Babushka: Doll at JWCOCA

admin — Tue, 12 May 2015 21:33:11 +0000

What did Ken and Barbie do when you weren’t looking?

Babushka beckons you into their musical dreamhouse for a very grown-up play-date with the first childhood BFF, the doll. Swinging like a ragdoll between cute and creepy, the Babushka gals will nurse dolls, break dolls and become dolls in their original arrangements of everything from Regurgitator to Offenbach.

Prepare to be seduced, comforted and tickled all to a darkly comedic musical playlist featuring everything from opera, 80s pop, nursery rhymes and rock’n’roll. Stroll down the sinister side of memory lane and see the world through a doll’s eyes: how do we use them to objectify, pacify, falsify and deny?

Become like Barbie, cuddle your Cabbage Patch baby, stick pins in your voodoo doll (but never in your blow-up doll), behave like a Bratz doll, but don’t miss this all-new production from these four Polly Pockets with the pipes, last seen at the Judy in I Can Keep A Secret.

Batteries sold separately.

Babushka: Doll
Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 May
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
www.judithwrightcentre.com

Kingswood 2015 Australian Tour

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:07:11 +0000

With their signature rock ‘n’ roll swagger and unstoppable quest for greatness ARIA Nominees,Kingswood were never going to be content staying home for the summer.

Faster than a thundering bass line and bolder than a crescendo of drums, the band have announced a huge nation-wide tour, from iconic capital city venues to taverns’ off the beaten track to an all ages show part of the Mordialloc Food Wine & Music Festival, starting on January 22nd.

There’s been nothing small about the Melbourne band since their inception, and certainly not since their debut album “Microscopic Wars” was released earlier this year. The album Storming into the ARIA charts top ten, invading triple j with their singles ‘ICFYDLM’ and ‘Sucker Punch’added to high rotation, as well as releasing film clips [WATCH ‘MICRO WARS’ HERE] that draw on Tarantino-like blood splatters and Shakespearian love affairs for inspiration and provide a perfect vision for their cinematic and sprawling sound.

“It’s been a solid journey of musical growth for the Melbourne band … one which has captured fans across the country thanks to their dark and driving take on rock, and Microscopic Wars is a true testament to that” triple J

“Kingswood, who much like their name automobile – trade in growling, rumbling, petrol-guzzling power.” Blunt Magazine

“If rock and roll is indeed fading away, thankfully nobody has told Kingswood, who seem intent on embarking on a one-band mission to put it back where it belongs.” – mX

“If the little tastes we’ve had of Kingswood were enough for us to take an interest in the band, ‘Microscopic Wars’ will make us fall in love with them.” – KILL YOUR STEREO

Kingswood 2015 Aussie Tour
Thu 22 Jan Beach Hotel Byron Bay
Fri 23 Jan Racehorse Hotel Ipswich
Sat 24 Jan Oz Fest Miami Tavern Gold Coast
Sun 25 Jan Oz Fest Waterfront Hotel Sunshine Coast
Fri 6 Feb Chelsea Heights Hotel Chelsea Heights
Sat 7 Feb Village Green Mulgrave
Fri 22 Feb Paddy’s Albury Albury
Fri 27 Feb Hellenic Hall Hobart
Sat 28 Feb Mordialloc Food Wine & Music Festival Mordialloc
Thu 12 Mar Black Swan Hotel Bendigo
Fri 13 Mar The Forum Melbourne
Sat 14 Mar Metro Theatre Sydney
Fri 20 Mar The Governor Hindmarsh Adelaide
Sat 21 Mar The Triffid Brisbane
Thu 26 Mar Prince of Wales Bunbury
Thu 27 Mar The Capitol Perth
Fri 28 Mar Dunsborough Tavern Dunsborough
Sun 29 Mar Newport Hotel Fremantle
www.kingswoodband.com

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Babushka: Doll at JWCOCA

Kingswood 2015 Australian Tour