Fringe 2003 - Spiegeltent

Wolfe Tone Square, Jervis Street, Dublin 1

spiegeltent

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival September 22 – October 11 www.fringefest.com

Booking & Box Office Information alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643)

Introduction

Spiegeltent Programme

More than 40 shows over the 20 days of the Festival; including tap, butoh,

Week One

flamenco and contemporary dance, play readings, discussions, forums and

The Flight of the Conchords 22 September, 7:00pm / €12

debates as well as a variety of music from around the globe, including jazz,

David O’Doherty 22 September, 9:00pm / €10

world, electronica and Latin.

The Flight of the Conchords 23 September, 7:00pm / €12

The Spiegeltent will be the epicentre of this year’s Fringe but even if you

Gavin Friday 23 September, 9:00pm / €18.50

miss the sure-to-sell-out shows you can still revel in Spiegeltent’s delights at

Anne & Sue 24 September, 7:00pm / €14

ClubSpiegel, the 2003 Fringe and Theatre Festival Club.

a little mór 24 September, 9:00pm / €12

Since Marlene Dietrich sang Falling in Love Again on this stage in the 1930’s, its magic mirrors have reflected images of some of the world’s greatest performing artists and their adoring public.

The Spiegeltent is the very essence of a festival club and ‘kabaret salon’.

Like every old theatre, her ghosts are with her, woven into ballooning velvet canopies, intimate booth seats, teak dancefloor and stained, cutglass windows.

This dazzling travelling performance arena has lured arts lovers around the world with its acclaim as an event unto itself. A mainstay of the Edinburgh Festival season and a star in her own right, hosting concerts, clubs and a myriad of stunning performances, she has launched the careers of countless artists and will forever remain the stuff of dreams.

The ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 is proud to present the Spiegeltent for the first time in Ireland, with an eclectic, always surprising mix of music,

Anne & Sue 25 September, 7:00pm / €14 Double Adaptor + Trouble Penetrator with Justin Carroll 25 September, 9:00pm / €12 Penny Arcade 26 September, 7:00pm / €15 Terrafolk 26 September, 9:00pm / €15 Penny Arcade 27 September, 7:00pm / €15 Billy Jenkins presents Big Fight 27 September, 9:00pm / €15 Sunday Sessions 28 September, 7:00pm / Free Admission An Evening with Maria Doyle Kennedy 28 September, 9:00pm / €15

Week Two Tapestry presents Hoofers 29 September, 6:30pm / €12 Finola Cronin & Camille O’Sullivan present The Murder Ballads 29 September, 9:00pm / €12

dance, theatre, cabaret and performance – culminating nightly in the greatest

Tapestry presents Hoofers 30 September, 6:30pm / €12

of all Festival clubs for both Fringe and Theatre Festivals – ClubSpiegel.

Dr. Millar Album Launch 30 September, 9:00pm / €12 David O’Doherty 1 October, 7:00pm / €10

ClubSpiegel

Kai Little Big Band 1 October, 9:00pm / €12 Oguri presents Today – a leaning axis 2 October, 7:00pm / €10 Foggy Notions Magazine Night 2 October, 9:00pm / €14

When the evening curtain comes down on the theatres in Dublin at Festival

Phil Kay 3 October, 7:00pm / €15

time, the night is only beginning. ClubSpiegel is the only place to meet

Maria Tecce 3 October, 9:00pm / €13

Festival highlights and lowlifes after the show. See guest spots from both

BBC Radio 4 & Ned Sherrin present Loose Ends 4 October, 10:00am

Festivals’ artists and a seductive programme of hilarious, risque and

Organics with Justin Carroll 4 October, 7:00pm / €10

sensational performance, music and mayhem. Open from 10:30pm till late.

Miss T & The Japanese Tourists 4 October, 9:00pm / €12 Sunday Sessions 5 October, 7:00pm / Admission Free Shane Howard 5 October, 9:00pm / €12

Week Three Crash Ensemble 6 October, 7:00pm / €12 Ludovico Einaudi 6 October, 9:00pm / €15 The Kevin Gildeas 7 October, 7:00pm / €12 Camille Sings Jacques Brél 7 October, 9:00pm / €15 The Kevin Gildeas 8 October, 7:00pm / €12 Camille O’Sullivan presents The Black Angel 8 October, 9:00pm / €15 Soul Jazz Record Label Night 9 October, 7:00pm / €18.50 Tina C 10 October, 7:00pm / €12 Michael Buckley iFive 10 October, 9:00pm / €12 Dublin Guitar Quartet 11 October, 7:00pm / €10 Pierre Bastien 11 October, 9:00pm / €15

Spiegel Afternoons Free entry from 12:30pm – 6:00pm. Come in for the lunchtime debates, a coffee, glass of wine, soak up the SpiegelVibes.

