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Gus McCann, Ireland's new Bob Dylan and
Eliah the amazing 12 string guitarist from California
out celebrating the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival
Sugarhill Gang got the hip hoppin’ demanding more and more..... at
Secret Garden -on14th Sep 2008 at 21:30
at
Hennessy Spiegeltent
Every one danced to the beat of the original Hip Hop & Funk group who have had generations hip hoppin’ with their ubiquitous ‘Rapper’s Delight’, 'Apache' & '8th Wonder' anthems. True pioneers, the Sugar Hill Gang have influenced the top showmen of today’s scene, from De La Soul to Kanye West & Jay-Z. Exclusive to the Dublin Fringe Festival, SHG will be performing their 30th year anniversary party concert complete with a live band.
Don't miss any of the nights left at the Hennessy Spiegeltent
Gus McCann
comes back to his roots in Dublin to sing
"Dublin in My Tears"
Saturday night 13th September 2008 at the Spiegel exploded into top brass action with the return of last year's Red, Hot & Brass favourites, the celebrated 11-piece Beat 'n' Blow from Germany. Dance 'til you drop at this revolutionary fusion of jazz, funk, hip hop and world styles.
USA Weekly News has up to date awarded the following shows at the Hennessy Spiegeltent and the Secret Garden
USA Weekly News100 Star Awards
for being outstanding shows far above the standard of the average five star award standard:
Opening BATUCADA! Party
La Charlatanne Karen Egan
La CliquePresented by Spiegeltent ...
Cathy Davey presents SONGS THAT SCARE CHILDREN (but in a very beautiful way)
The Fall Crawdaddy at Hennessy Spiegeltent
The Silhouette Old Time Mystery Radio Show
Congradulations to Secret Garden Operations Manager John McKiernan Secret Garden Operations Manager, David Burns, Secret Garden Box Office Manager Jamie Snelgrove and the rest of the hard working dedicated team at the Hennessy Spiegeltent Secret Garden for bringing such outstanding and unforgettable shows to the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival, with every night being completely different catering to completely different audiences which have all been sell out shows with each audience never wanting the night to end.
The Silhouette Old Time Mystery Radio Show with Duke Special and Friends
of various performers that was also a night to remember....with everyone joining in telling their favorite cow jokes.... singing songs and some dancing to end a great night all round at the Hennessy Spiegeltent Secret Garden.
More great shows still to come at Hennessy Spiegeltent Secret Garden
and the Metro Bosco Theatre include:
La Clique
After its sell out run last year the global phenomenon arrives back in town with some brilliant new acts intent on seducing us ... (click to read more)
An inspired melange of cabaret, burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville, La Clique is exotic, erotic, mesmerising and breath-stoppingly skilled. Celebrate the sensuality and unadulterated pleasure of a night in the world’s most exquisite salon. Be quick, this will sell out early!! All Shows at 7:00PM
La Clique in Dublin then off to London for a season
The La Clique Crew pose is a relaxed and fun mood for a USA Weekly News exclusive pictrue after another sell out show at the Hennessy Spiegeltent
Make a night at the Hennessy Spiegeltent,
see La Clique, then stay for one of the most amazing music and
entertainment nights with a different theme every night....until the
final Award Night on the 21st September, 2008
Round She Goes
Round She Goes
Secret Garden - 11th Sep 2008 at 20:45 (60 mins ) at Metro Bosco Theatre
La Clique’s rollerskating comic sweetheart is back, doing her best to keep it together while letting it all hang out. At once a silly passionate cabaret exposé and a treatise on the alchemy of slapstick.Some explicit content with mild to seething cultural significance
€12.50 / €15.00 - choose tickets below or return home ?
Psycho Fest featuring Humanzi, The Things, The Dagger Lees and The Mighty Stef
Secret Garden - 11th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
It’s mayhem in the Spiegel! Dublin’s premier promoters of garage punk, Psychotic Reaction, bring their annual Psycho Fest event to the tent with some of Ireland’s hottest rock acts sharing the bill. It's Humanzi's first show in Ireland in nearly two years, and combined with feverish energy of The Things and The Dagger Lees (formerly Stagger Lee), this is sure to be a banging night of fresh, raw and diverse sounds.
Viva!
Secret Garden - 12th Sep (20:45) and 13th Sep (20:45)
A sultry night of performance charged with raw sensuality and elegance. Following a sell out show in 2007, Viva sees Argentinean tango, Spanish ballads and swinging jazz moving seamlessly between the words of master love poet Pablo Neruda. Powerful vocals and effortless style promise an intimate evening with one of Europe’s hottest jazz and cabaret artists.
