THE NEW SOUNDS PROJECT And JAZZ CIGARETTE Among The Butterfly Clubs June Events
By: Reynard Loki May. 11, 2009
The Butterfly Club announces its Club news and calendar for the month of June.
Club news 1:The Australian National Academy of Music and The Butterfly Club have announced a strategic creative partnership. This is taking the form of collaborations such as joint presentation of acclaimed British Cellist Matthew Barley on Thursday 11 June, through joint promotions and bystaging an Emerald Hill open day on Sunday 20 September.
Club news 2:
Presenting a new way to end your working week: “Meow” – My End Of Week discounted drinks for arty cats, every Friday from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm. The ideal way for people from all areas of the arts and entertainment industries to meet and mingle.Cabaret cocktail of the month:Presenting ‘Morphium’, a dark and whimsical cocktail in honour of Kim Smith’s visit to Australia and return to The Butterfly Club.With Jazz Cigarette she returns to The Butterfly Club to prepare for her Adelaide Cabaret Festival debut with three of Melbourne’s hottest young jazz musicians – Sam Keevers on Piano, Ben Robertson on Double Bass and Raj Jayaweera on Drums.
This show is filled with standard jazz ballads, downright sassy blues and unique interpretations of modern day classics. With songs made famous by singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, and Britney – Jazz Cigarette both soothes and tantalises in the best possible way.Date / time: Wednesday 3 June at 8.00 pmCharming songstress, cartoonist and lady of amusement, Michelle ‘Baggas’ Baginski, remounts her self-described ‘kookaret’, to continue looking for a meaningful, ongoing relationship with an audience.
A creative mix of song, visual art and flirty banter will lead her, and you, to her ideal partners in life, love and performance. Bring flowers.
Dates: Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June (three performances)Times: 7.00 pm Fri & Sat; 6.00 pm on SunTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 55 minutes approxMore information: www.baggas.com.auVaudrey, Middleton and Hodson present:Reasons We Love in LifeWhen three wildly different musicians write a show with no restrictions the result is a meeting place where Bach drinks with Miles Davis and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Vaudrey, Middleton andHodson perform original songs and arrangements. Three musicians, seven instruments and a passion for chord IV, colliding in the reasons they love in life. Dates: Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June (two performances)Time: 9.00 pmTicket price: $15Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 60 minutes approxBeautiful Rubble2008 City Of Perth Most Innovative Act Award2008 Melbourne Fringe Highly CommendedBeautiful Rubble perform an incomparable set list, from Spanish laments and baroque ground basses to Tex-Mex improvisations and Eastern harmony.From brash classical theatricality and haunting falsetto to gypsy-tinged free improvisations, Beautiful Rubble has for the past three years been developing innovative musically-based performance projects.Core members are Anastasia Russell-Head (harpsichord) and Fernando Ariel Gallardo (voice) alongside special guests Tarko Sibbel (saxophone) and Laura Vaughan (Viola da Gamba).Dates: Sunday 14 and 21 June (two performances)Time: 8.00 pmTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 60 minutes approxMiss K presents Hot SpellThe mercury is rising and Miss K is searching for reason. Is it The Greenhouse Effect, the Apocalypse or the heat radiating from her undies?As the city hits boiling point it’s impossible to stay sane.The only thing that seems certain is that heads will roll … but whose?Dates: Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June (four performances)Times: 7.00 pm Thurs to Sat; 6.00 pm on SunTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 60 minutes approxDolly Diamond in Like a Moth To a FlameDolly the UK Diva now taking up residence in Australia brings her one woman show to The Butterfly Club.Join her as she sings her way through a medley of songs all live and unleashed. Just like Garland and Minnelli she sings the blues away and rattles when she walks.Dates: Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 June (three performances) Times: 9.00 pmTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorMore info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXot7nxNJpEDuration: 60 minutes approxKim Smith in MorphiumEmerging enfant terrible of New York cabaret, Kim Smith, returns to Australia with his latest offering, Morphium.Featuring the music of Hollaender, Eisler, Spoliansky and others, Smith charts a dark and whimsical path through the arrivals and departures of a neo-Weimar musical misfit.
Returning to The Butterfly Club where his cabaret career begun, Smith was winner of a 2009 New York Backstage Bistro Award, alongside Charles Aznavour and Liza Minnelli. He was also recently announced as a nominee for the 2009 MAC Best Male Vocalist Award.
Dates: Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June (two performances)Time: 10.30 pmTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 55 minutes approxMore info: www.kimdavidsmith.comLoveline - The CabaretWhat hasn’t been said about love? The greatest writers, musicians, painters and Richard Mercer have said just about all there is … now it’s our turn.Three girls, a little less than sane turn to The Loveline for advice on their increasingly pathetic love lives.Featuring Sophie Weiss, Tineke Sibbel and Melanie Velissaris.Dates: Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 June (four performances)Times: 7.00 pm Thurs to Sat; 6.00 pm on SunTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 60 minutes approxJacob Diefenbach in Facing the MusicFacing the Music is a darkly comical and shameless self-referential look at what it takes to ‘make it’ in the music biz. With Facing the Music, Jacob is taking his greatest step into the world of cabaret to date, playing the struggling / eternally insecure and self-questioning artist – at once desperate to please, jaded, reflective and, at times, hysterical (it's not much of a stretch). Deeper still, Facing the Music is about the dynamic and complex exchange between artist and audience; the magic that happens when the two are in perfect harmony ... and the disasters that transpire when they don't.2008 Green Room Award for ‘Best Original Songs’2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival ‘Best Cabaret Award’Dates: Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 June (four performances)Times: 9.00 pm Thurs to Sat; 8.00 pm on SunTicket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or moreBookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 60 minutes approxMore info: Listen to the title track at www.myspace.com/jacobdiefenbachRegular Nights:MeowPresenting a new way to end your working week: “Meow” – My End Of Week discounted drinks for arty cats. The ideal way for people from all areas of the arts and entertainment industries to meet and mingle.
Dates / times: Every Friday from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pmTickets: FreeBookings: Just rock upDr Sketchy's Anti-Art SchoolDr Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school. The perfect antidote for boring, typical art classes. Host Mel Knight brings fun, excitement and a bit of cheek back to life drawing with kooky contests and bodacious burlesque beauties. We don't mind if you draw for your supper or just for fun, we are happy to have you! So forget your easels and messy mediums, just bring a sketch pad and your pencils!Dates / times: Wednesday 24 June at 8.00 pm (last Wed of every month)Tickets: $15Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorDuration: 2 hours approxMore info: www.drsketchymelbourne.comThe Butterfly Glee Club
Forget yoga. Forget All-Bran. Forget colonic irrigation. If you really want to do something that makes you feel good inside – just sing. And what better place to sing out than at The Butterfly Glee Club, the hippest sing-along choir in town. Come along and sing as loudly or softly as you like – there are no solos and no karaoke microphones – just a big ol’ group sing. The Butterfly Glee Club is conducted by the gorgeous and talented Vicky Jacobs (MulTi Green Room Award Nominee for Musical Direction) who never tells anyone off and lets all singers drink as much wine during rehearsal as they like!Dates / times: Wednesdays at 6.30 pm (note: time will change to 6.15 pm from the start of July)
Tickets: $10Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or at the doorMore info: go to www.myspace.com/butterflygleeclub or email glee.club@optusnet.com.auDuration: one hour approx
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