Fuerzabruta fantastic!

With all the excitement last week of the potential for promotion in two possible jobs has been shelfed for the time being. My boss apologised for getting my hopes up as the whole department needs to be re-assessed. It might mean I get it after that or they might think the role is best suited at the same level. The other opportunity has gone quiet so I went into the weekend with a small, grey cloud over head.

Saturday night was a small party at Trevor's summer house. Brought along some summer brazilian house tunes whilst everyone tucked into the BBQ. Left a bit earlier than normal as we had tickets for Fuerzabruta at the Roundhouse the next day.

Just round the corner from Chalk Farm tube station near Camden was the venue. Banksey had left his mark with a hotel maid sweeping dust under the wall (will post photo on Flickr). Our mate Steve didn't give too much away about the show apart from the advise to get in the middle of the standing area and get there a little early. We did just that and waited next to black curtains guessing to what would happen. Everyone shuffled into the smoke-filled room and waited until a suited man was wheeled out on a conveyor belt walking. The music sped up as did the conveyor belt by which time he was running. Flash and bang! Some fake blood and the guy is stumbling as if he's just been shot. He gets up but this time stage hands add plastic furniture as obstacles to his static journey. Some actors join him but get in his way. There's no explanation to all this and later sequences just seem like a dream repeating in places or no connection between the two. Some destruction of other small sets then a little dancing switches to some wire action and tumbling around the side walls in the air. As the audience's attention is drawn elsewhere, a perspex ceiling lowers above our heads like a swimming pool and female dancers dive and swim lit with deep blue and red. The music score was a mix of tribal like drums, herdy-gerdy style instruments and pounding carnival beats stirring the inner raver. I highly recommend this to anyone!

Check out the YouTube website soon as I took some video action to give you a taster.