You, Me and the Bloody Sea  returns for one night only

The local hit of the 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, You, Me and the Bloody Sea, is back for one night only on February 10 at Nexus before setting sail to perform at the opening of the prestigious Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) in Brisbane later in February. 

You, Me and the Bloody Sea is a boisterous and heart-wrenching adventure set on a North Sea oil rig in 1975. It tells the stories of five disparate characters through the masterful song writing of Cameron Goodall and Quincy Grant. “We’ve drawn on the spirit of traditional sea shanties and Celtic influenced rock ballads to conjure up a time and place that rings true for even the most seasoned sea dog” says Grant.

Co-composer and well known stage actor, Cameron Goodall, is currently based in Sydney where he’s playing a very different role as Zazu in Disney’s block buster musical The Lion King. “I’m loving performing in The Lion King but I’m also looking forward to singing our own songs again. The Bloody Sea is raw and intimate. It’s a lot of fun.” Goodall and Grant are joined on stage by string player Emma Luker (Fiddle Chicks), drummer David Heinrich and double bass player Harley Gray (Golonka).

“You, Me and the Bloody Sea is a rip roaring show” says director Andy Packer. “The salt-crusted crew are looking forward to letting it rip with lip smacking performances in Adelaide and then at APAM, in Brisbane, to a gathering of Artistic Directors and Programmers from the world’s leading arts festivals and venues. It’s a perfect opportunity to sell the show for an international tour”.

 You Me and The Bloody Sea is on at Nexus on Monday February 10, 9pm. Proceeds will help fund the group’s performance at APAM in Brisbane later this month.

Reviews:

“Five first rate musicians sing and play their guts out in a cross between a concept album and a cantata. It is immensely powerful…This show could and should go across Australia and the world…”             Ewart Shaw, Advertiser, 17 June 2013

“The work is deeply emotive in its gaiety and its sorrow, and, finally, is a memorial for a life hard lead in a world that no longer exists…”           Jane Howard, Arts Hub, June 14 2013

“For the last hour or so I’ve been lost “at the bottom of the barrelling sea” and I couldn’t have been happier!…”              Kate Ceberano ‏@KateCeberano 15 June 2013

Watch a promo here: http://vimeo.com/mumpsimus/bloodyseapromo.

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 You, Me and the Bloody Sea

Nexus Cabaret Space, Corner North Tce & Morphett St

Monday 10 February, 9pm

Tix: $40/25, call Nexus 8212 4276 or online http://www.nexus.asn.au/booknow.html