December at The Butterfly Club
Dane Shedden in I’VE GOT A STORY TO TELL, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN!
When you are a child, stories are about people from far off places who triumph over evil and live happily ever after. Would you be wrong in thinking that this is exactly how the world would be?
Come on a magical adventure of deluded idealistic youth. Watch as the spell is broken on our naive adventurer as he battles the feared monsters, reality and acceptance. Add a dash of humour and cheek, a touch of sentiment and compassion and top it off with an extremely generous amount of enthusiasm. The perfect potion for an entertaining night of cabaret.
Dates: Thursday 29 to Sunday 2 December
Times: 7.00 pm Thurs – Sat / 6.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $20
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Belinda Mahony and Ryan Lewis in FOLLOW THAT DREAM
Belinda Mahony and Ryan Lewis are not your average, everyday performers. To follow their dream of being professional singers, both have overcome enormous physical and intellectual disabilities, mental illness as well as the prejudice that exists in society about people who are ‘special’. FOLLOW THAT DREAM celebrates the talents of these two inspirational performers who are special in more ways than one.
Dates: Sat 1 Dec at 5.00 pm and Sun 2 Dec at 4.30 pm
Ticket price: $20 full / $15 for concession-holders and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 45 minutes approx
Bob Sedergreen in HEAR ME TALKING TO YA
A musical show of highlights from the recently published book HEAR ME TALKING TO YA by Melbourne’s most notorious jazz pianist Bob Sedegreen. Virtually a musical book launch as Bob narrates and plays musical moments that shaped his life and times. This is a show laced with wit, laughter and above all the masterful musicianship that has characterised his work over some fifty years of performing both here at home and around the world.
Dates: Thursday 29 November to Sunday 2 December
Times: 9.00 pm Thurs – Sat / 8.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $25 full / $20 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Nadia Andary and Adelle Gregory in LOST AND FOUND
Unique voices and original songs from passionate lives.
Sitting in cafes, roaming the streets of London, or absorbing foreign sunsets, Adelle Gregory and Nadia Andary (Nadia accompanied by Michael Westlake on piano) share their observations of, and meetings with, a colourful assortment of people – some misplaced; lost and some established and set to deliver! Inspired by Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, Tori Amos, Rickie Lee Jones … okay, that’s enough.
Dates / times: Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 December, all shows at 7.00 pm
Ticket price: $20 full / $15 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Kerri Simpson in SINGIN’ AND SWINGIN’ AND GETTING MERRY LIKE CHRISTMAS
Looking for something a little different to do this festive season? Flutter in to have a handclappin’ good ol’ gospel time in the sublime surrounds of The Butterfly Club with Kerri Simpson – the woman Sydney Morning Herald critic Bruce Elder named “Australia’s own blues diva”, and legendary king of the keys, pianist Mark Fitzgibbon.
Dates / times: Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 December, all shows at 9.00 pm
Ticket price: $25 full / $20 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
More info: www.kerrisimpson.com
Duration: one hour approx
CABARET COURSE PERFORMANCE NIGHT
Graduates of the 2007 Creating Solo Cabarets course present extracts from their developing shows: an eclectic, unexpected and entertaining evening of performances from emerging cabaret artists.
Directed by Kim Edwards
Accompanied by Laura Tipoki
Dates: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December, both shows at 4.30 pm
Ticket price: $20
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Isabel Hertaeg in THE LOUNGE SET
Celebrating the femme – without the fatale.
THE LOUNGE SET is a cabaret show which celebrates all things lush, glamorous and femme … without the fatale. “It is possible to be a lady without being a killer,” says Isabel Hertaeg. The show moves through music from high opera to jazz, lounge and music theatre with a bit of Jessica Rabbit thrown in for good measure.
Dates: Friday 14 to Sunday 16 December
Times: 7.00 pm Fri & Sat / 6.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $20 full / $15 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Reuben Krum and Karin Muiznieks are THE CHRISTMAS SPREAD
Two “Under Our Wing”* award winners unite to create end-of-year mayhem at The Butterfly Club.
