Indie-Ah! - Saturday 22nd October

   
Fundraiser and Information night in association with United Speech.
https://www.facebook.com/unitedspeech

United Speech is an emerging non profit organisation linking teachers/students/travel-goers here in Ireland with schools that desperately seek language teachers in South India.. The idea sprung from seeing/experiencing organisations that profit hugely from package sort of volunteer holiday trips - the organisation charge a fee etc, the school receive little money from this fee and the volunteers are working for free regardless. So I thought it would be cool to create a medium where people interested in teaching abroad can get direct contact with schools, and not have to worry about extra costs besides their own personal travel expenses.



This event is basically a chance to call out to people who want to take part in something different and worthwhile and to share ideas etc for future events/promotion and maybe join an exciting different sort of collective. We have some great entertainment for the night so good times will be surely had!

Line Up..

**CFIT**

Cfit played their first gig at Electric Picnic 2010 as a three-piece and expanded to a five-piece just in time to play Hard Working Class Heroes 2010, where they were received extremely well. Soon after, they released their debut single "Don't Sweat the Small Shit", which received worldwide reviews.
Now expanded to a seven-piece to fully capture their expansive recorded sound, Cfit launched their debut album "Triage" to a sold out Crawdaddy on April 1st, and have since garnered much praise for their efforts.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/cfit/120903504044
http://www.nialler9.com/9797-cfit-dont-sweat-small-shit/

**HE WHO WISHES**

He Who Wishes, formerly Kasette, was created in the imagination of singer songwriter Karen Sheridan with a vision of expressing her music through different sounds, colours and textures. Blending guitar, Harmonium, synths, strings and anything that makes a lovely sound, He Who Wishes would like to be a happy noise for the ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnmIap8JoP8
https://www.facebook.com/hewhowishes

**MILLIE AND THE SUNDANCE KIDS**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5h5HBXW38&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4OoJnoSUk

Your host for the night
Mr Dave Rudden

BYOB event

€10 admission/€8 concession

More info coming SOON!!

Tryst - 1st November 2011

TRYST

Where tradition meets innovation

in adventurous vocal music

Tryst presents: Songs of Myself

Tuesday 1^st November 2011, 8pm

Tickets: €12/€10 (conc.) available at door

http://trystvocalduo.wordpress.com/

Vocal duo Tryst brings an intense and compelling energy to a richly varied vocal repertoire, ranging from Léonin to John Cage. Following two successful shows in New York as part of Culture Irelands Imagine Ireland initiative, Tryst return to Dublin to perform at one of the city’s quintessential venues – The Back Loft.

Drawing inspiration from jazz, contemporary, classical, cabaret and folk performance cultures, Michelle O'Rourke and Nora Ryan explore and interpret vocal repertoire. This eclectic approach, combined with the singers’ rare chemistry, throws music from the canon into a new, idiosyncratic, unique and beautiful light. Renowned British tenor John Potter (Hilliard Ensemble, Red Byrd) has described the synergy between O’Rourke and Ryan as “a magical unison”.

Featuring a captivating mix of arranged and improvised music, Tryst performs a seamless show that re-imagines, re-invents and re-defines conceptions of the singer’s role as interpreter. Medieval organa and rondeau are reduced to their beautiful essence, rapid-fire Aperghis Récitations are spliced into luxuriant Poulenc chansons, American art song is placed in the dark atmosphere of Tom Waits, solos by John Cage are lent a new, subtle theatre, and Kurt Weill torch song becomes haunting two-part counterpoint.

O’Rourke and Ryan perform with regular collaborators: composer-drummer Dennis Cassidy, bassist Sean Maynard Smith and English composer-pianist Jonathan Brigg. For this show at the Back Loft, special guest Adrian Hart (Yurodny, I draw slow) will join them on violin. The programme will include music by John Cage, Kurt Weill, Tom Waits, Richard Hundley, Guillaume de Machaut and Jonathan Brigg. This performance will also feature the Irish premiere of new work Mad Sweet Pangs through my Belly & Breast by Irish composer Judith Ring. Michelle O’Rourke commissioned this work for Tryst with funds from the Irish Arts Council: the work was premiered in New York this September.

RAW CLASSICO * Dianne Marshall

 Concert Harpist

Sunday 25th September - 8pm

Concert Harpist Dianne Marshall has been selected to perform at the final RawClassico concert in the Back Loft. From Bach to Britten Dianne's repertoire spans from the Baroque to the heart of classical contemporary. With Patterson's wonderful 'Spiders' and Debussy's 'Clair de Lune' your entertainment is guaranteed.

Tickets priced at €5 at the door

RawClassico is funded by the Arts Coucil under the " Small festival scheme".