Introduction to Dubstep: Skream, Plastician & Safety Boy
Secret Garden - 12th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Explore the dark moods, bass and sparse rhythms of dubstep with three of the genre’s artists at the top of their game. Skream is the 21-year-old wunderkind of the genre. Plastician has also been spearheading dupstep with a BBC One residency. Combined with the sounds of local dubsteptician Safety Boy, this is the definitive introduction you'll need to the most exciting sound of 2008.
Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon
Secret Garden - 11th Sep (18:15), 12th Sep (18:15), 13th Sep (14:00, 18:15)
Something strange is happening atop Roogs Hill, a plan to go underground is afoot and all the cows in the district are dead. In an improbably daft, dastardly adventure, the Butcher and the Doctor are up to something and the Newsman sniffs a story that will take him underground, deep into the dead heart of Australia.
There is a Matinee show on Saturday the 13th of Sept.
.Le Grand Peep Show
Secret Garden - 12th Sep (20:15, 21:15, 22:00), 13th Sep (20:15, 21:15, 22:00), 14th Sep (20:30, 21:15, 22:00), 15th Sep (18:30, 20:15, 21:15)
The ultimate Peep Show experience!
A large Peep Show tent breathes on the street to the sound of carnival music. Inside, two marionettes perform an unusual courtship ritual. Dressed in surrealistic black bodysuits, they communicate only by touch. Their language, at once comedic and sexy, embodies the infinite complexities of the relationship between men and women. For the really curious, a private Peep show is also available at the back…
5 euros gets you in... (includes private peep show at the back!)
Featuring:
David Danzon,Sarah Doucet, sarah Henderson, Andrew Taylor
Br*ss Off!
Br*ss Off!
Secret Garden - 13th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Saturday night at the Spiegel explodes into top brass action with the return of last year's Red, Hot & Brass favourites, the celebrated 11-piece Beat 'n' Blow from Germany. Dance 'til you drop at this revolutionary fusion of jazz, funk, hip hop and world styles.
The Electric Picture Palace
The Electric Picture Palace
Secret Garden - 14th Sep 2008 at 18:00 (150 mins )
Known primarily as the purveyor of the finest electronica on The Small Hours¸ Dineen’s film work is a true labour of love. Complimented pefectly by the lush arrangements of 3epkano, who are revitalising the original cinematic experience of silent screet and live orchestral accompaniment.
Sugarhill Gang
Sugarhill Gang
Secret Garden - 14th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Dance to the beat of the original Hip Hop & Funk group who’ve had generations hip hoppin’ with their ubiquitous ‘Rapper’s Delight’, 'Apache' & '8th Wonder' anthems. True pioneers, the Sugar Hill Gang have influenced the top showmen of today’s scene, from De La Soul to Kanye West & Jay-Z. Exclusive to the Dublin Fringe Festival, SHG will be performing their 30th year anniversary party concert complete with a live band.
Mad Mabe and the Lost Girls: Better than a Black Hole
Secret Garden - 15th Sep (18:15), 16th Sep (18:15), 17th Sep (18:15), 18th Sep (18:15), 19th Sep (18:15), 20th Sep (18:15), 21st Sep (18:15)
The looking glass has shattered and beauty is the beast so do NOT go to this outpost of insanity in the Bosco Theatre. Contortionists and acrobats from France will not be there. No half-human, half-helium lost girls will attack. You will NOT Laugh and no children above 8 will enjoy this spectacle.
There is a Preview show on the 15th of Sept.
Rhapsody In The Gardens
Rhapsody In The Gardens
Royal Irish Academy of Music Jazz Ensemble with piano soloist Conor Linehan
Secret Garden - 15th Sep 2008 at 21:00 (180 mins )
Secret Garden - 15th Sep 2008 at 21:00 (180 mins )Royal Irish Academy of Music Jazz Ensemble with piano soloist Conor Linehan
Secret Garden - 15th Sep 2008 at 21:00 (180 mins )
Secret Garden - 15th Sep 2008 at 21:00 (180 mins )
at Hennessy Spiegeltent
A
perfect evening in the park. The RIAM's 22-piece Jazz Ensemble's return
to the Spiegeltent features the original Jazz Band version of
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Newly composed jazz ballads from pianist
Conor Linehan accompanied by sultry tones from leading vocalists
Susannah de Wrixon, this show will also feature guest instrumental
soloist's in the music of Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny. Tenor sax Matthew
Halpin, and Trombone Karl Ronan. Director Kevin Hanafin.
