Editing Robert Smith (musician) (section)

====The Venomettes and Marc and the Mambas: 1983====
Returning to England from the Banshees' tour of [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Japan]] in January 1983, Smith was approached the following month by Nicholas Dixon, a young choreographer with [[the Royal Ballet]], to score a choreographed adaptation of ''[[Les Enfants Terribles]]''. To test the idea, Smith and Severin recorded a reworking of the Cure's "Siamese Twins", with Tolhurst on drums, and Anne Stephenson and Virginia Hewes (later known as Ginni Ball) of the Venomettes on violins, which was performed on [[BBC Two]]'s music programme Riverside in March 1983, featuring two dancers choreographed by Dixon. Despite a positive critical reception, however, neither Dixon nor Smith were happy with the results, and the ''Les Enfants Terribles'' project was shelved indefinitely.<ref name="Pat Gilbert, Part 2"/><ref name="Sutherland 2"/><ref name="Thompson & Greene, p. 42">Thompson, Dave, and Jo-Ann Greene, ''The Cure – A Visual Documentary'', (1988), Omnibus Press, p. 42. {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref><ref group="note">Severin was unavailable for the television appearance, so Porl Thompson appeared miming the bass, disguised in a long coat and hat.</ref>

Smith and Severin meanwhile co-wrote the music to [[Marc and the Mambas]]' song "Torment", which appeared on the album ''[[Torment and Toreros]]''.<ref>Almond, Marc. ''Tainted Life: The Autobiography'', Sidgwick & Jackson, (1999), p. 205; {{ISBN|978-0-28306-340-4}}</ref> Between March and June 1983, Smith recorded with the Glove and (ostensibly) the Cure; prompting him to remark: "I need a holiday ... I keep making plans to go every week, but every week I'm in another group."<ref name="Thompson & Greene, p. 42"/>