The Grand Social Club, Thur 10 January 2019

www.DublinBowieFestival.ie

Doors open 8:00pm Admission: €12

a little post-modern vaudeville

BOWIE 19 THIS AINT ROCK’N’ROLL - THIS IS CABARET

Cáca Milis Cabaret

Helena Mulkerns Josh JohnstonBella A GoGo

Bren McCarthyCaitriona O’LearyCursed Murphy

Dave McGinley & friendsDan Finn

Lykan AnimalMia Gallagher

Secret LifeSimon Quigley

BOWIE 19: this ain’t rock’n’roll - this is cabaret

Thursday, 10 Jan 2019. The Grand Social Club. Admission €12As part of the 2019 Dublin Bowie Festival, on the day marking the third anniversary of Bowie’s death,

the discerning festival-goer will want to be at the Cáca Milis Cabaret’s “Bowie 19” - a lively, arts-focused night of Bowie. With flavours of vaudeville and old music hall spiced with rock and lounge classics,

it will reflect not only the music, but related aspects of Bowie’s work and interests, such as dance, mime, Brechtian performance, film, burlesque and more.

Cabaret hostess Helena Mulkerns, with pianoman Josh Johnston on the ivories, presents a stellar line-up of artists such as singer Caitriona O’Leary; author Mia Gallagher; Ireland’s Empress of Burlesque, Bella A GoGo; musician Bren McCarthy; eclectic Bowie project Secret Life; spoken word innovator Cursed Murphy

aka author Peter Murphy; composer Simon Quigley; film from Dan Finn; aerialist and burlesquer Lykan Animal – not to mention some Bowie Festival faves, Dave McGinley & friends.

At the core of DBF since its inception, The Grand Social became the location of a spontaneous gathering that drew Bowie fans back into its heart on 10th January 2016, the day of Bowie’s death announcement.

It’s an appropriate a place for an evening to celebrate and remember the Starman. The venue is transformed for the night with café seating and candlelight, full bar and magical theatre atmosphere.

Helena Mulkerns and Josh Johnston delivered their first performance at the festival as part of Bowie Raw last year, but this time they will present a Bowie-focused cabaret in the same style as the Cáca Milis Cabaret. Over the last nine years, this evening of the arts has been a staple at the Wexford Arts Centre,

and in Dublin at Bewleys Café Theatre and Arthurs (see more on links) as well as Electric Picnic and festivals around Ireland. From authors like Colm Tóibín or Louise O’Neill to musicians Jack Lukeman, comedian Kevin McAleer or mime artist Carlo Jaccucci, many have performed on its playbill – which,

with its “post-modern vaudeville” brief, presents a little of the arts at each event, with an emphasison originality and craft. This time – it’s for Bowie. Ladies and gents: Bowie 19

Seating strictly limited: book early at: www.DublinBowieFestival.com for full info on the Cabaret, see: www.Cacamilis.org

and: www.Cabaret19.com

support for Wexford artists by the Wexford Arts Centre

Helena Mulkerns and Josh Johnstonintroduce the show with the lighting of the lamp

and two early Bowie numbers

Brendan McCarthyone man and one guitar to perform an iconic song that

for many people, was their first encounter with David Bowie

Bella A GoGoa unique interpretation by the reigning Miss Burlesque Ireland

of what is arguably Bowie’s last song

Cursed Murphy the faker’s most memorable monologue and original work

Caitriona O’Leary Brecht, need we say more. And think Russian film composer ...

Lykan Animalmime, burlesque and sensuality - ever present in Bowie’s work,

conveyed here in a stunning medley of songs

Davy Jones’ Lockera short satirical film by Dan Finn with music by Simon Quigley

INTERMISSION

Josh and Helena from lounge lizard to disco king: extraordinary sounds

Dave McGinley & Friends with some pared down classics - and did somebody say saxophone?