If you like your candles hot, your holly sharp and your egg nog with tequila, this is the Christmas show for you. Find the dark side of Christmas; what lies beneath the snowcapped frosty surface. This Christmas Reuben and Karin pool their pocket money to give you the gift of cabaret, an unopened package of naughty and nice waiting to be exposed to a room full of strangers.
This year the turkey’s stuffing you!
“Remember the name Karin Muiznieks. Learn how to spell it, pronounce it and when you see it on a poster (or billboard), go and see her show. She is a star in the making with talent that literally bursts out of every seam.” – Australian Stage Online
“Reuben Krum is a racist, fascist, socialist, Nazi-loving, Aryan-looking, Jewish, gerbil-loving cabaret comedian out to entertain and make people laugh and he certainly succeeds.” – Australian Stage Online
* The “Under Our Wing” award is The Butterfly Club’s highest annual award to emerging cabaret performers. Out of more than 100 new works presented at The Butterfly Club each year, only one cabaret performer annually is selected for this award. Reuben won the award in 2005 and Karin is this year’s winner.
Dates: Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 December
Times: 9.00 pm Thurs – Sat / 8.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $25 full / $20 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Caity Fowler, Emma Rule and Elle Sejean in DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL (fa la la la la la la la la)
Caity Fowler, Emma Rule and Elle Sejean join forces for the very first time to bring joy to the masses (or at the very least, to as many as they can squeeze into The Butterfly Club show room).
Featuring the music of Tom Lehrer, Joni Mitchell and our own little elf Caity Fowler. We can’t promise miracles, or even enlightening experiences … but whatever else may occur we promise it will be joyful, festive and very, very Gay!
Dates: Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 December
Times: 7.00 pm Thurs – Sat / 6.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $25 full / $20 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
DECK THE HALLS WITH SAMMY J & RANDY
After their smash-hit, sell-out season of ‘After School Snack’, Sammy J (Spicks & Specks) and Randy (purple puppet) return to The Butterfly Club to spread some Christmas cheer! Carols, bon-bons, trivia, jokes, songs, presents, and mirth – not necessarily in that order. Come along, bring your friends, and fill your stockings with laughter and merriment.
Dates: Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 December
Times: 9.00 pm Thurs – Sat / 8.00 pm Sunday
Ticket price: $20 full / $15 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Sally Bourne’s CAMP AS CHRISTMAS
An evening of fractured Christmas carols.
All that carols by candlelight isn’t … loud, brash and definitely adults only! Sally Bourne will be cracking nuts, decking balls with bits of holly and stuffing some stockings. So come along, have a sing and a drink in Santa’s grotty grotto!
A special one night only show to close The Butterfly Club until Fri 4 Jan.
Date / time: Sunday 23 December at 10.00 pm
Ticket price: $25 full / $20 concession and for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
Regular nights
CHRYSALIS CABARET
Presenting the winners of the year-long CHRYSALIS CABARET
A momentous November grand finale saw a tie! Carly Hobbs tied with the duo Steven Keane and Stewart Garrett. They will be performing their very own show after a very tight competitive season running the whole of 2007. Come and see the stars of the future who beat all the other contestants and find out why.
Dates / times: Wednesday 12 December at 8.00 pm
Tickets: $20
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: one hour approx
DR SKETCHY’S ANTI-ART SCHOOL
DR SKETCHY’S is what happens when cabaret meets art school. The perfect antidote for boring, typical art classes. Hostess Miss Louie 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 19 December at 7.00 pm (note earlier time). Join us for an end-of-year break-up party after DR SKETCHY’S!
Tickets: $10 at the door / $13 to reserve a seat
Bookings: Email miss_louie@drsketchymelbourne.com or online at www.drsketchymelbourne.com
Duration: two hours approx, break-up party follows
THE 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 (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!
“An inspired group sing-a-long” – Beat Magazine
“A rad singalong choir” – The Pun
Dates / times: Wednesdays at 6.30 pm. Join us for an end-of-year break-up party after the Glee Club on Wed 12 Dec.
Tickets: $10
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
More info: go to www.myspace.com/butterflygleeclub or email glee.club@optusnet.com.au
Duration: one hour approx
The Butterfly Club
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