Slapdash Song Night!
Music
May 1 - July 3, 2015
Ginger\'s - 134 Oxford St
Darlinghurst, NSW
Website: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/slapdash-song-night-tickets-16275441283?aff=stagenoise
Description
Fresh from an award-nominated tour to Perth Fringe World, musical comedy variety show and podcast Slapdash Song Night! gets ready to rock Ginger’s (Oxford Hotel upstairs) on the first Friday of the month – from May 1st!“Keira Daley’s Slapdash Song Night! is a riot!” – OUTinPerth
“Keira Daley, a talented singer and actor, hosts a little slice of perfect” – Aussie Theatre
NOMINATED: Best Cabaret, Fringe World 2015
Musical mischief rocks the atmosphere at this live show and podcast. Cut loose with your host Keira Daley (LadyNerd, [title of show]) and guests, for some toe-tapping, head-bopping, rollicking variety night mayhem.
With a fresh line-up, set-list and theme for each show, every Slapdash Song Night! is unique. Enjoy hilarious originals, cool covers, fast-fire chats, and outrageously fun topics. Our motto? “Singy-sing, talky-talk, drinky-drink!” – the true spirit of cabaret!
WARNING: Dangerously catchy.
Stay tuned to www.facebook.com/keiradaley for guest and theme announcements!
“Keira Daley is a terrific talent, full of warmth and quirky wit”
– Stage Whispers
“Slapdash plays to Daley’s charismatic connection with an audience, giving her an opportunity to work that fine mind and speedy wit” – Lisa Thatcher
ORIGIN STORY: Slapdash Song Night! debuted at Sydney Fringe 2013 as a festival showcase and has since become a year-round phenomenon – a place where musical comedians, fancy music theatre types, straight-up acoustic artists, and more, assemble to explore a theme through song. And you never know who might just turn up...
SLAPDASH SONG NIGHT!
Dates: First Friday of the month from May 1.
Times: Doors open 7.30pm. Show starts 8.30pm. (1 hour later on July 3rd)
Duration: 90 minutes (with interval)
Venue: Ginger’s, upstairs at The Oxford Hotel, 1/132 Oxford St Darlinghurst
Tickets: $15 online ($12 for groups of 4+), $20 at the door
Info and podcast: http://www.slapdashsongnight.com
PERFORMER BIOS
Sydney-based writer/performer KEIRA DALEY (host and producer) has been performing LadyNerd since 2011 and is creator and host of musical variety show and podcast Slapdash Song Night!. She was a 2010 Sydney Cabaret Showcase grand finalist, and appeared as Susan in Squabbalogic’s critically-acclaimed NSW premiere and return seasons of [title of show], as Rhoda in the Sydney premiere of A New Brain, and as Jeannie in The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Keira toured with sketch comedy Princess Cabaret and improv show BLANK the Musical. She recently studied screenwriting and improvisation at The Second City in Chicago, made possible by the Australia Council’s ArtStart grant.
MARK CHAMBERLAIN (resident muso) is a Sydney-based accompanist and musical director. Credits include: keyboards on Strictly Ballroom, Jersey Boys, BBC Planet Series Concerts, Mornings (Channel 9), The Morning Show (Channel 7); musical direction for Carrie (Squabbalogic), The Last Five Years (Stories Like These), Trevor Ashley’s Fat Swan, and Keira Daley: LadyNerd; accompanying Marina Prior, David Hobson, Rob Mills, Courtney Act, Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings) and Daniel Boys.