Afternoon Tea Dances
Afternoon Tea Dances
Secret Garden - 16th Sep (13:00), 17th Sep (13:00), 18th Sep (13:00), 19th Sep (13:00)
Trip the light fantastic and get your dancing shoes on for tea, cakes and lessons throughout the day at the wonderful Spiegeltent. Waltz, Cha Cha, Foxtrot and Tango in zoot suits and fancy frocks. Suitable for expert dancers and those with two left feet, young and old.
Red Bastard
Secret Garden - 16th Sep (20:30), 17th Sep (20:30), 18th Sep (20:30), 19th Sep (20:30), 20th Sep (20:30), 21st Sep (20:30)
Are you ready? Prepare for a manipulative, surreal, and dictatorial rampage on pop culture, politics...and you. America’s premiere Bouffon (think grotesque Anti-Clown) is one part juvenile delinquent and two parts sadistic schoolteacher. “One of the hottest, funniest performance artists on the scene today” Backstage. “Very, very funny” –NY TimeThe Cat's Miaow Part II
Secret Garden - 16th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
The mad kitty is back! Awarded Best Spiegeltent Show in 2007, international superstar Camille O'Sullivan curates another dark, delicious variety show of the top tomcats and kitties from music, circus, dance and theatre and sings a few purrrrrrrfect tunes herself. Contemplate love, sex, drama and death under the velvet drapes. Guest star line up from www.fringefest.com
Wilde On
Wilde On
Wilde On
Secret Garden - 17th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Michelle Doherty hosts this special night featuring leading Irish musical and visual artists alongside Wilde aficionados presenting new, unheard and unseen work for a specially conceived, multimedia celebration of Oscar Wilde. Line-up includes Cathy Davey, Republic of Loose, The Jimmy Cake, Rhob Cunningham, Karl Him, DJ Morgan, the Pony Club, David Turpin, Asha, Larry Beau, David Cleary & The Soul Gun Warriors, Oliver Cole, Concerto for Constantine, Diet of Worms, Eoin Dillon, Jennifer Evans and Si Schroeder.
More to be announced!
Vertical Rhythm Club
Vertical Rhythm Club
Secret Garden - 18th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
The floor’s jumping and the glamour is high, so come little baby, come on by. Celebrate the decadent romance of the jazz age and marvel at a cabaret evoking hot Harlem nights with The Hi Tones. Be retro, ravishing or refined and join Hep Cats and Jive Bunnies to party like its 1939.
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Dynamics & Trojan Sound System
Dynamics & Trojan Sound System
Secret Garden - 19th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Secret Garden - 19th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Two of the most talked about sound systems share centre stage for an exclusive Fringe one off. The Dynamics are renowned for their interpretations of classic songs by The White Stripes, Bob Dylan & Curtis Mayfield. The Trojan Sound System are roots reggae at its finest let by legendary UK selector Earl Gateshead and fronted by some of the finest vocalists/chatmasters around, this show is a sureshot classic.
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€25.00 - choose tickets below or return home ?
Shall We Dance
As the band strikes up and the glitter balls twirl, the bandstand is brought to life by glamorous couples from the roaring twenties through to the thrifty fifties. Witty, moving and energetic, Ragroof's Shall We Dance is followed by a glittering Afternoon Tea Dance for you to take part in. Two fantastic shows in one.
Shall We Dance
Secret Garden - 20th Sep (13:00) and 21st Sep (13:00) at Hennessy Spiegeltent
An Evening with Fujiya & Miyagi
An Evening with Fujiya & Miyagi
Secret Garden - 20th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
This infectious Brighton electronic dance trio curate their own unique party night. From their end they bring evocative krautrock and deep soul, with wafts of early Human League synth and the throbbing groove of Tom Tom Club, all filtered for modern times. Also on board is New York duo Project Jenny, Project Jan with their pop infused rock pummeled with dance beats. Keeping the grooves on is DJ Will Dempsey plays cosmic disco, 80s new wave, krautrock, italo and boogie jams. Get down! LISTEN NOW
The Golden Age of Fringe: Best of the Fest and Fringe Awards Ceremony
The Golden Age of Fringe: Best of the Fest and Fringe Awards Ceremony
Secret Garden - 21st Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins )
Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your top hats and your (faux) furs, as we present to you a glittering evening of glamour and excess. Yes, it's the 14th Annual Fringe Awards (cue rapturous applause). A stellar evening combining our lavish award ceremony with top-class entertainment from the 'Best of the Fest', this is the hottest, most divine, ticket in town.
