So Petronio's Underland is the new top bar for my husband. I've been dragging him to shows since 2006 and this is his favorite so far, although he did take issue with the music choice.
Nick Cave was the soundtrack for our journey through Underland and although I liked the music throughout the piece, my husband thought he just had too previous knowledge about Nick Cave to free himself of the spectre of it.
The thing that struck me hardest about Underland was how much the self masochistic perfectionism we imagine happens in rehearsal shows through in this particular performance. It's magical. You can imagine Petronio is the off-stage Hades, god of the Underworld, making his minions do his bidding whether they want to or not. This compulsion to fall in line, the decision that is not ours to make, the idea that we are slaves to the dark world around us is illustrated in each song, each scene, each tightly regimented and belligerent phrase of movement.
I came out of the spell for "Stagger Lee". That one didn't work for me (just too obvious). But the rest... captivating.
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