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22nd June 2011:
After a triumphant run at the Brighton Fringe this May – The Sunday Times critics’ choice of the weekend – “superlative” sketch group The Dog-Eared Collective preview their brand new show, You’re Better Than This at York's Basement Bar later this month. Reviews of the show include:
“This critics’ choice of the weekend? The superlative Dog-Eared Collective, who presented a hilarious hour of fast paced comedy. Sketch after sketch had the audience in giggles and guffaws that will surely bring them further success at Edinburgh” The Sunday Times
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16th June 2011:
A review from Drowned In Sound....
With October’s Essex Arms, Darren Hayman and his Secondary Modern released one of the great records of 2010. Not only was it a lovingly crafted take on, amongst other things, small town angst and ennui, (it was basically a better The Suburbs, with just as much aimless driving but slightly fewer references to "The Kids"), but it also managed to achieve a strange sense of beauty with the Essex badlands as its canvas.
It’s relatively easy for Springsteen to dig around New Jersey for battered dreams and scuffed heroes when he has the vastness of The American Dream to fall back on. But you have to be really clever to draw out the same sense of romance and piquancy with Essex as your muse. But this is exactly what Hayman achieved. So maybe he could’ve been content with creating some of the best music of his career so far and spent the New Year with his feet up reflecting on a job well done. Instead he’s decided to write, release and record a completely original song for every day of the coming month.
Interested in where this enforced restrictiveness will lead to and how it will impact on a creative process Hayman might’ve felt so relatively comfortable and familiar with up until this point, this promises to not only provide some lovely material from one of this country’s most undervalued songwriters, but also give an illuminating insight into the creative process with an effort to understand the artist’s relationship to his craft. So you should keep track of his progress at http://januarysongs.tumblr.com/
Age Restrictions: 16+
Tickets: £8 adv / £10 otd
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16th June 2011:
Gaze in wonder at the beautiful people as the artful prettiness of Coquette turns The Basement into a saloon of decadence, excess and eccentricity.
Enter our candle lit speakeasy for an evening of thrilling burlesque sirens, live music, vintage tunes and amazing magic!
After a dazzling array of performances, dance the night away to the very best swing, jazz and rock n’ roll from DJ Tripp Hazzard.
Age Restrictions: 16+
Tickets: £8
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9th June 2011:
The Dog-Eared Collective - You're Better Than This
Anarchic sketch troupe The Dog-Eared Collective change your life. One sketch at a time.
'You're Better Than This'
Fly on the cape tails of a Diddy Man Vigilante, champion the power of Snooker: The Musical and answer the smell of the wild. Pour homme.
Supercharged silliness that will scrub you up the right way.
* * * * 'Sublimely surreal' (Chortle, 2010)
* * * * ‘Make no mistake these comedians are very funny’ (Hairline, 2010)
'They possess the downright gutsy balls not seen since Jam, the silliness of Bottom and the honest comedy ride that was Smack the Pony.' (Leeds Guide, 2011)
Age Restrictions: 16+
Tickets: £6.50
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9th June 2011:
A Night To Remember - in aid of Alzheimer's research - Falling Spikes + guests
An eclectic mix of good music in aid of Alzheimer's research (http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/)
Just imagine slowly forgetting everything. What you like to do, what you have done in the past. Who your family is, where you are.. . And Who you are. Imagine the pain of the family seeing their loved one slowly die over a period of years , slowly getting worse, forgetting all family members
even wives/ husbands. Please try and make this stop for future generations and maybe even you. Thanks for listening and thanks for any support for the night. Just turn up , have fun and give if you can.Featuring the sounds of:
The Falling Spikes
http://www.myspace.com/thefallingspikesThe Buccaneers
http://www.myspace.com/thebuccaneersofyorkThe Magical Dub Barn Collective
http://www.myspace.com/themdbcReason Breeds Monsters
Rat Catchers Mallets
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rat-Catchers-Mallets/112692548811267?sk=walllive visual performance provided throughout the evening by our very special guest VJ Grimly Fiendish
Age Restrictions: 16+
Tickets: £5
