Anna Mabo & Gäste - danke, gut

Prinz-Eugen-Straße/ Ecke Plößlgasse

1030 Wien

 

This is often the uncertain answer to the question about how one is feeling, if one does not want to burden the person asking with the truth, which is often not so succinct.

THANK YOU GOOD is usually the end of a well-meaning but half-hearted conversation between two people who care about each other and therefore do not want to share what is on their minds.

THANK YOU GOOD is the ice on the surface that needs to be scratched or even broken in order to discover all the fish, octopuses and sunken ships that lie beneath.

In our case, THANK YOU GOOD is the title of an album, and underneath THANK YOU GOOD lies a collection of songs about shy sailors, Pyrenees tourists longing for death and neighbors who would also like to receive a package.

It is about the fear that lies beneath the abbreviated answer and the loneliness that results from staying at home alone with fear. And it's about the people you sometimes need to get you out of the hole and into the fresh air, the people who give you the courage to put on pants or go out without pants because you don't always need them. These people who you call friends when you dare.
These friends who tell you that courage means taking your fear with you everywhere, instead of going nowhere because of it. Clemens, his cello, and I have been out and about together so much in recent years that we became friends. At some point, however, Clemens got fed up with banging on his cello or even having to beatbox just because I wanted "more oomph". And then Alex came along and said: hey. That's all it took.
DANKE GUT is a trio album, recorded under Alex's bunk bed. It's an album full of doubt and full of hope.
Because even if no one believes in themselves, but everyone believes in each other, in the end everyone believes in everyone.

And that's a good thing,
because adventure is calling
And if it doesn't call you
It's time for you to look for it

Cast: Anna Mabo vocals, guitar
Clemens Sainitzer cello
Alexander Yannilos drums, electronics

(Source: theaterimpark.at)