John Waters performing in 'Through a Glass Onion'.
In 1992, twelve years after Lennon’s death, Waters and D’Arrietta first conceived and performed Lennon: 'Through a Glass Onion' on a small stage at the Tilbury Hotel in Sydney. The show was an instant success. In the years that followed, Waters and D’Arrietta toured the show and played sold out engagements at venues including The Sydney Opera House. The show performed a three-month engagement in London’s West End.
“The song Glass Onion was John Lennon’s postscript to The Beatles. It had such a strong image of crystal ball-gazing and peeling away the layers that it inspired the format for this show – a kaleidoscope collage of song, word, emotion and image”, agrees D’Arrietta with Waters.
For the audience this is either an emotional trip down memory lane or a wonderful introduction to the life and times of one of the most fascinating icons of our time.
John Waters took time out of his hectic schedule to chat about his feature role in 'Through a Glass Onion' with Therase Burke on Friday Drive.
Images courtesy of Through a Glass Onion web site. Illustration by Aaron Smith. Photo production by Joan Marcus.
“The song Glass Onion was John Lennon’s postscript to The Beatles. It had such a strong image of crystal ball-gazing and peeling away the layers that it inspired the format for this show – a kaleidoscope collage of song, word, emotion and image”, agrees D’Arrietta with Waters.
For the audience this is either an emotional trip down memory lane or a wonderful introduction to the life and times of one of the most fascinating icons of our time.
John Waters took time out of his hectic schedule to chat about his feature role in 'Through a Glass Onion' with Therase Burke on Friday Drive.
Images courtesy of Through a Glass Onion web site. Illustration by Aaron Smith. Photo production by Joan Marcus.