Do not this amazing wind up night for the successful 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival.. this will certainly be a night to remember and a night not to miss...
It’s time to explore our own Secret Garden… Hennesey Spiegeltent is located behind the National Concert Hall, South of St. Stephens Green between Harcourt Street and Earlsfort Terrace, access only from Hatch Street.The Secret Garden
Clonmel St
(see upcoming shows at this venue)
22 upcoming shows at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Afternoon Tea Dances
Trip the light fantastic and get your dancing shoes on for tea, cakes and lessons throughout the day at the wonderful ... (click to read more)
Book NowAn Evening with Fujiya & Miyagi
This infectious Brighton electronic dance trio curate their own unique party night. From their end they bring evocative ... (click to read more)
Br*ss Off!
Saturday night at the Spiegel explodes into top brass action with the return of last year's Red, Hot & Brass favourites, the ... (click to read more)
Book NowCathy Davey presents SONGS THAT SCARE CHILDREN (but in a very beautiful way)
"Since my first nightmare I've been hooked.The giddy terror of a spooky lullaby that only a child can fully appreciate." This ... (click to read more) Dynamics & Trojan Sound System ChoiceCuts at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Two of the most talked about sound systems share centre stage for an exclusive Fringe one off. The Dynamics are renowned for ... (click to read more) Book Now Information Toolbox Irish Theatre Institute at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Meet and gain information from key arts organisations and national and international venues and festivals. It is hoped that ... (click to read more)Introduction to Dubstep: Skream, Plastician & Safety Boy
Explore the dark moods, bass and sparse rhythms of dubstep with three of the genre’s artists at the top of their game. ... (click to read more) La Charlatanne Karen Egan
Pretender, fraudster, impostor, fake – voilà La Charlatanne. Nominated for Best Spiegeltent Show 2006, La Egan ... (click to read more)
La CliquePresented by Spiegeltent ...
After its sell out run last year the global phenomenon arrives back in town with some brilliant new acts intent on seducing us ... (click to read more) Book Now Opening BATUCADA! Party Dublin Fringe Festival & ... at Hennessy Spiegeltent Secret Garden - 6th Sep 2008 at 21:30 (180 mins ) €15.00
Celebrating the grand opening of the Dublin Fringe Festival, witness this explosive mix of drummers, dancers, artists, DJs and ... (click to read more) Psycho Fest featuring Humanzi, The Things, The Dagger Lees and The Mighty Stef
It’s mayhem in the Spiegel! Dublin’s premier promoters of garage punk, Psychotic Reaction, bring their annual Psycho ... (click to read more) Rhapsody In The Gardens Royal Irish Academy of Music ... at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Secret Garden - 15th Sep 2008 at 21:00 (180 mins ) at Hennessy Spiegeltent A perfect evening in the park. The RIAM's 22-piece ... (click to read more) Shall We Dance
As the band strikes up and the glitter-ball twirls, the bandstand is brought to life by glamorous dancing couples from the ... (click to read more) Show & Prove ChoiceCuts at Hennessy Spiegeltent
The best breakers in the land showcase new moves and routines to the tastiest tunes in town. This exclusive event is a must for ... (click to read more)Sugarhill Gang ChoiceCuts at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Dance to the beat of the original Hip Hop & Funk group who’ve had generations hip hoppin’ with their ubiquitous ... (click to read more) Book Now The Cat's Miaow Part II Camille O'Sullivan at Hennessy Spiegeltent
The mad kitty is back! Awarded Best Spiegeltent Show in 2007, international superstar Camille O'Sullivan curates another dark, ... (click to read more) Book Now The Electric Picture Palace 3epkano with Donal Dineen at Hennessy Spiegeltent Secret Garden - 14th Sep 2008 at 18:00 (150 mins ) €15.00
Known primarily as the purveyor of the finest electronica on The Small Hours¸ Dineen’s film work is a true labour of ... (click to read more) The Fall Crawdaddy at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Crawdaddy presents an evening of post-punk combining the legendary and the rising stars. Truly iconic, The Fall are fronted by ... (click to read more)The Golden Age of Fringe: Best of the Fest and Fringe Awards Ceremony
Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your top hats and your (faux) furs, as we present to you a glittering evening of glamour and ... (click to read more)
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The Silhouette Old Time Mystery Radio Show
Charles Silhouette is an Irish detective on the trail of the murderous “Eraser” in the first episode of the radio ... (click to read more)Vertical Rhythm Club DubLindy at Hennessy Spiegeltent
The floor’s jumping and the glamour is high, so come little baby, come on by. Celebrate the decadent romance of the jazz ... (click to read more) Wilde On Hum Ireland at Hennessy Spiegeltent
Michelle Doherty hosts this special night featuring leading Irish musical and visual artists alongside Wilde aficionados ... (click to read more)
Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival
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Red, Hot & Brass
Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival
| Date: 8th Sep | Time: 10:30pm | Ticket Price: €15 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: mins | |
With boundless energy and enthusiasm, The Spiegeltent explodes open tonight with the first ever Brass Band Club night! Hear a revolutionary fusion of tradition marching music repertoire with hip hop, jazz and funk styles. Resounding riffs, pumping tuba bass lines and great big thumping bass drums as raucous untamed brass marching bands spill onto Georges Dock and into the tent. Revel in the celebratory percussive Fanfara from the hills of Romania and savour the Sound of Blasmusik by 11-piece Beat ‘n’ Blow from Germany. Dance ‘til you drop’.
