MUSIC & ART
October 11 & 12
Passagers
Canadian contemporary circus trailblazers The 7 Fingers visits the Theatre Royal Plymouth this October for the UK premiere of its show Passagers - one of the first international companies to visit our shores this year. After performing with some of the world’s best contemporary circus companies including Cirque de Soleil, The 7 Fingers’ seven founders set up the collective in 2002. Their mission was nothing short of redefining circus, stripping the spectacle down to its thrilling essence and fusing it with dance, theatre, multimedia, music and storytelling. In Passagers, show director and company co-founder Shana Carroll plays with our fascination with travel, both nostalgic and symbolic. A colourful and diverse group of strangers meet onboard a train. Through the course of their journey, in a temporarily-suspended reality, they get to know each other, sharing their stories and revealing their emotional states through virtuoso acrobatics vaulting somersaults, breathtaking trapeze, daredevil
October 17
The Riviera Ramblers The Riviera Ramblers is a hot rhythm band formed and led by John Shillito on trumpet, with a line-up to facilitate a swinging ‘Hot Club’ feel. The band is returning to Plymouth Jazz Club following a highly successful debut in 2019. Much of the band’s repertoire originates from the Swing era of the 1930s and 40s - the front line brass and reeds move harmoniously and energetically on a pulsating rhythm section that recalls Parisian ‘manouche/gypsy’ sounds of that era.The players craft
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balances on the highwire - along with contemporary dance, narrative, song and original music by Colin Gagné. Shana Carroll, The 7 Fingers’ co-founder and Passagers director, said: ‘Passagers was originally designed as an ode to travel - departure versus arrival, chance versus choice, familiar versus foreign, confinement versus border-crossing. Those themes have taken on a new meaning for us all these days, with the very idea of departing or arriving feeling like a distant pipe dream. The show has now taken on a whole other dimension I’m not sure I could ever have imagined. I hope it will make us treasure the days of simple, liberating travel and celebrate a return to greater freedoms.’ their free and easy, melodic and rhythmic music with care and warmth, all the time relating to, and sharing fun with, their audiences. John and Zoe also add vocals, while the whole ensemble makes engaging listening and an enticement to dance. The Riviera Ramblers will be performing at The Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill PL6 5DH at 7.30pm on Sunday, October 17th. Tickets can be purchased at the door, Visitors £10, Members £8 and Students £5. For more information visit www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk
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