Florentina Holzinger’s bloody Sancta was criticised by Austrian bishops and is now a sellout in Germany

Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart’s state opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood.

  • Faresh@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    and copious amounts of fake and real blood

    Where did they use the real blood? I thought theaters avoid it because it’s really hard to clean and it coagulates after being exposed to air for a while. (though fake blood is also really expensive from what I’ve heard)

    • brognak@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      1 month ago

      I imagine it’s probably something to do with the live piercing, which I assume to be hook pulls? Needle play really icks some people out, but I don’t know if it would be visible from an opera stage