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News : Donna Williams and The Aspinauts gigs to July 09
1210donna writes"Described as "Talking Heads meets Rocky Horror", expect
the unexpected when Donna and The Aspinauts deliver their infectious
brand of irreverent, diversity friendly performance art musically
confronting today’s most important socio-enviro issues.
Venture
out and have an inter-arts, off the wall, avant-garde, surreal
experience of rock band meets the fringe theatre of spoken word,
gestural signing and vibrant characterisations at any of our very
different Aspinauts gigs.
Upcoming shows featuring Donna Williams and The Aspinauts include:
- Sun, May 3rd, 2pm-3pm @ Kalorama Chestnut Festival,
Kalorama Reserve, Old Mountain Rd, Kalorama. Also featuring BETHAN
FISHER 12-1pm, JANETTE GERI 1pm-2pm with DONNA WILLIAMS AND THE
ASPINAUTS 2pm-3pm
- Sat, May 9th, 8pm-9.15pm, The Dog Theatre@ Dancing Dog Cafe,
42A Albert St, Footscray (short walk from Middle Footscray station).
Expect more theatrical madness and avant-garde musical surrealism in
this brand new show by Donna Williams and The Aspinauts. (short walk
from Middle Footscray station).
- Fri, May 15th, doors open 7.30pm, Spenser's Live,
419 Spencer St, City. Dance til you drop hard rock from THE VAGRANTS
Classical, moody, hip-hop emo of FOREMOST Avant garde, socio-enviro
surrealism and madness with DONNA WILLIAMS AND THE ASPINAUTS. BOOKINGS:
9329 8821 or tix at the door. (short walk from Southern Cross station,
Collins St, Bourke St and Spencer St trams)
- Wed, May 27th, 9.30pm The Espy Basement,
11 The Esplanade, St Kilda. A diversity friendly night with a plethora
of spoken word, performing arts and musical acts including Donna
Williams and The Aspinauts, all brought to you by Roarhouse. (walkable
from St Kilda station or tram).
- Sat, June 20th, 2pm-5.30pm, Noise Bar (Railway Hotel), 291
Albert St, Brunswick. Line up will include the insanity of TALKSHOWBOY
2-3pm, Epic hip-hop/emo with a classical bent with FOREMOST 3-4pm and
Musical madness and avant garde surrealism with DONNA WILLIAMS AND THE
ASPINAUTS 4.30-5.30pm See you there (right by Brunswick train station
or 2 min walk from Sydney rd tram).
- Sat July 4th, 8.30pm-midnight, Gertrude's Brown Couch,
30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy. Featuring: rockin, stomping JONA BYRON
8.30-9.00, the avant garde spoken word and theatrical musical
surrealism of DONNA WILLIAMS AND THE ASPINAUTS 9pm-10pm, evocative
gothic hip-hop with FOREMOST 9pm-10pm, and rock til you drop with rock
band THE VAGRANTS 11pm-midnight. (short walk from both Nicholson St,
Gertrude St and Brunswick St trams or 5 min walk from Parliament train
station).
- Mon July 20th, 8pm-9pm, The Carlton Courthouse,
349 Drummond St, Carlton (short walk from Elgin St or Nicholson St
trams). Through a combination of funny, poignant sometimes shocking
characterizations and gestural signing, combined with powerful off the
wall avant-garde poetry, and interspersed with the eclectic musical
surrealism and madness of The Aspinauts, FOOTSTEPS OF A NOBODY
traces the pivotal experiences which transformed Donna Williams
(international bestselling author of Nobody Nowhere, Somebody
Somewhere) from a seemingly deaf, psychotic, ’feral’ child to being a
citizen of the world. REVIEWS OF DONNA WILLIAMS’ BOOKS:
PEOPLE MAGAZINE: By turns fascinating and harrowing... MODE:
...powerful enough to make one reassess what it means to be human. GOOD
HOUSEKEEPING: Extraordinarily gripping. THE GLOBE AND MAIL: deserves
every superlative a reviewer can muster.
- Sun, 26th July, 8pm-11pm, Glitch Bar and Cinema,
318 St Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy. 3 acts for $5. Line up: DONNA
WILLIAMS AND THE ASPINAUTS from 8pm-9pm, MEZZ COLEMAN AND BAND from
9-10pm and HEIDI EVERETT AND HOTEL ECHO from 10pm-11pm. (Short walk
from Merri or Rushall train station or right on St Georges Rd tram
line).
more info at:
http://www.myspace.com/donnaandtheaspinauts
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