Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Dr Bramwell’s one-man show, the No9 Bus to Utopia returns for a final outing at the Earth Ship in Stanmer Park this autumn, Sept 25th 7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased from www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/9947
Radio 3’s Haunted Moustache has been selected for www.speechification.com and can be downloaded as a podcast from here. For those who don’t know it, it’s also a brilliant site for lovers of spoken word radio…
SingalongaWickerman! is all set up for a tour of the UK for autumn. Dates for the Green Man pub near Dumfries, the Bath film festival and Picture House cinemas are currently being arranged.
The Catalyst Club has taken up a residency at the Last Tuesday Society and will be taking guest speakers every second Friday of the month to perform in this unique and creepy venue. First outing includes Paul Zenon on Houdini and John Ashton’s ‘my life with Britain’s biggest mass murderer’ on October 15th.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Thanks to the mad genius of producer Sara Jane Hall, Radio 3’s version of the Haunted Moustache has ben nominated for a coveted Italia Prix Award this summer 2010. We have no idea what category it has been chosen for. We can only presume, ‘best facial hair feature’.
The program included the wheezy music of the doctor’s band Oddfellows Casino, the recording of a Wiccan priest in Shoreham, a seance in Hackney and an ayahuasca shaman in..well….the covered market by the Level. It was aired Saturday 27th March 11pm but with the help of a giant magnet and a time machine can be heard again by clicking on the Haunted Tash banner on the main page!
Monday, April 19th, 2010
The doctor’s new one-man show, the Number Nine Bus to Utopia (directed by Emma Kilbey and her dog, Ronnie Barker), will be making its debut at the Earth Ship in Stanmer Park for four nights this year during Brighton festival, 7th, 8th, 21st, 22nd May. 7.30pm.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Simply executed with just a table, chair, coat-stand and hot tub (!) the No 9 Bus to Utopia takes the audience on a roller-coaster ride through the history and philosophy of some of the West’s most fantastical communities combined with Bramwell’s own autobiographical adventures and insights into how, practically, we could all bring a greater sense of community back to our city lives.
The No 9 Bus to Utopia combines Bramwell’s trademark styles of theatre, comedy, anecdote and lecture-style slide shows, and recalls the storytelling styles of such performers as Ken Campbell, Claire Dowie and Spalding Gray.
The show ends with the unveiling of Bramwell’s own plans for turning Brighton into his own utopia and a Q&A that could turn messy…
The Number Nine bus to Utopia follows on the success of The Haunted Moustache, a one-man storytelling theatre show which premièred at the Brighton Festival in 2008. and won two Fringe Festival Awards and a BBC radio 3 commission.
Brighton’s Earth Ship, Stanmer Park
Fri/Sat 7th/8th May, Fri/Sat 21/22nd May 7.30pm
£10+£2.50 bus fare
BUY TICKETS
Big Lemon Bus leaves 6.30pm each evening @ Three at Ten Old Steine or make your own way there.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Catalyst Club again teams up this year with the Brighton Science Festival for a double bill of lectures and debate, with a Brighton special on the pros and cons of drinking sea water, underwater images from the seabed and rare footage of the Brighton Yeti. It’s all happening at the Latest Bar, 23rd and 25th Feb upstairs.
Dress code: corduroy.
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Last chance to see The Haunted Moustache, which is running for three nights, November 23-25th at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Wickerman fans might like to come see a SingalongaWickerman special at the Duke of Yorks this Halloween for a midnight showing of the cult classic together with lots of singing, sacrifices and other surprises!
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Tash-lovers may like to know that there will be a one-off performance of the Haunted Moustache at the Hen and Chickens in Islington 7pm Sunday 13th September, followed by three dates at the Nuffield in Southampton Mon-Wed 23-25th November.
Friday, July 10th, 2009
Oddfellows Casino are currently in the studio finishing their third album, Raven’s Empire. Produced by Andrew Philips (Grasscut) the album’s themes of death and hauntings have moved Oddfellows sounds into new pastures, ranging from surprising Stooges-style guitar breaks to vocal duets with folk singer Eliza Skelton. But the trademark voice, English feel and range of acoustic and electronic instruments remain.
