Spiegeltent International Presents Melbourne 2007 Season - 11 Oct till 16 Dec the Arts Centre Forecourt www.spiegeltent.net Welcome to The Famous Spiegeltent 2 Songmen - Shane Howard and Neil Murray P11 Radio National - The Music Show P31 Abby Dobson P15 Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra P25 ACE Amorè! Show and Clubnight P31 Frock CD Launch P24 Renée Geyer P10 Ali McGregor in Jazz Cigarette P28 Harlem Swing P24 Sally Ford and the Pachuco Playboys P9 Amanda Palmer P22 Harper with special guest Hamilton Loomis P13 Sammy J - 58 Kilograms of Pure Entertainment P19 André Camilleri & the Broken Hearts P8 Hayley Clare Quintet CD Launch P25 Scott Edgar & The Universe CD Launch P20 Arte Kanela P20 Hotel California - A Salute To The Eagles P12 Sime Nugent Happy Hour P13 Baartz Freeman P27 iOTA and The Beauty Queens P22 Skipping Girl Vinegar P15 Becky Fox CD Launch P27 James Blundell P14 Slava and Leonard Grigoryan P7 Bernadette Robinson with Paul Noonan P19 Kaki King: Direct from New York City P21 Spontaneous Broadway P24 “Follow your dreams ladies & gentlemen, follow your dreams!” Cellodiva P29 Kate Ceberano P21 Stringmansassy P27 Captain Frodo - La Clique Charles Dickens Performs: A CHRISTMAS CAROL P29 Kerri Simpson & The Prodigal Sons CD Launch P19 Teapot Ensemble of Australia P8 Cheep-Cheep P30 La Clique P5 The Burlesque Hour… SIZZLES! P22 The grand old dame is back to paint the town red... or silver or gold... or indeed any colour that takes your fancy! Chookahs Kids Festival P30 La Traviata en miniature P26 The Honeys P15 The jewel in the crown of Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Arts Centre’s spring season, The Famous Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set P22 Lior P18 The Mighty buZZniks P30 Club Spiegel P4 Lisa Miller P14 The Needle and The Damage Done P10 Spiegeltent completes her annual Grand Tour, alighting once again in Melbourne, her Southern Hemisphere home. Coco’s Lunch For Kids P30 Lou Bennett and The Sweet Cheeks P6 The Saruzu Quartet P24 Yes, believe it or not, another chance to run away with the circus is upon you for the 7th consecutive year. Get your Croque Monsieur P9 Mark Atkins - Grungada P6 The Silo Quartet P25 glad-rags on, steam the brim of your tastiest ‘titfer’ and trip the light fantastic, down the yellow brick road of your CW Stoneking P11 Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra P8 The Squeaky Window P30 Dan Sultan P13 Melbourne Singers Of Gospel P26 The Sunwrae Ensemble P28 wildest dreams! Join the famous and the infamous, the fans and the phantoms, the festoons and the fandangos! Darren Hanlon P10 Meow Meow – Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix P7 The Syncopators P28 Forget yourself in the heady world that comes to town but once a year! DBR - etudes4violin&electronix P8 Mikelangelo - The Nightingale of the Adriatic P27 The Town Bikes present…THE MEAT SHOW P21 Forever the party girl, The Famous Spiegeltent shimmers until Christmas hosting a phantasmagorical program of Dead Horse Band P7 Mikelangelo & Undine Francesca Book/CD Launch P29 The Wau Wau Sisters - 12 Steps to Redemption! P12 Deborah Conway P14 My Friend The Chocolate Cake P11 Topping & Butch P12 comedy, cabaret, concerts, children’s shows, afternoon delights, storytelling, opera, jazz, theatre, Doug De Vries - Mesa Redonda P18 Noemi Liba P28 Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely P6 live radio broadcasts, classic conversations and, of course, the much anticipated return Elana Stone P26 One-Two-Three: Voice, ‘Cello, Tabla P7 Unstrung Heroes P29 of the sensational international hit, our ‘house creation’: La Clique! Famous Fashion Fridays P23 Pascal Schumacher Quartet P25 Up Close and Personal - In Conversation P9 FGHR P26 Plastic Palace Alice P20 Zulya P18 Club Spiegel will feature the best dance bands and DJs in town. The sensational Shuffle Club will once again rip up the dance floor every Friday night. Fresh -- and soon to be famous -- performers of every persuasion are waiting to tantalize and tickle your taste buds. Thanks for the support The Spiegel piazza will feature a brand new bar with tempting treats, delicious cakes, coffee and sponsorship from and other curious comestibles not to mention plenty of the long, liquid variety! Look out too for Famous Fashion Fridays and Spiegel Fancies by Bobilee. ‘The Famous’ is Melbourne and Melbourne is ‘The Famous’! We look forward, once more, Ticketmaster: to welcoming you with that cheeky smile and our trademark tip of the trilby. 