The Cat's Miaow
Curated by Camille O'Sullivan with Friends
The Cat's Miaow
Curated by Camille O'Sullivan with Friends
| Date: 10th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €20 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 210 mins | |
No pussyfooting around tonight as the kittenish Camille O’Sullivan returns to her Spiegel basket to curate a night of her favourite performers selected from her 10 years prowling through the Fringe Underworld. Having performed from New York to Australia, Camille uses her feline ways to cajole the top tomcats and kitties of the Irish music and theatre scene to perform for us, and sing a slinky duet or two. Contemplate love, sex and your nine lives in this very special once-off under the velvet drapes. Purrrrrr…fect. She’s the cat that got the cream with a guest line up that includes the Cora Venus Lunny, Doctor Millar, The Kurt Weill Kabaret, The Ladys Blue, Maria Tecce, and White Cholera fresh from the Leviathan tent at the Electric Picnic. With more friends joining, this promises to be a night of stylish entertainment with a few surprises from her sell out run in Edinburgh still up her sleeve!
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Marlena Shaw & Mad Professor
Presented by Crawdaddy
One of the all-time soul, jazz, disco and R’n’B greats, Marlena Shaw and her band bring a little California Soul to the Spiegeltent in collaboration with the legendary innovative dub-reggae and trip-hop producer Mad Professor. The first female vocalist ever signed to Blue Note Records, Marlena embarked on one of music’s most versatile careers with enduring stage presence. Mad Professor has become remixer of choice for adventurous rock and techno acts, most notably revamping Massive Attack’s lauded Protection album. History will be made as these two behemoths unite to make music in this very special once-off project for Dublin Fringe Festival.
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The Blue of the Night Live
Presented by RTÉ lyric FM
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| Date: 12th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €15 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 210 mins | |
Experience the new explorations of Mercury Prize-nominated pianist Joanna MacGregor’s decade–long partnership with saxophonist Andy Sheppard. Allow quintet Lunfardia to whisk you away with the sensuous sounds of Argentina. Savour the sublime layering of the minimalist acoustica of Colleen’s viola da gamba and guitar. Guest vocalist Ian Shaw joins Ireland’s finest jazz ensemble The Phil Ware Trio and completes the lineup for this seamless sinuous evening. The notes will linger long in the air before they disappear into The Blue of the Night. The evening will be presented by Paul Herriott and will be broadcast similtaneously on RTÉ lyric FM.
Presented by RTÉ lyric FM
Experience the new explorations of Mercury Prize-nominated pianist Joanna MacGregor’s decade–long partnership with saxophonist Andy Sheppard. Allow quintet Lunfardia to whisk you away with the sensuous sounds of Argentina. Savour the sublime layering of the minimalist acoustica of Colleen’s viola da gamba and guitar. Guest vocalist Ian Shaw joins Ireland’s finest jazz ensemble The Phil Ware Trio and completes the lineup for this seamless sinuous evening. The notes will linger long in the air before they disappear into The Blue of the Night. The evening will be presented by Paul Herriott and will be broadcast similtaneously on RTÉ lyric FM.