Booking & Box Office Information

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643) alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

The Flight of the Conchords presents High on Folk Mon 22 + Tue 23 September / 7:00pm Tickets €12 Flight of the Conchords (Bret McKenzie & Jemaine Clement) are New Zealand’s foremost digi-bongoacapella-rap-influenced guitar-based bongo-funk folk band.

Their fresh understated delivery belies a depth to their comedy that has had them branded ‘brilliant’ and kept comedy audience in stitches across the globe. This unique brand

Wed 24 + Thur 25 September / 7:00pm Tickets €14 Self-penned Song! Chat! Laughter!

Lovely Frocks! Shoes! Be warned, you could laugh your head off.

‘Where’s my head?’ (a man who wouldn’t be warned).

As part of this year’s ESB Dublin Fringe Festival the core writing/ performing team that created The Nualas, Anne Gildea and Susan Collins, have come together to present two very special evenings of favourite Nuala songs. ‘Wackily original’ the new york times. ‘Feckin’ great’ the village voice. ‘Phenomenally

funny’ the

herald. ‘Hilarious’ time out.

of comedy is grounded in original tunes that showcase their incredible vocal and instrumental talents.

Amanda Guestlist presents a little mór

‘aridly dry and yet so brilliantly stupid…

Wed 24 September / 9:00pm

this is unmissable!’ chortle.co.uk (2003).

Tickets €12

‘a delight and gloriously funny.’ official edinburgh festival site (2002).

David O’Doherty Creates Something New Under the Sun Mon 22 September / 9:00pm Wed 1 October / 7:00pm Tickets €10 This was supposed to be the tragic story of a lobster who dreams of becoming a jazz musician, and it still is, in part. But it is also about growing up, telling the truth and saving the world. You can expect the usual, plenty of songs played on a tiny piano, scribbled down notions on bits of paper and a nice ending that will make you smile. www.davidodoherty.com

Gavin Friday presents I Didn’t Come Up the Liffey in a Bubble Tue 23 September / 9:00pm Tickets €18.50 The Spiegeltent, September 23 sees Gavin Friday give his first public performance since his Kurt Weill Musical extravaganza Ich Liebe Dich two years ago (Dublin Theatre Festival 2001), I Didn’t Come Up the

Last month, over a thousand people gathered in Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, to celebrate the Mór ‘audio visual adventures’ festival. An independently run event, without sponsorship, Mór attracted some of the finest Irish and international acts to perform in this unique setting over two days.

Amongst the 60-odd acts on the bill were Decal, Redneck Manifesto, Chequerboard, Rollers/Sparkers, The Tycho Brahe, Karl Him and Somadrone and Irish debuts by acclaimed artists such as Lackluster, Colleen, Pierre Bastien and Wevie Stonder.

In celebration of the success of this event, A Little Mór brings together some of the images, artists and people who made this week possible. Swop stories on midge bites, discover who did the poo on the electric bazaar stage and meet Dudley, the king of the castle.

With a documentary in the making and exciting plans for harnessing the goodwill behind the event for the betterment of the Irish music scene, A Little Mór will feature performances by a number of the acts involved in the inaugural event.

Liffey in a Bubble.

A ‘visual and vocal journey’ an intimate recollection of Gavin growing up in Dublin and the

Double Adaptor + Trouble Penetrator with Justin Carroll

people, musicians and artists who

Thur 25 September / 9:00pm

influenced him…

Tickets €12

A One Man Show / One Night Only

Trouble Penetrator features some of Dublin’s most exciting musical visionaries playing music that combines the excitement of digitally mutated, jumpcut electronic music with the savage power of the

Top Gavin Friday. Above Left Anne Gildea and Susan Collins. Above Right The Flight of the Conchords. Right David O’Doherty.

combo’s human musicians. Their

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11

22 – 28 September

Spiegeltent

Week One

The Creators of The Nualas present Anne & Sue!

