'The Gingerbread Sun'

Thinking of Derek on what would have been his 81st birthday ... #DerekJarman

Twenty Nine years today we lost the great Derek Jarman. My icon. My muse. My mentor from beyond. He often crops up in strange ways when I start to feel adrift. A true Queer saint of Dungeness. We miss you.

The Lament for Icarus. (1898) Herbert James Draper.🌹 Tate Britain, London.

2023 has been a quiet year for Jarzgar, due to the exploration of alternative (albeit connected) avenues. BUT 2024 will be quite the opposite! Watch this space 👀!!! {image ~ Alberto Casu Alberto Photographer ~ 'The Belling of the Great Black Stag'}

Michael Clark playing a resplendently naked Caliban in Peter Greenaway's wonderful adaption of 'The Tempest' ~ 'Prospero's Books' {more to come on that front from theatrical explorers of the naked form Jarzgar in 2025 - 'Ariel / Caliban'}

Hot Male Model : Jürgen Hartl : Photographed by Andreas H. Bitesnich, for Austrian See Ya Magazine.

2024 hasn't been quite as active as our Tweet of 5th Sept. 2023 might have suggested! BUT - 2025 WILL see the full Jarzgar launch, starting in Brighton in May with a rich and strange exploration of Caliban & Ariel, who will be joined by another guest character from 'The Tempest'

At the end of 'The Tempest' Caliban is left alone as everyone else sails for home. Seven years later ... Premiering in 2025 - 'Prospero's Dead' (image - Miles McMillan by Jack Pierson)

This is the starting point for our production of 'Prospero's Dead' - a naked man alone on a beach. Playing @ Brighton Fringe - Fri 23 / Sat 24 / Sun 25 May - tickets on sale soon! Image - Kam Teases Kam Teases🌶️

'Prospero's Dead'

Tickets are now on sale for Jarzgar's first public performances in Brighton in May: 'PROSPERO'S DEAD' 'A monster, a king and a fairy enact a dark naked ritual on an enchanted island' Image: Kam Teases🌶️ by Manel Ortega Click here - limited availabiity! : brightonfringe.org/events/prosper…

Ariel / Caliban ? (+ shades of Jarman's own 'Sebastiane') en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiane brightonfringe.org/events/prosper……

More Ariel / Caliban on the beach of the enchanted island ... {image - 'Sea Bird' by Philip Gladstone} 'Prospero's Dead' - tickets here: brightonfringe.org/events/prosper…

The Death of Icarus, by Alexandre Cabanel, French (1823-1889)

Thinking of Derek on this the 31st anniversary of his passing ... ❤️

"'Ban, 'Ban, Ca-caliban Has a new master. Get a new man. Freedom, high-day, high-day, freedom, freedom, high-day, freedom!" Michael Clark as Caliban (Peter Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books') For the further adventures of Caliban: come see 'Prospero's Dead' brightonfringe.org/events/prosper…

"My Ariel, chick ... to the elements be free, and fare thou well." brightonfringe.org/events/prosper…

Caliban ... on the sand ...