![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These included the death masks of French nobility and the guillotine blade used to behead Marie Antoinette. Disembarking in Dublin Port after a turbulent sea journey which saw a substantial portion of her collection lost to the Irish Sea, she set up residence at 16, Clarendon Street, exhibiting "everyday the most beautiful collection of figures executed from life" in the then Shakespeare Gallery on Exchequer Street.Īlongside portraits of villains and murderers, Tussaud exhibited her collection of relics from the French Revolution - general articles of gore which proved extremely popular with the public. The original queen of wax, Madame Tussaud (nee Marie Grosholtz) was born in Strasbourg, France in 1761, and honed her craft taking death masks of guillotined prisoners during the French Revolution. Perhaps it was the reputation of men such as these that brought the inimitable Madame Tussaud to Ireland in 1804. You haven't touched Pat Ingoldsby down there, have you? He's crazy cold." "Are they or are they not? The wax is absolutely freezing cold - maybe that's an attraction. "It's a weird feeling you get, like looking at or touching a corpse," says Kay Murray, administrator of the National Wax Museum. "I've never seen that side of me before!" ![]() Minogue held her pout for a second, cameras flashing, before responding that it was weird looking at herself from behind. "What does it feel like?" the antipodean superstar was asked. In a recent BBC documentary, entitled Wax- works of the Rich and Famous, Kylie Minogue was interviewed posing for a photoshoot beside her wax double at Madame Tussaud's. And it's not just the visitors who are thrown either. You can secretly touch the Pope's bum, exchange ironies with Bono, stick your fingers up at Freddie Kruger - you get closer, in a sense, than you ever could to the real thing. Waxworks allow Joe Public to waltz around his heroes, peering into their eyes, ears, up their noses, without having to deal with any such notions as respect and privacy. But most of all there's that itchy, niggling sense that it's them - except it's not really them. Then there's the way you're overcome with that irresistible temptation to touch, in some cases to taste, and occasionally, to steal. For starters, the figures look like they've been hewn from a mix of melted-down Pot Noodle and marmalade, and touched up with a dab of nicotine. There is something vaguely creepy about viewing a likeness in wax. Monica Gonzalez & Elizabeth Rose Zwierzynskiį.U.N.(A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to be- come well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised - Fred Allen) Now in its 22nd year, WAXworks annually provides 70 performing artists of all genres the opportunity to present their work.īrianna Taylor/Confluence Performance Project Artists "learn-by-doing" as they prepare and refine the materials that they will need for other opportunities. WAX staff members also offer constructive criticism on press kits, artist statements, and project descriptions submitted as a part of the WAXworks application. An involved audience is a supportive audience.įor a nominal fee, artists receive a half hour tech slot and a split bill performance opportunity for work up to 12 minutes in length in addition to the performance, participants receive high quality photo & video documentation of their work. Guided by the WAX staff, audience members are invited to share their reactions and thoughts with the artists in anonymous written feedback. WAXworks is designed to help artists advance their creative process by viewing their work through the objective eyes of a live, enthusiastic audience. There is no audition process and few technical limitations. Any kind of stage work is welcome - we invite dance, theater, music, video, performance art, poetry, comedy, juggling, singing, puppetry, acrobatics, monologues or anything else that can be performed on a stage. WAXworks is an inclusive performance showcase that offers emerging and established artists the opportunity to present their work on a professional stage with substantial and versatile lighting, sound and technical systems. ![]()
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