1300 136 166 Salute! Strategic Website Solutions The Spiegelmaestro www.ticketmaster.com.au In person at all Ticketmaster outlets Major Sponsor Wine Partner Supporting Partner atat NefariousNefarious EveningsEvenings thethe LateLate NightNight ClubClub CLUB SPIEGEL SHUFFLE CLUB LABJACD VULGARGRAD Ah yes, the The Shuffle Club are the Melbourne’s LABJACD Sometimes good infamous Club Spiegel most formidable swing band (pronounced lab-jacked) men do bad things... VulgarGrad returns with wild late night to be heard for some time. have developed a bring you the old songs of the antics and dancing till the With energetic exuberance reputation as one of the Russian thieves, along with wee hours with some of and true showmanship, this country’s best live acts. punk classics of the Perestroika the best DJs in town. We are driving quartet has made an LABJACD make hip-hop era and a strong dose of ready to unleash that Spiegel impression on all that have music to dance to - an contemporary St. Petersburg brand of utter ebullient escapism. experienced their hot blend exhilarating mix of old swearing ska. The band delivers this of swing, blues and jazz. Just school hip-hop, Cuban music with style, raucous menace, Tickets are ONLY available returned from sell out shows salsa, jazz and Andean stripy shirts and a smattering of on the door on the night. in Edinburgh, Mexico and the folk music, featuring grim smiles. Legend of stage and Fri 12th Oct - Sun 28th Oct, Caribbean, this immaculate vocals and rhymes in both screen, Jacek Koman (Children of band are back in town and English and Spanish. Men, Moulin Rouge) is the genial but 11.30pm till late except ready to cook! Prepare to be vengeful frontman who roars with where performances laid out by the hottest blend of www.labjacd.com the voice of a man betrayed, and he are noted. swing, blues, jazz and boogie is backed by a gang of Australia’s most Sun 21& 28 Oct, Wed - Sun in Nov & Dec, around. illustrious ex-cons. It’s vodka-fuelled 4 & 11 Nov, 11.30pm till late oompah swing ska punk... gulag-style. www.theshuffleclub.com 11.30pm till late (no Club on Saturdays or www.vulgargrad.com where performances are Every Friday from $5 at the door “La Clique... Le Freak, C’est Chic” noted) 12 Oct - 14 Dec Sun 25 Nov, Sun 2, (no shows Fri 26 Oct Thu 6 and Sun 16 Dec, Check guide or daily grid MONTREAL for details. or Fri 16 Nov), 11.30pm till late 11.30pm till late $5 at the door Thu 25 Oct (Preview) $45 | Fri 26 Oct - Sun 16 Dec at 9.15pm (No shows on Mon) $5 at the door Sun 16 Dec at 7pm & 9.15pm | Late shows Sat at 11.30pm | Tickets: $55 Photo Credit: Prudence Upton Dead Horse Band The Dead Horse Band brings together some of Melbourne’s finest musicians to perform MelbourneMelbourne InternationalInternational ArtsArts FestivalFestival original compositions of renowned composer, Kate Neal. Fusing musical styles and genres, the band take audiences on an exhilarating journey through powerful and engaging music. During the Festival The Famous Spiegeltent is the place for night time splendour. Artistic Director Kristy Edmunds Sun 14 & Mon 15 Oct at 7pm (60 mins) has programmed The Famous Spiegeltent for the duration of the Festival. She brings together a tremendous selection $30 ($22.50 conc) Groups (8+) $27 of artists, so luxuriate within the rich velvet canopy and be treated to some of the most spectacular shows in town! Photo: Caroline Gonzaga One-Two-Three: Voice, ’Cello, Tabla Lou Bennett and The Sweet Cheeks Local musicians Ria Soemardjo, Helen Mountfort and Sam Evans blend the subtle timbres and Combining sweet harmonies, acoustic guitar, bass and drums with powerful lyrics that speak textures of voice, ’cello, viola and tablas as in One-Two-Three, a concert featuring structured of compassion, truth, love and heartache, a session with Lou Bennett and The Sweet Cheeks is improvisations and original compositions. something you won’t easily forget. Tue 16 Oct at 7pm (60 mins) Fri 12 & Sat 13 Oct at 7pm (75 mins) $30 ($22.50 conc) Groups (8+) $27 $30 ($22.50 conc) Groups (8+) $27 Photo: James Penlidis Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Photo: Robyn Rosenfeldt/Michael Hurwood/Sheena Cooke Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely The name Grigoryan is synonymous with exquisite guitar playing. These gifted brothers bring Powerhouse singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon takes to the stage with her smoking band BIGLovely. the beauty of the guitar to The Famous Spiegeltent as part of their tour throughout Australia, Reagon, a throwback to classic R&B with some old school rock thrown in, takes any style, updates it Asia and the Baltic States. and makes it her own with incredible ease. Wed 17 & Thu 18 Oct at 7pm (75 mins) - SOLD OUT Fri 12 & Sat 13 Oct at 9.45pm (60 mins) $31.50 ($23.65 conc) Groups (8+) $28.35 $40 ($30 conc, $22 students) Groups (8+) $36 Photo: JOMOTO/Molly Rubin and Tony DiPietro Meow Meow - Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix Photo: Ingrid Kaiser Mark Atkins - Grungada: A Journey Of Music & Song Singing sensation and sequined sex bomb waiting to detonate, Meow Meow, returns to Mark Atkins draws on his rich and diverse background to offer an eclectic mix of original and new Melbourne with Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix, an explosive cocktail of kamikaze compositions featuring didgeridoo, guitar and harmonica.