Booking & Box Office Information alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11

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current repertoire consists of

rock and Indian music better than anyone

original material, augmented by a

else, ever’ village voice. ‘Chris Rael is a

An Evening with Maria Doyle Kennedy

variety of cover versions, heavily

musician of astonishing breadth and

Sun 28 September / 9:00pm

reinterpreted, and regurgitated via

expression’ girlson.com ‘Penny Arcade is

Tickets €15

their charmingly warped aesthetic.

provocative,intellectually stimulating,

Maria Doyle Kennedy was one of the

‘This was experimental jazz that was as

perceptive and hilariously funny! She

featured artists on the Other Voices

refreshing as it was exhilarating – these

combines the anarchy of Lenny Bruce with

Other Rooms TV show which

jams could have lasted all night and

the pathos of Judy Garland’ edinburgh list.

produced a number one compilation

judging by the crowd’s reaction they

‘Penny Arcade manages to contain,

album this year. She played most

would have been there with them’ gerald

expand and entertain the audience all at

recently at the Glastonbury and

once. Beg! steal a ticket’ newsweek.

Witnness festivals and is currently

kelleher, the irish times.

‘An innovative mix

of traditional jazz, scratching, and soul…

recording her second album, due for

and that most rare of music’s gifts: a new

Terrafolk

sound’ matthew magee, in dublin.

Fri 26 September / 9:00pm

appearance on September 28 will be

‘Few line-ups have filled me with more

Tickets €14

her first Dublin show in six months.

expectation. As the publicity for the gig

The hit at this year’s Edinburgh

Maria is designing a special show

says, “Resistance is useless”’ cormac larkin,

Spiegeltrent programme TerraFolk

particularly suitable for the unique

the sunday tribune. ‘One

come to Dublin for the first time. A

venue that is the Spiegeltent. The

prodigious and mischievous mavericks’

free ranging repertoire of Balkan,

show will include her band, a string

pat mcmellow, event guide.

Russian, Gypsy, Jewish,

section and some very special guests.

of Dublin’s most

Double Adaptor is a miniature

release in 2004. Her Spiegeltent

Scandinavian, jazz and classical

improvising electronic bar band.

tunes mix freely with zany antics

Their genre-bending ouvre traverses

and impromtu comedy. Winners of

wouldbient 1 digiprov 2 collages to

the BBC Radio 3 World Music

greasy, fried chicken ‘n’ chitlin-

Audience Award in March this year;

flavoured organ trio mania, via howl-

come and see why everyone is

Tapestry presents Hoofers

ing 70s rock guitar histrionics, and

raving about TerraFolk.

Mon 29 + Tue 30 September / 6:30pm

frequently within the same song

ambient. 2. Improvised music made

Improvised Music Company presents Billy Jenkins’ Big Fights Fighting For Creative Music

using electronic apparatus.

Sat 27 September / 9:00pm

Keith O’Brien: Computer, Roy Carroll: Computer, Justin Carroll (Acoustic Contestant): Keyboards.

Tickets €15

let’s face it. Tonight’s show features the acoustic contestant, Justin Carroll. 1. Conditional tense of

Penny Arcade presents New York Values Fri 26 + Sat 27 September / 7:00pm Tickets €15 International performance star Penny Arcade whose legendary show Bitch!Dyke!Fag-Hag!Whore! took Ireland by storm, returns with New York Values presented by Remedy.

Loaded with content about sexual and identity politics, media, endless war and the future of western civilization while simultaneously redefining political standup comedy with an sound score that will have you rocking in your seat, this show strips the veil from marketed rebellion, celebrity culture, bouregoise bohemia, The Vagina Monologues, and postmodernism.

For the first time ever, these shows incorporate the songs of

Billy Jenkins Big Three (uk) V The Fightin’ Irish (ire). Your matchday referee Mr. Oliver Weindling ma (oxon), msc (econ). Your matchday timekeeper Ms. Jill Tritton ma.

Frightened of free or improvised music, uncertain how to get into it?

Big Fights are your answer. Guitarist Billy Jenkins’ stable is going head to head with three of Dublin’s finest in what could be the row of the Century! Six top improvisers and audience in a series of ‘round robin’ musical duos complete with referee & timekeeper! Each ‘bout’ consists of

collectively swoon at the intensity of passion, sigh at what might have been – or just hurl abuse!

Nine duo bouts. Sweat & tears, no blood.

Cutting edge improvisation in pop sized two minute chunks. Can you last the distance? Knockout!

debut. Never before has his vocal,

Free Admission

‘Chris Rael writes deep, sexy poetic lyrics and sings with passion’ kweevak.com (may 2002). ‘Chris

Rael has consistently blended

Harlem. Working with the Derek O’Connor Quartet, Tapestry will pay tribute to amongst others, Bojangles Robinson and John Bubbles, both acknowledged masters of the art of rhythm tap.