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Pirate Sounds
Presented by Turning Pirate
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| Date: 13th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €18 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
Ahoy mateys! Egos walk the plank in a musical mash-up night with some of Ireland’s best known artists bound together in the least likely combinations, making new versions of old treasures and old versions of new. Styles will clash, horns will blow and drums will be beaten, as the Spiegel jollyship rocks to a whole new rhythm. Music provided by a bunch of buccaneers, a gang of ne’er do wells, a motley crew of all-sorts indeed but not a Captain Hook in sight. Pirate dress and swagger encouraged. An evenin’ o’ seafarin’ hearty collaborations will brin’ together some o’ Ireland`s grooviest, funkiest, smartest, sassiest, sweetest musicians, singers an’ dj’s. Artists involved include th’ likes o’ Rhob Cunningham, Cathy Davey, Mikee Dee, Josie Doherty, Sally Foran, Carla Gallagher, Gavin Glass, Lisa Hannigan, Clive Haughton, Paul Noonan, James McMorrow, Mundy, Tim Neosupervital, Ronan O`Snodaigh, Pete Pamf, Steve an’ Joe Wall, Superfly, Tomo Osander, Cormac Curran, Colm McCathaigh, Sophie Merry and plenty more surprises t’ be announced.
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Crazy P
Presented by Remedy
| Date: 14th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €23.50 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
Formerly known as Crazy Penis and providing a perfect panacea to the emo rock epidemic, this five-piece band delivers an incendiary live party. With a strutting superstar front woman, Crazy P is on a mission to drive home a glossy fusion of house, disco and funk wrapped up in a tight crystalline production. Inspired by their new album, this exclusive performance will feature a live strings accompaniment making this one of the hottest tickets on the live circuit.
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Presented by Steo da Cat Productions
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B-Music is an independent collective of DJs, musicians and music lovers dedicated to the obsessive and painstaking pursual of obscure, obsolete, underexposed and undeniably delectable discs of experimental pop music from the psyched-out sixties and seventies. A night that represents a passionate, un-blinkered approach to encompassing all elements of off-kilter counter-culture: Psych, Prog, Space Rock, Euro Beat, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Soul and Whacked Out Movie Musak as well as cherry pickings of bugged-out cinema, design and literature projected. Featuring Manchester based B-Music Collective founders Andy Votel and Dom Thomas with very special guest David Holmes. Dress up to dance off.
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| Date: 17th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €15 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 210 mins | |
Outré is a unique event: a distinctly altered theatrical world where music hall meets end of the pier freak show meets ghost train: a disturbing but extraordinary beautiful place within which Darren Johnston’s choreography for his company of six dancers exists in all its startling, haunting originality. All appear in their black-and-white world somewhere on the edge of consciousness. With commissioned music from Christian Vogel and Warp artists including Jamie Lidell and Tyondai Braxton, Johnston has created a seamless unity of live performance, music and visual design in a way that engages on a myriad of sensory levels. Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival and Aurora Nova Touring.
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Seasick Steve and King Creosote
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| Date: 18th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €17.50 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 210 mins | |
Seasick Steve is the real deal. A trainhopping, jailbirding, cowboying, carnival-working, migrant-farm-picking, occasional-tramping, near-fatal-heart-attack-surviving old hobo. His songs are rough diamonds; gritty tales delivered in a fine, gravelly voice and backed by his rich guitar-playing. Do not miss this chance to catch Steve the greatest live low-down bluesman on the planet, joined on stage tonight by new wave folk hero King Creosote. A key player in the vibrant left-of-centre alternative folk scene in Britain, King Creosote is part of a generation of Scottish folk revivalists who are shaking it up and smoothing it down. An outstanding music event.
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The Vertical Rhythm Club
Presented by DubLindy
 The Vertical Rhythm Club Presented by DubLindy
Guys and dolls, take your partners for a night of raw, heady, hopped up Swing Time at the home of happy feet, the Spiegeltent Speakeasy! This will be a relentless, high energy ballroom of romance, top hats and tails spinning to the Big Band sounds of 8 piece The Hi-Tones. Marvel at spontaneous aerial dance displays, show off your own decadent dancesteps to some roaring Charleston, Tap, Lindy Hop and jazz. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. DJ Baus will make you party like it’s 1939! Dress to impress.
