![]() ![]() ![]() Featuring a powerfully melodic score and an enigmatic storyline, Lazarus expands the Newton mythology while maintaining many of the bizarre qualities that made the film a cult classic. With the help of playwright Enda Walsh ( Once) and prolific director Ivo van Hove ( A View From the Bridge, The Crucible), Bowie revisits Newton in Lazarus, now making its world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop. Almost 40 years ago Bowie played Newton in the film adaptation, about an alien who travels to Earth on a mission to export water back to his drought-stricken home planet, only to become mired in terrestrial life. And really, there's truth in that: Only an act of God (or Bowie) could have resurrected Thomas Newton of The Man Who Fell to Earth, the 1963 science fiction novel by Walter Tevis. The title of the new theatrical project by David Bowie (the details of which have been the season's best-kept secret) suggests miraculous rebirth. Hall star in David Bowie and Enda Walsh's Lazarus, directed by Ivo van Hove, at New York Theatre Workshop. See some of the spectacular pictures from the musical below.Sophia Anne Caruso and Michael C. The show is based on a number of classic hits from Bowie’s back catalogue such as Changes, Heroes, Sound and Vision, This Is Not America, Life on Mars, Where Are We Now?, Valentine’s Day as well as four entirely new songs, including the title track Lazarus, which was also featured on the album Blackstar. The story is inspired by Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, which was also the basis for the film of the same name from 1976, in which David Bowie played the main role himself. Submerged in gin, discount TV, sex and medical trials, Thomas Newton suddenly meets another lost soul who may succeed in setting him free. An androgynous creature who cannot escape this world and is also unable to return to his own kind. Lazarus is about the alien Thomas Newton, who is trapped on earth. His farewell show is the supremely original musical Lazarus. Before, like a supernova, he exploded back into orbit on a path to Mars, he transformed our planet into a gigantic dancefloor. About Lazarus by David Bowie and Enda Walshĭavid Bowie was a genius who descended to earth like a bird from foreign climes. Press the bannerpicture in the top of this case and you will be directed to a video interview with the lighting designer and set designer, giving you a strong idea of how Lazarus was developed at Aarhus Theatre with Wahlberg Motion Design units. The Wahlberg Track runner system control each frame via DMX, making it possible to position the frames individualle, precisely and on timed cues.ĭue to a strong dynamic partnership with lighting designer Mathias Hersland and the technical staff of Aarhus Theater, the products from Wahlberg Motion Design are used in a new way, that we want to share with our costumers from around the world. In the show a number of big red frames work as set pieces and also as props, the actors can stand or sit in while singing. The Track Runners with friction wheel is also adding motion design to Lazarus. ![]() The 4 conductors out of the rotating shaft makes pixel mapping possible, creating a waterfall of light.Īs the mirrors turn and the light changes, the atmosphere of the songs are enhanced in different ways. Our Wahlberg Rotators with power outlet are the key product in the show, presented in an amazing number of 30 pieces, controlling 30 mirrors, each of them 8 meters tall. Rotating mirrors and flying frames made possible with technical gear from Wahlberg Motion Design The visual design is what makes the show climax…. Stiftstidende *****Ī colorful attack on all your senses – Aarhus Theatre has developed a form that works: colors, abstract scenography, strong lighting and great music…… Information A strong venture between acting, costumes, scenography that catches the heart of the musical. From the press:Īarhus Theater’s Lazarus is a strong hallucinating limbo-trip. The stage is set for Lazarus with a great amount of technical gear from Wahlberg Motion Design bringing together light, stage-design and the hallucinating universe of Bowie’s, in a way that win over both old and new fans of the musical genius. Wahlberg Motion Design work as the main sponsor for the Lazarus musical, travelling between Denmark’s two biggest cities in 2019-2020. After playing to full houses in New York, London, Vienna, Hamburg, Bowie’s farewell salute is performed in Denmark, first at Aarhus Theatre, Autumn 2019 and secondly at the Royal Danish Theatre, Spring of 2020. Just before his death, David Bowie completed his masterful, riveting musical show Lazarus. Lazarus - a musical by David Bowie with Wahlberg Motion Design playing a leading part.
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