The company is introducing Irish audiences to rhythm tap and it’s percussive and syncopated sounds. Tapestry has performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre as part of Dancefest and also in the Firkin Crane, Cork, The Old Museum, Belfast and the Taibhearc, Galway.

Choreography: Diana Richardson & Eric Weitz

Killkenny Arts Festival presents The Murder Ballads Tickets €12

audience to cheer the virtuosity,

Sun 28 September / 6:00pm

‘Hot and Hysterically funny!’ ny post.

Hoofers Club which existed in 1920s

Mon 29 September / 9:00pm

Sunday Sessions

prisoners feminist comedian.’ village voice.

Hoofers is a celebration of the

3 x 2 minutes and as the bell sounds

Church Of Betty, making his Irish

mesmerizing. An unusually astute, take no

Tickets €12

to end each round it is up to the

Rael, from New York’s famous band

more evident. ‘Jagged, unexpected,

29 September – 5 October

jazz musicians tough it out with the

brilliant singer/songwriter Chris

melodic and lyrical power been

Week Two

Sunday evenings are free entry, chilled out trad sessions in the tent from 6:00pm. All welcome, bring your instruments.

Through dance, song and text, The Murder Ballads explores loss of innocence and murderous intent.

Raw emotional intensity mingles with humour and desire in this intimate and powerful show. ‘If it tours, don’t miss a unique night out.’ the irish examiner.

Following sell-out runs

at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2002 and the Project Arts Centre, The Murder Ballads is presented at the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 for one night only, in the unique atmosphere of the Spiegeltent.

The Murder Ballads – A Tanztheater Cabaret.

Directed and choreographed by Finola Cronin.

A Kilkenny Arts Festival Production. Staring Camille O’Sullivan, Ríonach Ní Néill and Ester O’Brolchain.

Featuring songs by Nick Cave and Tom Waits.

Top Maria Tecce. Centre Tapestry. Above Maria Doyle Kennedy. Below Billy Jenkins’ Big Fights – Fighting For Creative Music.

Booking & Box Office Information

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643) alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

Dr. Millar Tarzan’s Ambition Album Launch

visual, physical and aural crossover,

Tue 30 September / 9:00pm

Epitomises humanity – Primal, beautiful,

Tickets €12

extraordinary.

taking both music and physical perform-ance into another realm.

Foggy Notions Magazine Evening

Cute Hoors in the early 90s, he is

Thur 2 October / 9:00pm

one of Ireland’s most respected

Tickets €14

songwriters. His debut album The

Singing, dancing, eating, cleaning,

Bitter Lie was included in the Today

bathing, writing, spending money,

FM/Sunday Tribune’s Top 50 Irish

crying, living-large.

Albums of All Time and, within weeks of its release, saw him nominated as

Phil Kay

Best Solo Male Performer in the 1995

Fri 3 October

Hotpress/Heineken awards. In 1998

Tickets €15

the Sunday Times placed The Deal,

Phil Kay’s comedy is a unique blend

his second album, in its top five

of energy, improvisation and leaps of

albums of the year. His last album

imagination that take his audience

Always Coming Home was released in

on a joy ride they’ll never forget. To

2002 and caused The Irish Times (in

be at one of Phil’s shows and expect

a five star review) to proclaim him

stand-up would be a big mistake –

‘An Irish national treasure’. ‘Beautiful,

anything can happen and invariably

brilliant, inspired songs’ hotpress.

does! Star of a Channel 4 television series Phil Kay Feels…, Perrier Comedy

Improvised Music Company presents Kai Little Big Band

Award nominee, Phil Kay is already well known to Dublin audiences and not to be missed.

Wed 1 October / 9:00pm The Kai Small Group is an offshoot

Maria Tecce presents Lush Life

ensemble of the Kai Big Band, who

Fri 3 October / 9:00pm

played their Dublin debut in July

Tickets €13

2003. Both groups are formed from

Celebrate decadence with Lush Life, a

the ranks of an emerging

night of cabaret from critically

generation of jazz musicians who

acclaimed singer and actress Maria

are attempting to distill their love

Tecce (USA). Lush Life takes its

of the many different traditions of

influence from Cole Porter to Mae

improvisational music into a

West, Eartha Kitt to Ella Fitzgerald.

modern vehicle. Thus the last Big

Lavish yourself with love, booze,

Band concert had 1920s dixieland

badness, desire and indulgence, all

numbers next to avant-garde

wrapped up in a delicious brew of

acoustic passages alongside swing

cabaret, blues, and jazz. From the

dancers and odd-metre

bold and the beautiful to the sexy

compositions. The aim of Kai is to

and sassy, join us for a journey

create interesting and rich

through song championing the

architecture for musicians to

lushness of life.

experiment with expression and

Featuring musicians Phil Ware: piano, Dave Redmond: double bass, and Ciaran Wilde: saxaphone and clarinet.