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Night at the Factory
Presented by Mongrel Magazine in association with MonsterTruck Studios
 Night at the Factory Presented by Mongrel Magazine in association with MonsterTruck Studios
Lucky Soul and Super Extra Bonus Party: A Night At The Factory presented by Mongrel magazine in association with MonsterTruck Studios Lucky Soul will make you feel better. Like St. Etienne crossed with Phil Spector, only without the murdering, The Great Unwanted has been one of the most acclaimed albums of the year. Mongrel Magazine brings them together on a double bill with Super Extra Bonus Party, who come toting a Brazilian MC and a big sack of fun. MonsterTruck Studios will be decking out the tent with the freshest and best in visual art. Live illustrators from Mongrel, MonsterTruck and elsewhere will be drawing pictures for you to take home. A Night At The Factory is all this plus a veritable production line of other tricks, DJs, dancing and drink. Clock in. Review: ...The Great Unwanted is an immediate classic... ***** Independent on Sunday
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Presented by Choice Cuts
Sugar & Soul with the Legendary Sweet Charles & his Band
Presented by Choice Cuts
| Date: 22nd Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €25 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
James Brown’s musical director and bandleader Sweet Charles gets on up tonight in Dublin. Sweets began playing drums with his friend Jimi Hendrix in Nashville, Tennessee and learnt guitar from Curtis Mayfield in exchange for washing his Jaguar. From this legendary genesis, Sweets continued by playing bass for Aretha Franklin, before thumping the string for the Godfather of Soul. Sweet Charles has funked it up with Al Green, Ice Cube and Bootsy Collins and tonight takes it to the bridge in Georges Dock with his 6-piece band. Special Spiegel Soul Mix by Choice Cuts will be given out on the night.
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Niwel Tsumbu & The Clear Sky Ensemble present The Big Bang Symphony
Niwel Tsumbu
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Niwel Tsumbu
| Date: 19th Sep | Time: 10pm | Ticket Price: €18 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 210 mins | |
Virtuoso Congolese composer Niwel Tsumbu’s extraordinary guitar playing, imaginative soaring melodies and dedication to excellence have won him major kudos for his energising and inventive music in the past year. This cross-cultural ensemble is a new project for Tsumbu and features gifted musicians and voices from South and Middle America, Asia, Africa, Europe and Ireland. His symphony of tribal rhythms with heavyweight improvisation derives from the worlds of Latin, reggae, classical and jazz. An elevating and explosive evening of pulsing, funked-up good vibrations.
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Rouge Presents Malice in Wonderland
Mister T Productions
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Rouge Presents Malice in Wonderland
Mister T Productions
| Date: 9th Sep | Time: 9pm | Ticket Price: €18 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
The irrepressible Rouge reinvents itself for its debaucherous third annual Fringe outing. Step through the Looking Glass as Ireland’s favourite drag-king Gringo O’Hara, aided and abetted by those streetwise strutting Pony Girls, presents a host of incorrigible guests taking compromising turns around the Spiegel Paddock. With a dirty and troublesome Mad Hatter’s Party guaranteed, Rouge pulls you through the keyhole and takes you sliding down the rabbit hole into Fringe legend. Featuring Gringo O’Hara, The Pony Girls, Cheryl Summers, The Bionic Rats, Paddy Fagan, Sade O’Sapphic, The Pink Panties, Streetboobs, a guest appearance from Ladyface, Panti as the queen of hearts, plus a kingdom of wonderful characters.
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Nightmares on Wax & WAXON Records Present Wax the Jam
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Nightmares on Wax & WAXON Records
| Date: 16th Sep | Time: 9pm | Ticket Price: €22.50 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
After a hot summer of killer beach parties in Ibiza, WAXON bring their box fresh label night to Ireland. Created by the soul of Nightmares On Wax, George Evelyn, aka DJ EASE, to nurture handpicked artists, djs, producers and musicians, catch the first wave of this venture tonight. Funk, Soul, Afrobeat, Reggae and Jazz heritage meets third generation b-boy culture, urban lifestyle, electronic attitude and digital evolution. Joining label boss DJ EASE on the night will be retroactive funksters Negghead, Guts, local hero Arveene, MC Ricky Ranking (N.O.W and Roots Manuva) plus singers Chyna B and Ella May from N.O.W.
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Sunday Roast
Sunday Roast
Sunday Roast
Sunday Roast
| Date: 23rd Sep | Time: 9pm | Ticket Price: €18 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 270 mins | |
The Sunday Roast is a tasty dish of live music, oddball acts, DJ’s, games and roast potatoes. Featuring in our yearly extravaganza in the Tent are Roy Seven, The Pale, Dark Room Notes, Evil Harrisons and The Heritage Centre, while dance is represented by the Rashani Bellydancing Tribe and The Cuban Fusion group. Future rapping star Ophelia returns with a full band while The Butcher will be sermonizing from his comedic pulpit. Served up by Head Chefs John Brereton and Keiron Black, the Roast plans to copperfasten its place in Spiegel lore by matching last year’s award winning sell-out show.
