I’ve just got back from watching some weird shit at the VIP opening of STOFF, The Stockholm Fringe Festival. Just to clarify, by ‘weird shit’ I mean a naked Mexican opera singer with a beard but no penis. Incidentally, I feel I am qualified to describe this as weird shit as I have a degree in drama – I know how to academically analyse theatre, from Grotowski to Boal… and, trust me, the opera performance definitely comes under the category ‘weird shit’.
But how cool it was to be in the thick of it. Surrounded by theatre types doing weird and wonderful performances that the audience may or may not have understood. Having spent so long in small town Linköping recently, where mainstream is the order of the day, it was such a pleasure to hang out with performers for whom profound and pretentious were words that could be found tattooed on their inner lip.
The festival goes on at Kulturhuset for the next few days and there are performers from all over the world. Go along and maybe you can check out some equally weird shit. I spoke to a group from the UK called ‘Fools Play‘ who had just graduated from E15 drama school. I don’t think their shit is the weirdest at the festival, but it sounded like a pretty good option to go and watch. Their show is called ‘Go Solo’ and they are playing at Kulturhuset’s Hörsalen at 12.30 on 26/8 and Dramalabbet at 4pm on 27/8.
Tags: Lagom, Linköping, plugs, Review, Stockholm, STOFF, students, Sweden
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Weird S**t at STOFF.
A very offensive sub-headline. Could only have been written by a Swede or an American – both of whom lack finesse regarding the use of such language. No self-respecting British newspaper would EVER print such in full. It has been called our double moral, but British people – whilst they know what is meant – have absolutely NO wish to be confronted with such language in full print. S**t is avföring, and as such is mostly taboo, TV excepted, where foul language has become the norm following the influence from the United States of America.
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Sorry to have offended you, but believe me… that shit was weird!
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Hi Ben. Wow! Has it been over a year since you assumed I was Mexican, and that I had no penis? Such a pity that you did not take the time to fact-check before posting a review that sought out to diminish the work of hard-working artists from around the world.
First, I was born and raised in the United States of America, not Mexico. My parents are from Costa Rica which, from what I have learned, is quite different from Mexico. Second, I have a penis. From what my 900+ past lovers have told me, it is a very beautiful penis. A strong, powerful brown penis that, sadly, retreats into its shell when the surroundings (including the weather) are cold and unwelcoming. I’m sure your readers (all 5 of them, I’m sure…ugh, I don’t even know why I’m even responding to this, frankly) truly appreciated your witty insight, although, as I remove my veil of sarcasm, I find it hard to imagine that the culture-hungry people of Stockholm would be educated or enlightened by juvenile terminology and blatant inaccuracies.
That said, if you demand further proof to better improve on your fine reporting (sarcastic veil back on), I can e-mail you a copy of my U.S. birth certificate, as well as a hi-definition JPG file of my very real penis. Please advise.
Yours truly,
Dorian Wood
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