Tickets €12

energy, with respect for the traditional jazz vocabulary whilst also acknowledging the need to find our own voices and create new languages for the moments we live in. And to have a good time doing it!

Oguri Thur 2 October / 7:00pm Tickets €10 Butoh dance master Oguri sees his body as an instrument, and will be physically improvising with Dublin based musicians in an extraordinary hybrid of contemporary Irish and Japanese culture.

This post-apocalyptic Japanese dance emerged in the 60s and refers to finding the light in darkness.

Oguri’s dance becomes an Top Double Adaptor + Trouble Penetrator with Justin Carroll. Centre Left Terrafolk.

Above Left Oguri. Above Right Phil Kay.

integral part of an ensemble in this

BBC Radio 4 & Ned Sherrin presents Loose Ends Sat 4 October / 10:00am Free admission.

Booking in advance is necessary.

A rare opportunity to attend a recording of the classic BBC Radio 4 entertainment show Loose Ends, presented by Ned Sherrin.

The veteran broadcaster and theatrical raconteur will be parachuting onto the Ha’penny Bridge crying ‘Cockles and Mussels alive alive oh!’. Expect some people you might have heard of, some music you might like and some comedy you might laugh at.

If you are interested in being

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11

split from cult rock ‘n’ roll band The

Always Coming Home in 2002. Having

Spiegeltent

Sean Millar released his third album

Booking & Box Office Information alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643)

part of the audience for this

today. It was one of the first songs of

recording please contact the box

its idiom to broach the subject of

office. ‘My first impression was that Ned

land rights in Australia and impacted

resembled a giant pigeon. He has a very

powerfully on a whole new

military bearing, he has wonderful

generation of writers and musicians

manners and he puffs his chest out.’

that followed.

ray davies, the kinks.

A committed advocate for the environment and social justice,

Organics with Justin Carroll

Shane’s work continues to honour

Sat 4 October / 7:00pm

own Irish ancestry. In 1993, Mary

Tickets €10

Black’s recording of Shane’s song

Organics is a Dublin based three

Flesh and Blood enjoyed great chart

piece jazz group which was formed

success and she has since recorded

in 1997. Since that time, the group

several of his songs (Don’t Say OK, Free

has played extensively around

as Stone, Give a Little Now). Shane will

Ireland at many festivals including

appear as special guest with Mary

being the in-house jam session band

and her band for their October tour

at the Cork Jazz Festival, and at the

of Belgum and Holland. ‘…haunting,

Dublin Jazz Festival and the Bray

healing, pure …a still voice in the midst of

Jazz Festival. The group’s repertoire

a chaotic universe’

Aboriginal culture and celebrate his

includes classic organ trio material from the Jimmy Smith to Wes Montgomery.

Justin Carroll: Hammond Organ, John Moriarity: Guitar, Kevin Brady: Drums.

Miss T & The Japanese Tourists

Week Three 6 – 11 October Crash Ensemble Mon 6 October / 7:00pm Tickets €12

Sat 4 October / 9:00pm

Classical music rocks or at least it

Tickets €12

does in the nimble hands of Crash

Welcome to the world of Miss T & The Japanese Tourists. We are a dynamic four piece ‘babydoll punk’ band ready to take on the world!

Fun, craziness, darkness, dirty rock ‘n’ roll, faeries, goblins, fantastical outfits & big hair! Back to the basics of just having a good time.

Miss T & The Japanese Tourists was conceived in september 2001 when Mr G & Miss T’s planets collided causing them to be catapulted into the realisation that with the entwining of their two souls a magical, enchanting world could be borne. ecstatic with the prospect of creating another world they immediately began processing their dreams into reality… an explosion of creativity ensued… Miss T & The Japanese Tourists was brought to life.

Miss T: vocals, Mr G: guitar, Mr D: bass, LJ: drums.