HELSINKY CONNECTION

CALL FOR WORK: November 11th Mamuska

CALL FOR WORK

MAMUSKA DUBLIN returns Friday 11th November 2011 @ THE BACK LOFT, 8pm

La Catedral Studios calls local, national and international artists to participate in the upcoming Mamuska Dublin! This is a unique occasion to present and view evolving works, raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces, playful nonsense, first steps... all in the context of an informal environment where like-minded artists meet, mingle, discuss and receive feedback from the audience. Be a part of it!
A maximum of ten artists will present their work, with lively musical breaks for discussion.

To submit your work, fill out the attached form and return to this address.

Submission criteria:

* open to works in the fields of dance, live performance, live installation, sound and video art
* all works must be under 10 minutes long
* all works must have very simple technical set up and requirements
* send title, duration and brief description of work submitted
* send short CV of people involved
* inclusion of supporting material is recommended

Closing Date For Submissions: Monday 17th October 2011

Email all submissions to La Cat Salons curator Brigit McCone at lacatsalons@gmail.com. Mamuska Dublin is supported by the Arts Council.

CULTURE NIGHT 2011

 

Friday 23rd September, between 5 and 11pm.

As part of Culture night 2011 La Catedral Studios throws its doors open to the public and is part of a network of over 100 cultural venues for one night only!
This is a unique opportunity to meet and talk to the La Catedral Studios' artists from their workspaces and understand the process behind creating art work. Feel free to stroll around the studios, buy great artwork at competitive prices directly from the artists and be part of the Fringe Festival at the Back Loft!

More info: 
lacatedralstudios@yahoo.com
www.culturenight.ie

ABSOLUTE FRINGE at The Back Loft - September 2011

Seekers We bend over backwards. We stretch ourselves, aiming for a well-paid job and a comfortable life. We’re constantly reaching out, for family, for love and exhausting ourselves for a passionate embrace. How badly can we lose ourselves in the rush of trying to achieve it all? What happens to us when we get everything we want in life?
A multi-layered tale told through movement, gesture, dance and wrapped in music and rich visuals, this is a universal story that questions our search for happiness. Choreographed by Anna Gaciarz.
50% Male Experimental Theatre fuse story and dance to illustrate the underbelly of our society. We are delighted to welcome them to ABSOLUT Fringe for the first time this year. -FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

• Company: 50% Male Experimental Theatre
• Venue: The Back Loft
• Date/Time: Mon 12 9:00 pm / Tue 13 9:00 pm / Thu 15 9:00 pm / Fri 16 9:00 pm / Sat 17 9:00 pm
• Duration: 40 mins
• Tickets: €10.00 - €13.00 (Available from http://fringefest.com/event/seekers )

 

Amy, I want to make you hard

We’re Katie and Sinéad. We’re friends, well, as friendly as two women can be. Growing up in the country, breaking out, going back, finding what makes a life; a woman’s life and the difference that difference makes.
We asked our mams, our sisters, our friends. We asked Amy. Mná na hÉireann: what have we come from and where are we going? Some say we have the world at our chipped nail-varnished fingers. Pity we don’t want it.
Originally programmed as part of Project Brand New 6: The lively fall. Developed/performed at Solstice as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
Moving on from last year’s presentation of Trilogy, we are delighted to present a provocative documentary exploration of contemporary feminism in an Irish context. -FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

• Company: Rampant
• Venue: The Back Loft
• Date/Time: Mon 19 6:30 pm / Tue 20 6:30 pm / Wed 21 6:30 pm / Thu 22 6:30 pm / Fri 23 6:30 pm / Sat 24 6:30 pm
• Duration: 60 mins
• Tickets: €10.00 - €13.00 (Available from http://www.fringefest.com/event/amy-i-want-to-make-you-hard)

Seeing and Dreaming

Two magically sensitive, visually delicious portraits of life over eighty, told with rhythm, shadows, movement, text and puppetry.
Dorothy, living alone in a Victorian house in Birmingham, has one eye, no teeth and a soft spot for Starsky and Hutch. Her story is told through the eyes of her eight-year-old granddaughter.
Michael, gnarled and bed-ridden, dreams of dancing and wild horses. His story focuses on the last year of his life, exploring his changing states of mind as he slips between dream, reality and memory.
How will you spend your last day? A soul-touching, life-changing hour. Come and be reminded of a special truth.
A previous showing of this piece was described to me by a friend as one of the most beautiful performances she’d seen in recent years. Vanessa Earl and Sarah Fuller make their Dublin debut with this piece. Don’t miss it. -FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

• Company: Dog and String Theatre and Vanessa Earl
• Venue: The Back Loft
• Date/Time: Tue 20 8:30 pm / Wed 21 8:30 pm / Thu 22 8:30 pm / Fri 23 8:30 pm / Sat 24 8:30 pm
• Duration: 60 mins
• Tickets: €13.00 - €13.00 (Available from http://www.fringefest.com/event/seeing-and-dreaming )