19:00-19:45, Friday 27th September 2024
The Cockpit
Music & Words: Marcello Palazzo
Mount Herzog tells the story of a filmmaker’s dream, mobilised against nature, as he seeks to capture the image of a 300-tonne steamship being dragged over a Peruvian mountain.
As a visionary film director, Herzog is committed to creating a visceral art, where the sweat, blood and tears of his actors are felt and real. Battered and bruised by the elements, Herzog is also held back by a roguish and jealous leading actor, who takes every opportunity to thwart the progress of the film.
Friendships are severed, crew members are injured, and the wide-eyed idealism that sparked his vision is in danger of collapsing. In the midst of the suffocating Peruvian jungle, Herzog’s steamship refuses to move, and he finds himself asking the question, ‘what is the ultimate cost of dreams?’.
Age range: PG-13
In a festival of new work, please note that shows may overrun.
Produced by Marcello Palazzo
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
Disclaimer:
This is a work of fiction. While this story makes reference to actual events and people, certain characters, characterisations, incidents, locations and dialogue were fictionalised or invented for the purposes of dramatisation. With respect to such fictionalisation or invention, any similarity to the name or to the actual character or history of any person, living or dead, or any product or entity or actual incident is entirely for dramatic purposes and not intended to reflect on any actual character, history, product or entity.
On the same day:
Music: Marcello Palazzo
Director: Scott Handy
Music Director: Marcello Palazzo
Herzog: Ben Watkins
Kinski: Matt Pope
Other cast TBC
Music: Marcello Palazzo
Director: Scott Handy
Music Director: Marcello Palazzo
Herzog: Ben Watkins
Kinski: Matt Pope
Nina: Jessie Edgar
Engineer: Theo Nisbett
Piano 1: Jeremy Chan
Piano 2: Matthew Clemmet
Video Artist: Calum Bradshaw