Ensemble, a dynamic collective of musicians who specialise in multimedia, high-energy, downtown music that continues to wow audiences nationwide.

Following an Irish tour with favourites from their dynamic repertoire, Crash Ensemble brings a hand picked programme to the Spiegel Tent. From electonica to dazzling solo and ensemble works, this programme incorporates American works by Philip Glass and Zack Browning, as well as a number of works by their ever-popular artistic director, Donnacha Dennehy.

Don’t miss this high voltage trip through some of today’s classics.

Improvised Music Company presents Ludovico Einaudi Solo Piano Mon 6 October / 9:00pm

Sunday Sessions

Tickets €15

Sun 5 October / 6:00pm

To listen to Italian composer

Free Admission

Ludovico Einaudi’s beautiful piano

Sunday evenings are free entry, chilled out trad sessions in the tent from 6:00pm. All welcome, bring your instruments.

music is to take a voyage through a delicate, emotional and gently melancholic creativity. You can hear many echoes in Einaudi’s music, from the piano pieces of Chopin and

Shane Howard

Satie to Phillip Glass and Michael

Sun 5 October / 9:00pm

Nyman, alongside African and

Tickets €12

American popular music, all

In 1982, Irish-Australian singer/ songwriter Shane Howard’s massive anthem Solid Rock (recorded with his legendary band Goanna) reverberated across the airwaves and still does

informed by a fluent, minimalist approach. Over the years his works have evolved but not parted from their original characteristics, nurturing new colours and a vital

Top Camille O’Sullivan. Centre Right Crash Ensemble. Above Left Shane Howard. Above Right Michael Buckley.

Booking & Box Office Information

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643) alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

energy. He has composed for film,

revealed through its dramatic

with the rocksteady pulse of

TV and dance and his music has

Kabaret stories and songs through to

drummer Jason Duffy and guitarist

been performed at La Scala in Milan,

the music of contemporary artists

Conor Brady, with Buckley’s tenor

New York’s Lincoln Center and the

inspired by them.

and Karl Ronan’s trombone turning

Critical Engagement

up the heat. ‘This is a band that oozes

A week-long programme of events hosted by Irish Theatre Magazine.

Tanglewood Festival. Einaudi’s

Enthralling audiences with her

Critics Forum

current CD I Giorni features colourful

passionate performances, Camille

talent and attitude in equal measure.

6 – 11 October 2003

solo ballads for piano and was

O’Sullivan’s ‘interpretative power of

Anyone who wants to see where Irish jazz

The Dublin Theatre Festival Centre, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1.

largely inspired on hearing the kora

song is a force to be reckoned with’.

is headed should join the throng.’

playing of Toumani Diabate while

Having recently sold out her shows

the sunday tribune

travelling in Mali. ‘Einaudi’s music is

at the Helix and last years Fringe,

finely crafted, pared down and strongly

Camille returns for just one night to

Dublin Guitar Quartet

melodic.’ gramophone

perform some of the 20th Century’s most dramatic songwriters. With her

Sat 11 October / 7:00pm Tickets €10

The Kevin Gildeas

French parentage and a love of

The Dublin Guitar Quartet was

Tue 7 + Wed 8 October / 7:00pm

storytelling she performs in German,

formed in 2001 by Brian Bolger,

Tickets €12

French and English. Mixing old with

Patrick Brunnock, David Flynn and

The Kevin Gildeas – Stars of the film

new, her repertoire includes Kurt

Redmond O’Toole. The group

‘No No No’ – are back!!! The Kevin

Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Hans Eisler,

concentrate exclusively on

Gildeas are Dr. Millar (Guitar) The

Hollaender, Jacqus Brel, Nick Cave,

contemporary repertoire which

Goose (Drums) Mark Doherty

Tom Waits…Created specially for

consists of original works by

(Clarinet) Kevin Gildea (Microphone).

this Festival…for one night only!

established guitarists/composers

The Kevin Gildeas offer a unique

‘O’Sullivan inhabits her songs…

such as Leo Brower, Roland Dyens

combination of music and comedy.

Bewitching & bewildering’ hot press. ‘Sexy

and Nikita Koshkin alongside

For satisfaction guaranteed, greater

and provocative, O’Sullivan is possessed of

arrangements of works by

security and a closer shave it’s got to

an exceptional voice’ irish times. ‘An

composers such as Philip Glass, Arvo

be – The Kevin Gildeas. The Kevin

enrapturing performance and a voice that

Part and Kevin Volans.

