People of ‘a certain age’ will remember ‘Monkey’, a Japanese import of a Chinese fable.
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (of Gorillaz) are involved in making Monkey, the Opera. Along with Chen Shi-Zheng, the director, they’re going back to the Chinese source material to produce a spectacle which premier’s in Manchester.
The show contains talented, and very [...]
The nature of Monkey…. was irrepresible!
The classic Japanese television programme (which people of a certain age will remember), Monkey!, is being remade.
The Original Monkey! featured Masaaki Sakai in the title role, to my eyes was, at the time, an almost incomprehensible feast of weird and wonderful sights. Monsters would appear, fight, then leave. Master (Tripitaka), [...]
Monkey: The Opera