Spiegeltent's Melbourne Summer Season

[Munchkin]

The Famous Spiegeltent Endless Summer

Sweet Summer Season... 1 November - 19 December

Due to popular demand, The Famous Spiegeltent will continue her Melbourne run through Spring and into the Festive Summer season. A killer Kabaret, Komedy and Koncert program are scheduled with artists including:

Ben Lee, The Black Sorrows, The Burlesque Hour, Camille O’Sullivan, Madam Pat Thompson, The Cat Empire, Circus Oz – The Blue Show, Diesel, Eddie Perfect, Fruit, Harper, Jimeoin, The Kransky Sisters, Mark Seymour, Mick Thomas, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, Sally Ford & The Pachuco Playboys, Stephen Cummings, Stiletto Sisters and Vardos. Plus Clubs, Parties and much, much more!

Extended Season program will be released mid October and will be available at the venue and all usual outlets. Tickets available through Ticketmaster7.com: 1300 136 166.

http://www.spiegeltent.net/

[Leishpod]

mmmm... shiney house of mirrors and joy... *drool*

thanks for the heads up!

[awaywithfairies]

Have been to a couple of shows there in the past few days: Mark Trevorrow, Tim Freedman and Vika & Linda. It's a great venue!

[Duhkha]

Were they good shows? Couldn’t go to Mark Trevorrow cos I was working *mutters obscenities* and by the time I decided I wanted to see Tim Freedman it was sold out! Well at least I have the extended season to look forward to, sounds like a corker!

[awaywithfairies]

Originally Posted by Duhkha

Were they good shows? Couldn’t go to Mark Trevorrow cos I was working *mutters obscenities* and by the time I decided I wanted to see Tim Freedman it was sold out! Well at least I have the extended season to look forward to, sounds like a corker!

Mark was good: with special guest appearances from Ma & Pa Trevorrow! I also really liked Tim Freedman. You must have been unlucky with his shows. My mate and I already had tickets for the Saturday show. I then found myself at a loose end at about 8.45pm on the Friday night and lobbed along to the Spiegeltent box office on the off chance of a ticket. Got one without any trouble at all!

I agree that the extended season sounds good. I have also heard rumours of a couple of shows that don't appear in the Spiegeltent advertising (as yet). I'll have to wait for the full programme to be released in a few days before I decide if another trip to Melbourne is warranted!

[Munchkin]

ZULYA CD LAUNCH
THE BLUE SHOW by CIRCUS OZ
VARDOS presents ENTERTAINING COUNTESS DRACULA
MADAM PAT THOMPSON
EDDIE PERFECT AS ANGRY EDDIE
THE CAT EMPIRE
ANDREW LEGG & MARIA LURIGHI
LIBERATION BLUE ACOUSTIC SERIES
Diesel
Mick Thomas
The Black Sorrows
The Church
Stephen Cummings
FRUiT – AN EVENING WITH FRUiT IN ACOUSTIC MODE
THE KRANSKY SISTERS 'WE DON’T HAVE HUSBANDS'
DEBORAH CONWAY
MIKELANGELO & THE BLACK SEA GENTLEMEN
SCARED WEIRD LITTLE GUYS
SALLY FORD & THE PACHUCO PLAYBOYS CD LAUNCH
MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE
THINGS OF STONE & WOOD
MARK SEYMOUR
CHRISTINE ANU – INTIMATE & DEADLY
THE BURLESQUE HOUR
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
LOUISE PERRYMAN
MAKIN WHOOPEE
TELEK CD LAUNCH
THE BLACKEYED SUSANS
MELISSA LANGTON & MARK JONES
ICECREAM HANDS
LISA MILLER
PAUL KELLY SOLO FROM A TO Z
STILETTO SISTERS CD LAUNCH
CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN
ART OF FIGHTING
JAMES REYNE
BERNADETTE ROBINSON
COSMO COSMOLINO CD LAUNCH
TEX PERKINS
JIMEOIN – THIRD DRAWER DOWN TOUR
HARPER
JAZZHEAD SERIES
The Assumptions
Jamie Oehlers
The Beachniks
F.A.T.S.
Ben Winkelman
Scott Tinkler
Alison Wedding
Adam Simmons Toy Band
Fogg
Dodge feat. Russell Smith
Frock
Rob Burke & The Guitarists
Way Out West
Pippa Wilson

[Edward]

I went to Micheline van Hautem & Mich en Scène - "Songs of Jacques Brel (Belgium via NY)" on Thursday night. I know I've left this too late for my fellow Melbournites (their season finished on the 23rd), but they were awesome, and The Famous Spiegeltent was the perfect venue. Mich en Scène obviously love playing Brel, and Micheline's voice is just beautiful.

Even if you don't know of Jacques Brel, you probably know some of his music from English translations of his songs made popular by more familiar artists (in particular, the English versions of "Ne Me Quitte Pas" and "Le Moribond" have been covered many times):

• "Ne Me Quitte Pas" ("If You Go away", Nana Mouskouri - Nana's Book of Songs)
• "Le Moribond" ("Seasons in the Sun", Nana Mouskouri - Nana's Book of Songs)
• "Fils De..." ("Sons Of...", DAAS - Blue)
• "Le Bourgeois" ("The Middle Class", DAAS - Live at the National Theatre)
• "Amsterdam" ("Amsterdam", David Bowie - Pin Ups [re-release])

If you're a fan of Belgian/French Caberet (who isn't? ) and you're in the Sydney area, go and see Micheline van Hautem & Mich en Scène from 27th to 30th October at Kabarett Voltaire @ The Seymour Theatre Centre - details here.