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Supper at Stanley's in repertoire!
Live footage of 2008 show click here myspace.After sell out events at the Melbourne Fringe, The Hobart Theatre Royal and The Spiegeltent in 2008 Tania Bosak & The Moods Ensemble in Supper at Stanley's performed for the last time to sell out houses at the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival.Look out for a CD launch and more tours of this work.
A concert with a twist, a cabaret with a cork!
Jazz, Samba and Balkan Moods and Shostakovich!
Stories of love and defection,
a mystery phone call, the colour brown and a not so difficult quiz.
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Cabaret REVIEW The Age October 2009
SUPPER AT STANLEY’S
(* * * * – four stars) By Tania Bosak.
Jessica Nicholas – Reviewer
Tania Bosak has been honing the concept behind her show for almost a decade. Based on the story of her father’s defection from former Yugoslavia in the 1950s, Supper at Stanley’s is a highly entertaining – and delightfully unpredictable– journey through Bosak’s cultural heritage and musical influences. Yes, there are plenty of irresistible Balkan gypsy tunes, but there are also unexpected detours through Afro-Brazilian music, jazz poetry and Korean drumming. It’s a slightly eccentric mix, yet somehow it works. Bosak is a charismatic performer with strong theatrical instincts and a natural comedic flair, though her focus here is largely on the music. She sings, plays percussion and directs her marvellous 9-piece band with a playful energy that elicits some hilarious interactions (particularly with tuba player and pseudo-translator Dan Witton). This is the final season of Supper at Stanley’s before Bosak takes her musical taste buds in a new direction, so catch it while you can.
Featuring a 10 piece all star band, including Phil Bywater, Andrew Tanner, Audrey Boyle, Stephen Grant, Anita Hustas, Andrew James, Konrad Park, Dan Witton, Peter Marijanovic and special guests.
' I LOVED IT, odd, quirky, surrealistish... '
a famous performer
That was quite a journey, thank-you...'
an orthopeadic surgeon
'...no facade of feathers here. Playful, great musicianship, genuine and a little weird - I'll be back!'