Mia Gallagheris doing the stations -

station to station in search of the Divine David

Secret Lifeseeking the essence and taking inspiration from it,

long-loved songs and post-Bowie pop

FinaleOn this, the third anniversary of the announcement of Bowie’s death,

a very special tribute to play out the evening

PROGRAMME

Helena Mulkerns has written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Irish Times and Hot Press among others. She was a press officer with the UN in Central America, Africa and Afghanistan. Her short fiction has been internationally anthologised and shortlisted for the Hennessy Awards, the Pushcart Prize and the Francis MacManus Award. She has read, performed at and hosted cultural events in the US and Ireland, and her popular evening of the arts, The Cáca Milis Cabaret turns ten this year. She has edited an anthology of writing: Red Lamp Black Piano and her first book, Ferenji, was shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards.

Josh Johnston is a pianist, arranger and composer/songwriter. He has written, performed and recorded with a broad spectrum of Irish musicians from Birr singer-songwriter Roesy to Truly Divine (with whom he recorded a CD, Close Your Eyes), Kila, Peadar King, violinist David MacKenzie, and Carol Keogh among others. Classically trained, he is equally at home in jazz, folk and rock. Josh has directed and sung in chamber choirs and also accompanies choirs, singers and soloists. He is the organist at the Unitarian Church in Dublin. Josh’s latest CD, The Art Of Saving Lives, is a collection of songs written, co-written and arranged by him. He’s been the pianist with the Cáca Milis Cabaret for five years.

Brendan McCarthy is a producer and writer of horror films. Through his production company Fantastic Films, his cred-its include Wake Wood, Stitches, Let Us Prey, The Last Days on Mars and Nails. Brendan also sings and writes songs with The Poison Hearts - an Americana and Alt country music band.

Bella A GoGo is an international multi-award winning burlesque performer, producer, bellydancer, model, muse, and burlesque mama; this queen truly is a light in the Irish scene. She is the producer and creator of Dark Pearl Burlesque, a bi-monthly burlesque and cabaret show in The Liquor Rooms, of regular Steampunk cabarets and annual Halloween and Mexican Day Of The Dead Tribute events. A fierce and flamboyant personality with a giant heart to boot, Bella supports diversity, and for all bodies to be seen and to be celebrated on stage. In September Bella competed in Miss Burlesque Ireland 2018 and won the title.

PERFORMERS

Cursed Murphy, aka writer, spoken-word performer, journalist and occasional actor Peter Murphy, is the author of two novels, John the Revelator (2009) and Shall We Gather at the River (2013), and has released two albums with the Revelator Orchestra, The Sounds of John the Revelator (2012) and The Brotherhood of the Flood (2014). Last September he released his first single ‘Foxhole Prayer’, and he currently performs with an ensemble of musical collaborators under the banner Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance, with whom he will record his first solo album in 2019. For the Cáca Milis Bowie 19 show, Peter will be joined by his regular co-conspirator, guitarist Dan Comerford.

Caitríona O’Leary is a singer of Early Music, Traditional Irish song, cabaret performances of “Glam Nós” & her Irish language interpretations of the songs of Kate Bush & Joni Mitchell. She is founder and co-artistic director of eX, early music performance company, & Dúlra, traditional Irish band, and has toured throughout the world including such venues as The Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center & Radio City Music Hall. Her recent album The Wexford Carols, with guest singers Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash & Rhiannon Giddens, reached no. 1 on Billboard. She will perform The Red Book of Ossory with her new band Anakronos in the National Concert Hall on 20th February.

Lykan Animal is a clown and performer, a burlesquer and an aerialist, a singer and a dancer and the King in the North! Winner of the Belfast Crown in 2015, Belfast Burlesque Festival and Heart of Burlesque 2012, Best Overall 2015 and Best Troupe 2017 at Dublin Burlesque Festival. Aerial performer and choreographer in Ether’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ 2012 and ‘Landfall’ 2013, and co-choreographer of ‘That Boy Band Act’ UNDER-current 2017. Basically there’s not much this entertainer can’t do. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll gasp, you’ll wonder. You’ll hate him. But love him.

Dan Finn is a writer, film-maker and performance artist who lives in Wexford Town. His short film, Davy Jones’ Locker is a study in comic surrealism. The film is a conceit on parallel timelines, or alternate realities. It employs a ‘What If?’ scenario, whereby Davy Jones is still alive, though David Bowie is dead. The film takes place in a dressing room immediately prior to a TV interview. The film is the written and directed by Dan, features a soundtrack by Simon Quigley and was shot by Michael Benson in Wexford Town.

