The Butterfly Club Announces July And August Events
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jul. 08, 2010
July update, and August at The Butterfly Club. It all kicks off with ABC TV to broadcast Songs From the Middle
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is thrilled to announce an encore performance of Songs From the Middle on Monday 26 July 2010 at the South Melbourne Town Hall.
Interest from ABC TV together with an overwhelming response in ticket sales has meant that a new show has been added. ABC TV Artscape will be filming the performance on Monday 26 July as part of their documentary on the making of this new work to be broadcast nationally later in the year.
Songs From the Middle, a new song cycle has been commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music and presented in partnership with the inaugural Melbourne Cabaret Festival.
Songs From the Middle features Eddie Perfect, vocalist; Iain Grandage, Music Director; UK based Brodsky Quartet and Musicians of the Academy.
Less than two weeks to go, and we have our first sold out show.
Vaudevillian extravaganza The Petticoat Soiree yesterday sold out its Friday 23 July performance, becoming the first sell-out show in the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. A handful of tickets remain for their opening night show on Thursday 22. You'll need to act fast to secure your seats to their sizzling world of decadence and razzle dazzle, where the bizarre runs rampant.
Today may be your last chance to grab tickets to the Festival opening Gala, with only 15 seats remaining for a star-studded performance hosted by Alan Brough.
Many other shows are heading for sell-out seasons - thank you Melbourne for embracing this new festival!
All festival bookings: www.melbournecabaret.com
Anthony Menchetti and Andrea Powell present
AN UNCOMFORTABLE EVENING
Anthony Menchetti (‘Gay Conversion School Drop Out' & ‘NBC's - Last Comic Standing') and Andrea Powell (ABC TV, Foxtel, Austereo) perform comedy and music, until they're interrupted by a hideous crone and her bunion rasp.
‘Brilliantly funny' - The Age
‘One of the top ten performers to see at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and beyond' - The Guardian (UK)
Dates: Thurs 15 to Sunday 18 July
Times: Thurs to Sat at 9.00 pm, Sun at 8.00 pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 50 minutes approx
August at The Butterfly Club
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival has returned our keys and we're now firmly back in charge of the City's most eclectic venue.
August is ladies month at The Butterfly Club, which doesn't mean $3 spritzers but does mean an entire month dedicated to all manner of feminine charms.
These include Jim Beam drinking Shazza from Broady; the untold story of music theatre star Chelsea Gibb; Emma Dean's captivating, magical world where live pop music meets physical-theatre; Fiona Claire's beautiful and absurd world of a housewife with an artistic temperament, and Suzanne Hobson's twisted, darkly comical originals and interpretation of familiar songs of lost love, betrayal and obsession, played coquettishly in a dark cabaret style.
Cocktail of the month:
‘The Kaleidoscope,' in honour of the marvellously diverse career of Chelsea Gibb, performing Thursday 5 August to Sunday 8 August.
Looking ahead
Mic Conway returns to dazzle Melbourne from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 September.
The Butterfly Club
204 Bank Street, South Melbourne
Tel 9690 2000
Tuesday through Sunday from 5.00 pm til late
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Shazza is
THE BIRD FROM BROADY
She's bold! ...
She's beautiful! ...
She isn't afraid to tell it like it is!
With her outfit from Savers, red lippy and a Jim Beam in hand, come on a comical journey with Shazza as she shares her thoughts on life, beauty, men and her attempt to become an opera singer. A talent like hers should not be missed.
Performed by Christie Cula-Reid.
Dates: Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August
Times: Thurs to Sat at 7.00 pm, Sun at 6.00 pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
Jenny Caire in
MY LUSCIOUS LIFE
A lighthearted, ludicrous, lamentable litany of the life and loves of Jenny Caire.
Dates: Thursday 5 August to Sunday 8 August
Times: Thurs to Sat at 7.00 pm, Sun at 6.00 pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
Headline show Chelsea Gibb in LUCY & JESSIE
This is Chelsea's story, written and performed by Chelsea. This is the untold story - from singing Jazz in Ballarat as a teenager and the rise to fame in a Kaleidoscope of roles including her iconic portrayal of Roxie Hart in Chicago.
‘Lucy and Jessie' gives you a unique insight into the highs and the lows of a performer's life. It is a story of stumbling, finding your feet, falling in love and then playing the most inspiring role yet - Motherhood. Seasoned with some of the most loved songs from musical theatre, this is an intimate unmasking of the performer that is Chelsea Gibb.
Accompanied by Ashley Carruthers.
Dates: Thursday 5 August to Sunday 8 August
Times: Thurs to Sat at 9.00 pm, Sun at 8.00 pm
Ticket price: $27 full / $22 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 2 x 40 minute acts plus interval
Fiona Claire in
THE PARIS PARADOX
Fiona Claire, Melbournian folk-pop songstress, presents the beautiful and absurd world of a housewife with an artistic temperament. Original songs, laughter and tears, secrets and memories, it's all here as we wonder ‘How do you get to Paris with just a song in your heart and a dishcloth in your hands? And will it be all that you dreamed?'
