ENIGMA EMMY GOERING / NICO, SPHINX OF ICE Premiered Nibelheim, February 2008 Toured to Allen Hall, Dunedin (2008 ADSA Conference, June) NICO presented at the Media Club, Christchurch, November 2008 Production Credits
Enigma Emmy Göring and Nico Sphinx of Ice are two monologues by Werner Fritsch about two very different German blondes who, nevertheless, have something in common: they have both been traumatised by the recent German fascist past. Emmy Göring was the wife of Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring. Nico, a former model, became famous when Andy Warhol made her a singer for Velvet Underground.
Emmy is an enigma as, in the 1970s, she reveals her continued loyalty to the fascist cause when reflecting back on her life while under anaesthesia in a dentist's chair. She regards herself as the good, sweet girl her parents brought up.
Nico, by contrast, is bitter and cold. Also full of drugs, she remembers her childhood under fascism but especially her lovers and collaborators - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, and above all Jim Morrison, whose music features throughout.
