![]() Tama highlights 5 points you probably didn't know about the poem: It's largely autobiographicalĮven though it is a sort of historical fantasy, interweaving real history with fiction, the experiences of Don Juan's life are, to a great extent, drawn from Byron's own life. Tama and Karin are a formidable duo, creating a colourful tapestry of beautifully crafted words and virtuosic music of the highest calibre in this performance that scintillates with the romance, passion, humour and intrigue of one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. ![]() As the story progresses it grows difficult to tell where fact ends and fiction begins – as Byron himself famously put it, “truth is strange, stranger than fiction”. 'Don Juan' moves seamlessly between the steamy world of the lustful Don, and the equally scandalous life of Lord Byron himself, so each becomes a reflection of the other. Actor/ writer/ director Tama Matheson and acclaimed guitarist/ actor Karin Schaupp have teamed up to co-create a performance extracting the author's own life and matched by guitar music of Turina, Pujol, and Tarrega. ![]() ![]() Lord Byron's 'Don Juan' is a feast of music and adventure, following the life of one of the most magnetic and seductive heroes in western literature, and his equally charismatic creator. ![]()
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