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La Clique
Presented by Spiegeltent International Productions
La Clique
Presented by Spiegeltent International Productions
| Date: 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd Sep | Time: 6:30pm | 7:30pm | Ticket Price: €27.50 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 105 mins | Preview Date: 7th Sep - 19:30 |
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Special Offers available Catch an early preview of the ultimate Spiegeltent show La Clique at the very special price of €22 (usually €27.50!) Friday 7th September at 7.30pm at the Spiegeltent Please contact the box office in person or by calling 1850 FRINGE to avail of these offers. Over your head, under your skin and below the belt, the ultimate Spiegeltent show arrives with a swagger and a wink, intent on seducing Dublin. For the first time ever in Ireland, Dublin Fringe Festival is proud to host the exclusive European run of the global sell-out phenomenon, La Clique. Featuring an international cast of exceptional artists, La Clique is an inspired mélange of cabaret, new burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville. It is sexy, funny, dangerous and has sold almost every ticket offered for sale in its short two-year history. The critics have been unanimous in their praise: amazing, hilarious, exotic, erotic, stunning, mesmerising, breath-stoppingly skilled. Join us in celebrating the danger, the sensuality and unadulterated pleasure of a night in one of the world’s most exquisite salons. An early tip! – this one will sell out! For Groups between 11 and 200 people, please contact Anna for Group packages and discounts: Group Bookings “The year’s most extravagant & endearingly must-see. You would be nuts to miss it!” (The Australian) “Do whatever it takes to get a front row seat” (The Scotsman) “Fast, rude, funny, fantastic. The best show in town.” (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney) “A near-perfect cocktail of circus skill and cabaret innuendo, the risky and the risqué” (The New Yorker)
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The Whistling Girl
Featherhead
 The Whistling Girl Featherhead
A darkly sardonic and intriguing theatrical experience in which Dorothy Parker’s poetry is transported into the 21st century and given a sonic face-lift. Aosdána member, composer and musician Trevor Knight (Catalpa / Auto da Fe) fuses dirty cabaret, indie, electronic-vaudeville and jazz combined with original recordings of Parker’s voice. Influenced by such diverse sources as Kurt Weill, The White Stripes, David Lynch, Captain Beefheart, Kraftwerk and Miles Davis, the evening will be as unpredictable as Parker herself! With over 50 theatre scores under his belt, Knight has performed and recorded with such artists as Phil Lynott, Mary Coughlan, Luka Bloom, Juliet Turner and Camille O’Sullivan. He will be joined by vocalist Susan Rowland and a six-piece band of Ireland’s top musicians.
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Boogaloo! Breakdance, Hip hop & Streetdancing Showcase with Special Guest Deejays
Presented by Choice Cuts
 Boogaloo! Breakdance, Hip hop & Streetdancing Showcase with Special Guest Deejays Presented by Choice Cuts
The best breakers in the land get ready for round two at The Spiegeltent to showcase their new moves and routines to the tastiest tunes in town. This exclusive event is a must for anyone into Breakdancing and hip hop dance. Ireland’s most skilful B-Boys and B-Girls will perform head to head along with solo and group routines. This event is open to all ages and families are welcome to join in the fun.
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Afternoon Teadances
Ragroof Theatre
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Afternoon Teadances
Ragroof Theatre
| Date: 20th | 21st | 22nd Sep | Time: 1pm | Ticket Price: €8 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 120 mins | |
Be transported back to a time when the intricate rituals of courtship were played out on the dance floors of village halls and grand ballooms alike – except that you are right here in 2007 in a glorious mirrored, stained glass, velvet draped tent floating on Georges Dock. Twirl the afternoon away to old favourites and exchange stories over tea and cake. A delightful and genteel trip down memory lane in the ballroom of romance.
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Information Toolbox
Irish Theatre Institute
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Information Toolbox
Irish Theatre Institute
| Date: 14th Sep | Time: 10:30am | Ticket Price: €35 |
| Venue: Spiegeltent | Duration: 120 mins | |
Irish Theatre Institute is a theatre and dance support organisation that aims to maximise creative opportunities and resources for performing artists and producers in an all island and international context. In association with the Dublin Fringe Festival, Irish Theatre Institute presents Toolbox, an opportunity for Fringe Festival companies and artists to meet and gain information from funding organisations, resource organisations, festivals, venue managers and Irish promoters. Through face-to-face meetings companies will familiarise themselves with application deadlines, existing theatre resources and the reality of touring to venues nationally and Fringe Festivals internationally. Brunch is included. For further information contact: Information & Events Manager, Irish Theatre Institute, P: E: admin@irishtheatreinstitute.ie, W: www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie
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