Photo by Jo Minton
And Des de Moor sang his songs, Of darkness and disgrace...
At last night's debut performance of 'Darkness and Disgrace' at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in London's Islington, femme fatales emerged from shadows and boys stood upon their chairs. I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey, mainly on account of the fact that I wasn't actually there. Nevertheless, I do plan to get along in the next couple of days, after which I will post my report on these pages.
'Darkness and Disgrace' is the work of "salty chansonnier" Des de Moor, (whose 'Water of Europe' album is currently available online), and Russell Churney who you may remember enjoyed a spell on TV as Julian Clary's pianist, (that's pianist!), where, as Julian's hapless foil, he would regularly be the target of blatant advances and hilarious innuendo. I digress...
In 'Darkness and Disgrace' the duo "revisit a shared childhood inspiration, and together they take a fresh look at selections from three decades of one of the most breathtakingly eclectic, imaginative and multi-layered bodies of work in the history of popular song." The particular selections from that multi-layered body of work they have chosen to interpret are: The London Boys, Please Mr Gravedigger, All the Madmen, Saviour Machine, The Width of a Circle, The Bewlay Brothers, Life on Mars?, Lady Stardust, Time, Future Legend/Bewitched, Diamond Dogs, We Are The Dead, Sons of the Silent Age, It's No Game, Scream Like a Baby, The Buddha of Suburbia and I Have Not Been to Oxford Town.
The Barb Jungr directed performance runs until Sunday 28th January, at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Click on the image above for more information including booking details.
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)