Gildeas – Stars of the Sky.

could melt mountains’ irish times.

The quartet have had many works written for them by Irish

‘A brilliant, original show.’ edinburgh

composers including Dereck Ball,

sound of the future.’ the stage ‘It’s mad

Soul Jazz Record Label Night

but it works.’ the irish times ‘Top tunes,

Thur 9 October / 7:00pm

McLoughlan. The ensemble is

sharp banter and excellent entertainment.’

Tickets €18.50

unique in that both Redmond

the list ‘Everyone

Reggae, soul, ska, rocksteady, funk,

O’Toole and Brian Bolger employ

sheer beautiful bafflement.’ hotpress ‘Truly

hip-hop, DJ’s, live vocalists and

eight-string guitars, thus greatly

excellent comedy.’ the slate

MC’s plus special guests including

increasing the range of the guitar

Donal Dineen and others.

quartet medium.

evening news

‘Pure comic gold dust. The

was laughing out of

Erick Sweeney and John

The quartet have performed in

Camille Sings Jacques Brel

www.souljazzrecords.co.uk

Tue 7 October / 9:00pm

Ireland and abroad. Recent concerts

Tickets €15

Tina C, Nashville Country Star

To mark his 25th Anniversary,

Fri 10 October / 7:00pm

in Charleville Castle in Tullamore,

Camille O’Sullivan celebrates the

Tickets €12

Mermaid Arts Centre (Bray),

music of Jacques Brel for just one

With Tammy Wynette as a role

University College Dublin (as guests

night with her show that was a

model Tina C’s first record No Dick’s

of the UCD sinfonia), Airfield Trust

recent sell out success at the Helix.

As Hard As My Life was a smash hit.

(Airfield House, Dundrum), Eigse

Enthralling audiences with her

Tina is now hailed as a role model

Arts Festival (Sligo) the and the

passionate performances, Camille’s

for ballsy women everywhere.

Dundee International Guitar Festival.

interpretative power of song is a

Since leaving Open Throat Holler,

force to be reckoned with. She also

Tennessee, Tina has enjoyed a

recently supported Damian Rice,

glittering career but not without the

Pierre Bastien & his Mecanium Orchestra

appeared as guest with Jack L and

darker moments that fame often

Sat 11 October / 9:00pm

released her debut Album. With her

brings. Recent album releases have

Tickets €15

French parentage and a love of

reflected a new emotional maturity,

French composer and multi-

storytelling she performs in German,

particularly 1997s quadruple plat-

instrumentalist Pierre Bastien built

French and English.

inum selling Complete & Utter Country.

his first musical machinery back in

‘Her cabaret style evening was most

Tina C is the creation of UK comic writer and performer, Chris Green.

impressive… This is an outstanding new talent’ the sunday tribune

many diverse venues throughout include Mór (Audio Visual Adventures)

1977. The musicians of his orchestra are machines: an ensemble of musical automatons constructed

Improvised Music Company presents Michael Buckley iFive

from meccano parts and activated by

Fri 10 October / 9:00pm

the world. Bastien’s involvement in

Tickets €12

sound installations and

All bets are off with this new project

collaborations with artists such as

Camille O’Sullivan presents The Black Angel

from Ireland’s leading sax player, as

Robert Wyatt, Issey Miyake and

Michael Buckley heads up an eclectic

Pierrick Sorin have earned him

Wed 8 October / 9:00pm

line up all out to crack the jazz

international renown. Pierre Bastien

Tickets €15

meets dancefloor code. Mutated

made a magical debut performance

laptop beats and sleazy Hammond

at Mór (Audio Visual Adventures) festival

grooves from the Carroll brothers

in Charleville Castle in Tullamore.

‘Sexy and provocative, O’Sullivan is possessed of an exceptional voice, perfectly suited to Brel’s songs. This is pure joy, a fine tribute to the breadth of Brel’s artistry’ the irish times

An evening where present meets past. The Weimer Republic is

Roy and Justin, going mano-a-mano

electro-motors, that are playing on acoustic instruments from all over

Critics Forum is presented in association with The Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaion, Dublin Theatre Festival, Temple Bar Properties, and Critical Voices.

This October, Irish Theatre Magazine is hosting a week-long series of events that both engage in, and interrogate, the practice of theatre criticism in an Irish context.

The conference will bring together leading international and Irish critics to observe and comment on productions in the Dublin Theatre and Fringe Festivals, and will also invite these critics to step back from, discuss, and analyse their work as critics.

