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0 TAKE FIVE and SWING to be put to rest

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I’ve regretably decided to withdraw further performances of TAKE FIVE and SWING productions. We will focus now on MOJITO! for 2018, so watch out for updates regarding the return of that show in early 2018. This includes dates in Sydney in early March and a possible remount for the Adelaide Fringe Festival in late February. Many thanks to all who have performed in TAKE FIVE and SWING since 2012 and to our audience members who have come to see these two productions these past few years. It means a lot to have had your positive input and feedback. Please continue to support live music and theatre.

0 SWING returns for one show only!

Our five-star reviewed show from the 2016 Adelaide Fringe will return for one date only in Willunga, South Australia on Saturday 24th June. The two-hour show covers the major personalities, music and events of the seminal swing era from 1930’s to the end of WWII. Featuring a four piece horn section, piano, bass and drums plus vibrant singers, Gabrielle Ballard and Ben Gatehouse, actor/narrator, Steve Gration and dancer/choreographer, Diana Scalzi, “SWING” takes you on a fast moving journey through some of the greatest jazz dance music of all time.

8pm at Willunga Festival Hall. Tickets $45 and $40 concession.

https://www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=273292

0 Five star review in The Advertiser today for Mojito.

Hope to bring it back next year for a slightly bigger show and more extended season. Congratulations to all the performers and crew. BF

0 GRUPO MOJITO at Radio Adelaide 5AA

Thanks to Jeremy Cordeaux and Radio 5AA for the fun time interviewing our wonderful musicians from Spain, Nancy Ruth and Juan Soto, together with Alain Valodze, flamenco guitar. Don’t miss our show, MOJITO! – This weekend at the Magic Mirror Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights! 4pm Sunday 5th and 7pm Monday 6th March. TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!

Tickets: adelaidefringe.com.au

0 MOJITO! Special cocktail and ticket discount offer.

At The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, find Mary’s Mojito Bar (caravan) in the food stall area immediately to the left as you cross the bridge, beside the barber and pineapple drink stall. Mary concocts the best mojito cocktails on site. Purchase one of her mojitos and she will give you a discount voucher worth $5 off any full-priced ticket to MOJITO! – The Hemingway Cabaret, Magic Mirror Spiegeltent, Sunday, 5th March, 4pm and Monday, 6th March, 7pm.

Present the voucher at The Garden Box Office to receive your ticket discount. Once you purchase your ticket to MOJITO!, you can return to Mary’s Mojito bar and purchase another mojito cocktail for a 20% discount! Any ticket holder to MOJITO! can buy a cocktail for $12 instead of $15 on presentation of your ticket (limit of one discounted cocktail per ticket).

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0 MOJITO! tvc

Less than three weeks to go before the first performance of MOJITO! in the Magic Mirror Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide Fringe.

Join our host/MC, Ernest Hemingway for a spectacle of Cuban Cool and Flamenco Fire with exceptional musicians and singers from Spain, Cuba, Chile and Australia.

Two performances only! 4pm Sunday 5th and 7pm Monday 6th March.

For tickets: https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/mojito

0 MOJITO! Cuban cool, Flamenco fire. Early bird ticket offer until 29th January

MOJITO!, eMotion Music’s 2017 Adelaide Fringe production is coming your way on 5th and 6th March at the Magic Mirror Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights. We are offering early bird ticket specials for full-priced adult tickets for $40 (normally $45). This offer expires at midnight on Sunday 29th January and can be retrieved at the Fringetix website by entering the Promo code: LATINO at checkout.

This Latin cabaret/concert features Adelaide’s own Charmaine Jones-Devasagayam together with exceptional Canadian-born singer, Nancy Ruth and bassist, Juan Soto both coming from Spain to join our ensemble of nine performers, Grupo Mojito. We will also welcome the phenomenal Cuban trumpeter, Lazaro Numa performing in MOJITO!.

The show is hosted by Ben Gatehouse as the enigmatic legendary writer, Ernest Hemingway who lived in both Cuba and Spain. It is set in his favourite Havana mojito bar, La Bodeguita Del Medio. Great music and guaranteed to be a cool cocktail of fun for all!

For further details visit www.emotionmusic.com/mojito

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0 Last chance to catch “TAKE FIVE – The Dave Brubeck Story” in Adelaide this Saturday

Time to shake off those wet wintry blues and drag yourself away from the AFL finals series to catch our final Adelaide performance of “TAKE FIVE – The Dave Brubeck Story”. This show has toured extensively interstate and played to full houses in Adelaide in its previous outings. Come early to enjoy pre-show entertainment with talented emerging jazz singer, Ashley Ellen and guitarist Luka Polain in the foyer/bar area from 6:15pm. Show starts at 7:30 in the theatre, featuring an excellent Steinway grand piano and full screen for the visuals.
Tickets: http://www.trybooking.com/222059

0 TAKE FIVE – The Dave Brubeck Story

Knox Community Arts Centre, Melbourne

We will be coming back to Melbourne to perform TAKE FIVE – The Dave Brubeck Story at Knox Community Arts Centre in SE Melbourne on Saturday, 3rd September. Looking forward to playing again in Victoria following our gigs last year at The Clock Tower Centre and at Kyneton Theatre.

0 SWING Fringe reviews are listed here: The Advertiser – 5 stars; InDaily – 4.5 stars; Broadway World

“An inspired combination of music, song, theatre, dance and screen stills which successfully transports an audience back to a unique period of the 20th century.” 5 stars John McBeath, The Advertiser, 12th February, 2016

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/adelaide-fringe/music/swing–brendan-fitzgerald-jazz-ensemble/news-story/5e7fef8277cf68a08be472f6bb7eb867

“This great show deserves to be seen by a wider audience than just swing fans and will reward anyone who appreciates quality music presented by excellent musicians.” 4.5 stars. Steve Horne, InDaily 17th February, 2016

http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/adelaide-fringe/2016/02/17/review-swing-the-beat-that-shook-the-world/

“Two hours of some of the greatest dance music ever written, played brilliantly.” Barry Lenny, Broadway World, 10th February, 2016

http://www.broadwayworld.com/adelaide/article/BWW-Review-ADELAIDE-FRINGE-2016-SWING-Superbly-Recreates-The-Big-Band-Era-20160210

Three more shows in the Adelaide Fringe: Sunday 6th and Thursday 10th March at The Arkaba Hotel Top Room; Saturday 12th March at Brighton Performing Arts Centre, Brighton High School. 7:30pm all shows, 120 minutes including interval.

https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/swing/6ef656ea-caa6-464c-a510-6f118592b849