PERFORMERS

Mia Gallagher turned to David Bowie at the age of 14, after losing her faith in Irish Catholicism. She is now an award-winning writer and stage performer. Her books include HellFire (Penguin, 2006), win-ner of the 2007 Irish Tatler Literature Award; Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland (New Island, 2026), longlisted for the 2016 Re-public of Consciousness Award; and a story collection Shift (New Island, 2018), which  includes ‘Polyfilla’, shortlisted for the 2018 An Post Irish Book Awards. This year she was elected to Aosdána.

Dave McGinley is a Dublin-based musician and guitarist who has played in indie bands Eugene, the Precious Stones and worked with Celine Carroll live and in the studio. He has played with Hozier, In Tua Nua and was musical director of the Bowie Raw project at the Dublin Bowie Festivals in 2017 and 2018.

He’s joined onstage by Johhny Kavanagh (Ireland’s answer to Joe Strummer, although a crooner at heart) and Martin “Gallo” Gallagher, session man about town on sax and pipes, blowing from trad to jazz to soul!

Secret Life ...The Secret Life of Arabia.... “I walk through a desert song when the heroine dies” Bowie is at the heart and soul of true romance. From cutting, savage outrage to the introspection of an artist living and breathing through a world where he leaves no stone unturned, Bowie is a voice for the silenced, the marginalised, the afraid … Gifting us anthems that tear down walls – examining issues that hide behind walls … A man of lyrical and musical genius

Secret Life is a project which explores and celebrates David Bowie’s contemporary relevance.

Simon Quigley is a composer, arranger and pianist was born in Dublin. He has worked with many successful solo artists and was a member of Dublin indie rock group Sack. Always pursuing different musical forms, he has performed with diverse artists inclucing Camille O’Sullivan, Briana Corrigan, and Edwyn Collins. He has composed music for TV series and documentaries on RTÉ. For Bowie 19 he joins Michael Way onstage for the Secret Life project, and has created a version of one of Bowie’s final songs for the finale of the show. He also plays with the DBF band, The London Boys.

PERFORMERS

CACA MILIS CABARET and CABARET 19

THE DUBLIN BOWIE FESTIVAL

The Cáca Milis Cabaret has been running since 2009 mainly in the Wexford Arts Centre, and presents a taste of each of the Arts during its two-hour programme, somewhat in the joyous spirit of old time Music Hall, but presenting all-original work with an emphasis on technical quality, diversity and artistic excellence.

At The Cáca Milis, over six or eight timed slots, expect to see new music, poetry, jazz, new fiction, short Irish film and drama pieces, dance, burlesque, circus arts, comedy and of course classic cabaret as performed by Hostess and founder Helena Mulkerns with Dublin composer and musician Josh Johnston on piano. Possibly not all on the same night, but you get the idea.

The Cabaret has presented over 600 performers on its boards – both at its original base in Wexford, and other venues in Dublin, Limerick, Wicklow, Wales and at Electric Picnic. It has featured in The Irish Times, Hot Press, national radio (Today FM and Arena), television (Imeall, TG4) and more. In 2019, it will be setting up in Dublin once again - this time as Cabaret 19. Watch out for news on its first official show. Meantime, it is honoured to participate in the Dublin Bowie Festival and presents a rich evening of tribute and celebration of David Bowie for 2019. www.cacamilis.org or www.cabaret19.com

The annual Dublin Bowie Festival returns for its fourth year from Monday January 7th until Sunday January 13th, 2019. Again, fans of the legendary singer are in for a treat, with the week-long event set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Space Oddity and the greatest Starman of our time.

An extraordinary line-up of musicians, photographers, artists, writers, DJs, designers and even an astronaut or two, are set to take over Dublin City for the jam-packed festival and to commemorate this anniversary the festivl has joined forces with the Irish Space Community to celebrate all things cosmos with a sweet line up of family friendly events.

With everything on the programme from discussions on new technology in music to Bowie-focused art exhibitions, stargazing, Bowie brunches, not to mention the varied and unique musical events in venues across the city, it’s be an event not to be missed.

www.dublinbowiefestival.ie