The conference expands upon the magazine’s international critics’ forum, which in its three-year history has become an important date in the Festival calendar. As one of Ireland’s leading critical publications and the only magazine devoted exclusively to the coverage of Irish professional theatre, ITM is uniquely positioned to organise this series of events.

The conference will consist of several strands of programming, including an international critics’ forum (6 October), a keynote lecture (8 October); an academic symposium (10 – 11 October), and various ancillary events.

Irish Theatre Magzine, 44 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. T + 353 1 677 8439 E info@irishtheatremagazine

Booking & Box Office Information

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Book online at www.fringefest.com or by phone on 1850 FRINGE (1850 374643) alternatively you can call into our Box Office, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Saturday, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. (formerly Design Yard).

Tickets can be purchased at the Spiegeltent but advance booking is recommended. For more information on the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003, see our website www.fringefest.com Please note, credit cards are not accepted in the Spiegeltent Box Office. Bookings are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All sales are considered final. Credit card bookings are subject to a booking fee of €2.00 per booking.

Critical Voices An opportunity for lively, infomed, far-reaching debates and discussions from artists and producers from around Ireland and around the globe is one

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11

Spiegeltent

of the exciting off-shoots of any international festival.

This year, a free, lunchtime series of debates, discussions, talks and ‘thinkings out loud’ has been programmed by Iseult Dunne and the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 in association with Critical Voices and the Dublin Theatre Festival.

All are welcome. Panellists will represent national and international

Empire Strikes Back Thursday 9 October, 1:00pm Where is contemporary drama in relation to the aestheticisation of politics of the politicisation of aesthetics? Panellists will represent national and international productions from Fringe and Theatre Festival and Irish Cultural Commentators.

Festivities Friday 10 October, 1:00pm What should a Festival be in a community? How do you measure its success? Directors of Festivals in Ireland, including Fringe and Theatre Festival. Join in… tell us what you think.

productions from ESB Dublin Fringe Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival and Irish cultural commentators. Further details will be on the website soon. For further details please regularly check out www.fringefest.com

Non-National? Non-Ethical?

Non-Cultural? Non-Human?

Tuesday 23 September, 1:00pm Are we ready to embrace multiculturalism and interculturalism as a culture audience? Where are the outlets for cultural and artistic energies of new communities? Panellists will represent national and international productions from Fringe and Theatre Festival and Irish cultural commentators. This event is taking place in association with Create (formally Creative Activity for Everyone).

Hip-H-Opera Wednesday 24 September, 1:00pm Contemporary Opera in an Irish Context – how has Opera been modernised? Panellists will represent national and international opera productions from Fringe and Theatre Festival and Irish cultural commentators.

Never Ending Stories…

Friday 26 September, 1:00pm Storytelling and narration. How do we understand this in the 21st Century?

Panellists will represent national and international productions from Fringe and Theatre Festival and Irish cultural commentators.

The Sharpest Link Tuesday 30 September, 1:00pm Criticism and arts writing on the web, what are the issues? The Panel will represent web-publications in visual arts, theatre and other artforms.

Cut Loose Wednesday 1 October, 1:00pm Where am I? Beyond the venue – what is the artistic value of off site work?

Willie White (Director of Project) will chair this discussion, with panellists from visual arts, dance and theatre backgrounds.

When You Get Caught Between A White Cube And New York City Thursday 2 October, 1:00pm What and where is the context for contemporary Irish Visual Arts? What direction are artists looking towards – Boston or Berlin, London or New York? The panel will consist of contemporary Irish visual artists.

Play Making Monday 6 October, 1:00pm Contemporary Irish writing… where is it? New forms, invention, innovation… are these on the agenda? Panellists will represent national and international productions from Fringe and Theatre Festivals and Irish cultural Commentators.

Different Trans…

Wednesday 8th October, 1:00pm The role of translation in culture and the relationship between audiences and translation. Translation as a process of understanding difference and diversity or translation for assimilation to our terms of reference? Brian Hand (curator of Critical Voices) will chair this discussion with panellists representing national and international productions from Fringe and Theatre Festival and Irish Cultural Commentators.

Thank You A big thank you to The Two Declans at Upstate Theatre Project (www.upstate.ie), Alex Jeffers at Jeffers Piano Services (T 01 234 4332), David Bates, Douglas Hunter and David Bates, Jack Gilligan and Ger Barry, everyone at Hot Press and The Event Guide, Greg McElherron at Noreast Beers.