Ergo Phizmiz

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Gala is a tragi-comic chamber opera on the affair between the aging Gala Dali, wife and muse of Salvador Dali, and the twenty-one year old actor playing the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway. Written and directed by Ergo Phizmiz.

The Cast
Gala Dali – Thea Martin
Jesus Christ Superstar – Adam Dindorf
The Maid – Natalie Morgan
Salvador Dali – Jeremy Court
The Pianist – Ergo Phizmiz

The Dali’s Courtiers:
Jenny Moore
Sarah Anderson
Serafina Steer
Simon Clark
Tom Woolner

Gala plays for one night only at the Arcola Theatre, “ a powerhouse of new work” (The Observer)

“Renaissance man Ergo Phizmiz” (The Wire) is a highly original and unrestrained voice in British music. His exponentially expanding oeuvre encompasses award winning radio works for the BBC and German National Radio to song-writing albums that the broadsheets and international music press compare with our greatest talents from Robert Wyatt to Scott Walker. This last year Ergo recorded the score for an independent film, premiered at the Tribeca film festival, and became the first composer-in-residence at the Hay literary festival.

“Mad but mesmerising” -The Times

"One of the most inventive composers around ... a musical equivalent to Chris Morris" -BBC Radio 3

“I strongly advise you try and attend. For those of you unfamiliar with the work of Ergo, he is an exceptionally difficult fellow to describe, he has over the years produced a body of work that crosses over every kind of music and sound imaginable.”
Tom Ravenscroft - The New Statesman

"Not so much a one-man band as a one man movement" - The Wire Magazine

“the musical man-of-the-moment …” -The Times

“Always accessible yet always otherworldly….It’s at moments like this when the quixotic notion of Ergo Phizmiz breaking through seems more than merely a slightly unhinged dream”- BBC Music Review

“Ergo is a completely English original who I think we should cherish deeply”- Sound Projector Magazine

“With so many claims to eccentricity in today’s pop-culture, it’s hard to differentiate talent from cliché but Phizmiz’s art places him as the real deal.”- The Upcoming: Rough Trade Live Review