, and the
original Jesus Christ Superstar) and guitarist Paul Berton (Jimmy
Barnes and Renee Geyer).
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