Michael Begg Studio
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Omega | blackSKYwhite
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OMEGA Only a Russian company (blackSKYwhite) would offer such apocalyptic cabaret pleasures. Dark, unsettling and stunning.
- THE LIST (TOP 5 CABARETS OF THE FESTIVAL)
Driven by the three-way powerhouse of soundtrack, lighting design, and physical action, what looks to be burlesque romp dissolves into something far more dangerous. Omega is a truly total theatre… thrilling, uncomfortable, scary. You will emerge blinking into the daylight shaken and stirred. Be warned.
- TOTAL THEATRE
OMEGA, blackSKYwhite Theatre Company

Michael has developed a longstanding creative relationship with Moscow's blackSKYwhite theatre company. 


He has produced composition and sound design for several of their productions, most notably OMEGA. The show was previewed at Glastonbury Festival before making its full premiere run at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in 2013.


A black, bleak mash-up of turns set to a full-on score by electronic composer Michael Begg. There’s smoke and contortions, a two-headed crooner, a dancing skeleton, and a frenetic nutcase with a feather on his head. Think Tod Browning’s Freaks crossed with David Lynch’s Eraserhead. I bet Madonna will put some of these tricks into her next tour.
- JANET STREET-PORTER, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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blackSKYwhite has been a compelling force in international physical theatre since the 1980s.


The visionary director, Dimitri Aryupin, and principal performer, Marcella Soltan, continue to bewitch, entrance and terrify theatre audiences around the globe.


Michael began corresponding with Dimitri after witnessing the Fringe First winning production of Bertrand's Toys.


As well as OMEGA, Michael has contributed sound material to E.S.M. and Big House, Little House.

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  • OMEGA
  • Commissioned by blackSKYwhite Theatre Company, Moscow
  • Performed at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh / Glastonbury Festival, and internationally
  • Recording available (click here)