RODDY BOTTUM (FAITH NO MORE) BRINGS SASQUATCH, THE OPERA TO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE THIS AUGUST
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Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum brings Sasquatch, The Opera to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, running Aug. 4 to 27 at Summerhall (https://festival17.summerhall.co.uk/event/sasquatch-the-opera/). The international debut of the experimental opera will be the first full-length performance of the offering with a cast backed by a live band.
Bottum, internationally known as a founding member of Faith No More, is also an accomplished film and TV composer and Sasquatch sees him take his skill for scoring to the stage. A dark and tragic love tale based on the fable of Sasquatch, the elusive man-beast who stalks the forest. The story revolves around a backwoods family who make a living selling the story of Sasquatch to willing tourists and what happens when they come across the real monster.
The show, while holding true to the dark fairytale premise, is a drug-fueled, surreal and provocative outing.
With Sasquatch – the misunderstood monster – Bottum holds a mirror up to his own experience as the first openly gay man in the extremely macho world of rock and roll. He comments:
“The impetus for my opera is a theme I’m particularly fond of – that of the misunderstood monster. I reference the Elephant Man, Frankenstein, King Kong and a 100lb four-year-old I once saw on Jerry Springer as characters of inspiration.”
Sasquatch, The Opera promises to flip the lid on a world where all is hopeless and everything’s an illusion. When the situation is dark and uncontrollable, do you bury yourself deeper – or look for a way out?
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Roddy discusses Sasquatch, The Opera (https://vimeo.com/121599667)
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