Dates: Thursday 12 August to Sunday 15 August
Times: Thurs to Sat at 7.00 pm, Sun at 6.00 pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
Headline show
Emma Dean and The Imaginary Friends
After a highly successful beginning to 2010 with the Emma Dean (... Meets Dr Dream) tour selling out several shows and releasing two triple j unearthed #1 hit singles - Thunder and Thieving Hearts - Emma Dean has announced dates for her new show!
Her new show ‘Emma Dean and The Imaginary Friends' continues her reputation for performing intoxicating live shows which delve into a magical world where live pop music meets physical-theatre.
Emma is joined by her three Imaginary Friends - Gwenda, Henry and GG - as they explore her collection of original songs - both old and new.
Each friend represents a different facet of Emma's imagination, weaving their magical spell throughout the performance as they pull Emma further and further in to the imaginarium.
Dates: Wed 18 to Sat 21 August
Times: All shows at 9.00pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
More info:
www.emmadean.com
www.myspace.com/emmadeanband
www.twitter.com/emmadean83
Facebook: Emma Dean Music
‘The mixture of a well-written storyline and amazing vocal and musical talent ensured the audience was captivated throughout the entire performance. Emma Dean's unique cabaret style is especially unique and a pleasure to watch' - ninemsn.com.au (2010)
‘... curious, funny, astute and above all, weird. She could well stake a good claim to be the new Millennium's Kate Bush with her theatrical approach to music ...' - Album Review - allgigs.co.uk (2009)
Bronwyn Baud in
What is This Thing Called...?
A collection of songs about that most popular of songwriters' subjects. The songs are mainly drawn from theatre shows, particularly those by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. They are sometimes witty, sometimes sad, sometimes caustic, sometimes tender but always about ... LOVE.
Comments from prior sold-out season:
‘Bronwyn was effervescent! I loved her light hearted funny songs, and she moved me to tears with her ballads. She has brought musical theatre back to life for me. Thanks Bronwyn!'
‘Bronwyn Baud filled the room with wonder and love.'
‘Bronwyn was amazing, her delivery was so enthralling, entertaining. She captured the essence of each song and drew us into her world so that we could feel what she was feeling. I was very moved.'
Dates: Thursday 26 August to Sunday 29 August
Times: Thurs to Sat at 7.00 pm, Sun at 6.00 pm
Ticket price: $30 full / $25 concession
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
Suzanne Hobson in
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I HATE YOU
Born the day Judy Garland died, my childhood was spent surrounded by tuneless violins, old 78's and broKen Down pianos. No longer pretty in pink, I now find solace in my music, creating twisted, darkly comical originals and interpreting familiar and not so familiar songs of lost love, betrayal and obsession, played coquettishly in a dark cabaret style.
Dates: Friday 27 and Saturday 28 August
Times: 10.30pm
Ticket price: $22 full / $17 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx
REGULAR NIGHTS
THE BUTTERFLY GLEE CLUB
TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAYS
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, no microphones and no commitment to come every week.
THE BUTTERFLY GLEE CLUB is conducted by the gorgeous and talented Vicky Jacobs (MulTi Green Room Award Nominee for Musical Direction). Tuesday nights is hosted by international cabaret and music theatre star Chelsea Plumley.
Dates / times:
Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 6.15 pm
Tickets: $10
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or just turn up
More info: www.gleeclubsinging.com
Duration: one hour approx
"An inspired group sing-a-long" - Beat Magazine
"A rad singalong choir" - The Pun
Our approaching to programming shows
In a typical week, our performance programming runs like this:
Tuesday 6.15pm Glee Club 8.00 pm Preview Show OR Headline Show
Wednesday 6.15pm Glee Club 8.00 pm Preview Show OR Headline Show
Thursday 7.00pm Preview Show 9.00pm
Headline Show
Friday 7.00pm Preview Show 9.00pm
Headline Show
10.30pm
House Show
Saturday 7.00pm Preview Show 9.00pm
Headline Show
10.30pm
House Show
Sunday 6.00pm Preview Show 8.00pm
Headline Show
Headline Shows: Seasoned performers; proven high quality shows, either four or six night season
Preview Shows: New shows by seasoned performers or newcomers, either four or six night season
House Shows: Popular shows tailored for a late night audience
Typically, Preview and Headline Shows each run for four or six nights, then change weekly. The late night House Shows may run for weeks or months.
This approach means we host well over 100 different shows each year, most of them new works, making us one of Australia's leading presentation venues.
While we welcome all forms of cabaret, we favour those that reflect the style of performance for which cabaret was originally created - shows that satirise or reflect contemporary life and enlighten audiences, presented in an intimate environment.
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