MILES & SIMONE Heartbreaker country and folk music coming to Cube 37 @ Frankston on Friday 22 July at 8pm. Having been programmed in The Melbourne International Arts Festival, The Brisbane Powerhouse World Theatre Festival, The Darwin Festival,The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Falls Festival,The Famous Spielgeltent and supporting the likes of Clairy Browne and the Banging Rackettes, Tinpan Orange and Harry James Angus, Miles and Simone are a much loved Australian musical duo. They are dear friends and have been for quite some time. Both Actors and musicians by trade, they met during a production of Summer of the 17th Doll and have been collaborating on various projects ever since. Miles is a musician, actor and founding member of internationally renowned band and performance group The Suitcase Royale. Simone is an opera singer, cabaret star and creator of the critically acclaimed cabaret The Lovebirds. Miles & Simone was born in the summer months of 2012, when they found themselves on many an afternoon drinking gin and singing lonesome duets in the backyard. As the months got colder they left the backyard and began recording the songs in Miles’ spare room studio. They eventually put a rough mix of the album into the hands of Darren Hanlon when he took a loan of Miles’ wonky old piano. Hanlon liked the songs so much he took them to Portland, Oregon to be mixed by renowned engineer Adam Selzer (She and Him, M. Ward, Jolie Holland) at the famed Type Foundry Studios. As well as that, Darren Hanlon recruited a
handful of talented Portland musicians to play on the record. They released this album independently and the above tours subsequently took place. Since then, they have released another full length album and toured the country in support of it. Tickets at www.thefac.com.au or phone 9784 1060. Cube 37 @ Frankston on Friday 22 July at 8pm.
It’s a dream, it’s a shadow, it’s a spectacle. Frankston Arts Centre and ATA Allstars Artists bring you the exhilarating Shadowland from world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre. This astounding combination of musicality, projected images and acrobatic dance choreography is daringly dramatic and hugely comedic. The thrilling visuals transform the human body into metaphorical themes before your very eyes. A global sensation, Pilobolus, has been experienced by over a half-million people and was featured on The Academy Awards, Ellen and Oprah. This imaginative Pilobolus creation celebrates the extraordinary power of darkness and its ability to illuminate who we really are. It’s more than modern dance, it’s innovation in its purest form.
These world famous artists challenge the edges of performance, enveloping you in a magical coming of age story told through two different worlds. A teenaged girl is transported by the shadows lurking behind her bedroom wall into a dreamlike land of darkness, light, and adventure. With a brilliantly conceived script by Steven Banks, lead writer for SpongeBob SquarePants, this fusion of dance and poetry features multiple moving screens and an original score by popular American musician, producer, and film composer David Poe. Coming to Frankston Arts Centre for one night only on Tuesday 16 August at 7.30pm, this is one show you simply must see. Tickets at www.thefac.com.au or phone 9784 1060.
ATA Allstar Artists
Miles OʼNeil, Simone Stewart & FAC
Photograph: Pierre Baroni
The first drink is on us*
SHADOWLAND
Miles and Simone
Presented by PILOBOLUS
COUNTRY / FOLK
➤ Cube 37 | Cabaret style “Miles and Simone are sublime. Milesʼ chocolaty deep voice sounds so perfect with Simoneʼs clear and sparkling sound.” Sometimes Melbourne Enjoy a great night out with Miles and Simone – a music act with a difference. Their lilting melodies and harmonies will sweep you away as they cast a spell of lonesome roads and oceans filled with heartbreak.
03 9784 1060 thefac.com.au Tickets:
Principal Theatre Partner
Tickets: Member $40, Full $45, Conc $42, U30 $30 * Bring in this advertisement on the night and show your ticket to claim a complimentary glass of wine, beer or soft drink.
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SHADOWLAND
MILES AND SIMONE
Friday 22 July, 8pm
@the_fac | #thefac Frankston Arts Centre is a Business Unit of Frankston City Council
Tuesday 16 August, 7.30pm Experience this visually stunning fusion of shadow theatre, illusion and dance. Tickets: Member $82, Full $89, Conc $84, Family (4) $240, Group 8+ $84 @the_fac | #thefac
03 9784 1060 thefac.com.au Tickets:
Principal Theatre Partner Frankston Arts Centre is a Business Unit of Frankston City Council