THE BEAUTIFUL EPOCH OF AVANT GARDE SPORT

ERGO PHIZMIZ PLC

ROCOCO CHANEL

DEPRESSTIVAL

THE SUPERFOOLS

present

THE BEAUTIFUL EPOCH OF 

AVANT-GARDE SPORT

A SEXY VAMP ON THE SEAFRONT WANDERS, BEDECKED IN SUNSHINE, AND WANTONLY THROWS SHAPES. BESIDE HER, JOGGING IT'S

THE

MEDIA

WHORE

OF

SHOCK

AND

AWE.

AVANT-SPORT

AVANT-GARDE ART IS, OF COURSE, ANATHEMA TO OUR TIMES IN THIS GREEN, UNPLEASANT LAND.

WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING AWKWARD?

AND EVERYBODY LEAVES.

BUT

THIS IS NOT THE PROPOSITION OF

THESE TWO WANDERING

CULTURAL

MOVERS-AND-SHAKERS.

NO!

WE ARE NOT INTERESTED

IN WHAT YOU CRETINS

CALL ART!

WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING

YOU CRETINS

HAVE TO SAY, EVER.

(IT IS HARD BEING EXTREMELY TALENTED AND EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL)

BECAUSE YOU ARE UNCERTAIN OF BOTH

YOUR PRODIGIOUS TALENT

AND

YOUR FASCINATING BEAUTY

YOU ARE DRIVEN

BY THE NEED TO COMPETE

AND NOW WITH

YOUR

FUCKING

SINGING

CONTESTS

YOU HAVE ART IN YOUR CLUTCHES.

SPORT        SPORT      AVANT

AND SO AS A NATURAL EXCHANGE

IN THE SPIRIT OF

YOUR

GLORIOUS

CAPITALISM

WE WILL PLAY THE GAME OF EXCHANGE

AND

CLAIM YOUR SPORT AS OUR OWN

AVANT-GARDE        SPORT        SPORT

NOW IS THE AGE OF AVANT-GARDE SPORT

DOWN WITH COMPETITION

UP WITH SPORTSWEAR

FLAMBOYANCE

TIGHT SPANDEX

TINY SHORTS

V-NECK SLEEVELESS TOPS

POSING

WITH

GOLF

CLUBS

AND BY NATURAL EXTENSION

THE INVENTION OF NEW SPORTS

EVERY DAY

EQUALLING 365 NEW SPORTS

PER HEAD

PER ANNUM

AVANT-GARDE SPORT

IS THE FUTURIST

UTOPIAN DEMOCRACY

OF PERPETUAL INVENTION

DOWN WITH RULES!

UP WITH FREE SPORT IMPROVISATION!

WHITE TENNIS SHOES

SPORTS SOCKS (WITH NO OTHER CLOTHES)

SPORT                     AVANT

ANYTHING THAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY

"OOOH YOU LOOK VERY SPORTY"

IT FEELS FUCKING AMAZING DOESN'T IT

SPORT                     GARDE

AVANT GARDE SPORT

RECLAIM YOUR WORLD

MAKE A DIFFERENCE  

LIVE PERFORMANCES COMING UP

 
There are plentiful opportunities to see Dominic's work live on stage in the coming months...here are just a few, and many more to be announced shortly...

26/07 - The Agitprop Allstars present "The United Kingdom of Earth" Tete-a-Tete: The Opera Festival, London

05/08 - "A Heathening With Dominic Robertson" Quay Arts, Isle of Wight

07/09 - The Hidden Noise present "The United Kingdom of Earth" CCA, Glasgow

17/09 - Mahogany Opera Group present"Mozart vs Machine" Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

26/09 - Mahogany Opera Group present"Mozart vs Machine" Norwich Arts Centre

07/10 - Dominic Robertson Live at Festival Blaues Rauschen, Herne, DE

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THE UNITED KINGDOM OF EARTH: A BREXIT OPERA

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF EARTH

A Brexit Opera

UK Premiere Performances

July 26^th

The Agitprop Allstars present "The United Kingdom of Earth"

Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival, London

September 7^th

The Hidden Noise present "The United Kingdom of Earth"

CCA Glasgow

In a not-too-distant future, having avoided some nuclear misunderstanding that engulfed the rest of the planet, a post-Brexit Britain finds itself surrounded by nothing but scorched earth. How do people from the everyday family home to the corridors of power cope with this? And what on earth is Boris doing in Downing Street in a tie-dye suit?

An epic community opera with electronic music, performed by a cast of professional and non-professional actors and singers, “The United Kingdom of Earth” is a wide ranging satire on British values, beliefs, and histories.

As a “non-denominational satire” the piece chooses not to take a particular political angle, so is suitable viewing for all of you whatever your stance on the Brexit argument. A comedy of manners, “The United Kingdom of Earth” combines killer songs with spoken-word and synthesised sound to create an evocative picture of a country looking backwards at itself.

A production of composer, writer, collagist Dominic Robertson - formerly known as Ergo Phizmiz – who, over the past twenty years, has become a prolific maverick of UK and international theatre, opera, radio, and independent music worlds.

Rotterdam’s Worm Institute was the incubator of this piece, which received its first performances in November 2016 at the Ubik Theatre.

Hear music from the show https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/that-happy-breed-ep

Crowdfunder http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/that-happy-breed-a-brexit-opera

Hear a song from the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kddC49-2qZU

Trailer for Rotterdam production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7A7edZHRY

Dominic Robertson is available for interview deedubyarobertson@gmail.com

Crowdfunding the Brexit Opera!

That's right, in a heady return to the world of crowdfunding, "England's Greatest Entertainer" takes you on a country walk.

Donate HERE! And please tell all your friends!

THAT HAPPY BREED IN LONDON - CASTING CALL

"That Happy Breed: A Brexit Science-Fiction Community Opera" is to play London on July 26th, full details tba shortly. In the meantime, a casting call!

And don't forget, "That Happy Breed" receives its UK premiere at CCA Glasgow, May 18th 2017, with a cast of Glasgow's finest.

The Unreleased Ergo Phizmiz Volume One

Between 2001-2015 Dominic Robertson's erstwhile alter-ego Ergo Phizmiz released hundreds of hours of music, radio, theatre and installation art. At the same time, he released three records of critically acclaimed songwriting on independent label Care in the Community Recordings: "Things to Do and Make", "Eleven Songs" and "The Peacock". These records were culled from a huge amount of tracks in collaboration with the label, leaving the rest waiting for their moment in the sunshine.

And here it is! Volume One of "The Unreleased Ergo Phizmiz", ten songs produced between 2007-2015, never previously heard except at live shows here and there. One review of "Things to Do and Make" pointed out that the release "goes to show that major record labels have lost touch completely", and these songs give further credence to this statement. Ergo Phizmiz trundled on with this music until the sense of futility won out and the only thing to do was stop and try to gather perspective.

At a time when other outsider DIY songwriters are being given their just dues, it's about time this music was heard by a wider audience. So send it to your friends, play it at your parties, put it on your radioshow. If you have spare pennies, buy it and help one of the most productive artists on the planet pay his long overdue rent and bills!