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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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.
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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.
ESB Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 September 22 – October 11
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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
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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.