SIMON MORLEY

Hace unos años, Simon Morley y David Friend se hicieron famosos en su Melbourne natal representado en fiestas su repertorio de 'trucos genitales'. En respuesta a la enorme curiosidad suscitada, crearon un espectáculo que recibió un gran éxito de crítica en la edición de 2000 del prestigioso festival de Edimburgo. Ahora varias compañías entrenadas por estos autores recorren los teatros del mundo asombrándonos con el antiguo arte de la papiroflexia genital, una técnica que lleva siglos pasando de generación en generación en Lonshlong, aldea del sudeste asiático. Alucina con el 'champiñón atómico', prueba la 'hamburguesa' o el 'perrito caliente', encuentra tu 'caracol', tu 'pelícano' o tu 'cordón umbilical'. Una obra única para olvidar la vergüenza, aprender un arte original y redescubrir al pene como objeto divertido.

A beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination.Fascinating... Ill never look at a rose in quite the same way again. Adrian TinniswoodThe rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at lifes seminal moments.Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has become one of the most adored flowers across cultures, no longer selected by nature, but by us. The rose is well-versed at enchanting human hearts. From Shakespeares sonnets to Bulgarias Rose Valley to the thriving rose trade in Africa and the Far East, via museums, high fashion, Victorian England and Belle Epoque France, we meet an astonishing array of species and hybrids of remarkably different provenance.This is the story of a hardy, thorny flower and how, by beauty and charm, it came to seduce the world.***Fascinating material, surveyed with relish and acumen. Times Literary SupplementMorleys book is, in part, the story of how humans came to raise roses so consistently and abundantly that we demand them even in freezing February. First, though, By Any Other Name recounts the love affair with a flower that drove us to want to do that in the first place. Wall Street JournalAn intellectual and artistic journey digging around the history of how roses have become entangled with human life. By Any Other Name will be a source of inspiration for us. Kim Wook-Kyun, President of the South Korea Rose Society