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| Written and performed by Stuart Orr Direction Barry Laing The story of the birth of television as told by its father, part Nazi, part shaman, part showman, who has seen the future of the culture he created, and would unleash his werewolf soul to destroy it. It's underdog vs. übermensch in this ultimate battle for truth's salvation. "I have passed the point of no return. The fate of the whole world will be decided in this hour, this final hour to which my whole life has been leading." Walpurgisnacht, Witch's Sabbath, April 30th, 1945: Soviet tanks stalk through the ruins of Berlin. You are an escaped American POW seeking refuge. In the eye of this storm, Ralph Gerhardt Mann, a deserter from the ranks of the SS, is holed up in an abandoned movie theatre, waiting for an audience to tell the movie of his life. Stuart Orr manifests the self in extremis in his cinematic, anti-fascist treatise on history, propaganda and the contemporary world. Writer and performer, Stuart Orr, and director, Barry Laing, have brought to life characters as diverse as Yoda, Adolf Hitler and Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and created the most imaginative work of political theatre you will never see on the small screen. "A blitzkrieg of sight and sound delivered at machine gun pace." BEAT MAGAZINE |
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