18 people hit with "severe nausea" after watching racy new feminist opera in Germany

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: 18 people hit with "severe nausea" after watching racy new feminist opera in Germany - Boing Boing

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[Otherbrother]

@Carla_Sinclair

While most of the sickened patrons only required first aid, three of them needed to be seen by an on-call doctor, according to The Independent.

@Carla_Sinclair

The takeaway for me: Where can I get tickets?

The claim/warning (real or otherwise) that audience members may require medical help is a classic marketing strategy for live performances that goes back many decades.

The popular flatulance-based act of Le Pétomane was supposedly so hilarious that the Moulin Rouge famously kept a nurse onsite to help revive audience members who had passed out laughing, which of course was excellent marketing for the act.

[tcg550]

Did someone say rollerblading nuns?

Rollerblading Nuns Turn Heads Along Corpus Christi Bayfront

[teknocholer]

Rollerblading nuns? Now they’ve crossed a line.

Unless that’s a euphemism for a sex act that I’m not familiar with. Maybe I should go.

[west]

[OhHai]

My first thought was that this was going to be about a reactionary right-wing covert attack of some sort. Very thankful it wasn’t. SANCTA sounds interesting!

[leicester]

During a performance of The Eumenides, an audience member was claimed to have miscarried and died.

[Mindysan33]

@Carla_Sinclair

featuring live piercings, explicit sexual acts, rollerblading nuns, and real and fake blood."

Hm… Sounds like a normal club night back in the day…