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EDINBURGH
FRINGE FESTIVAL 2004
PRESS RELEASE
Homeless Wigwam Cat now House Cat at the loving C Venue and Spiegeltent!
CAMILLE sings BREL & The Dark Angel
Close to not performing at
this year's Festival due to the collapse of the Wigwam Tent venue at
the last hour, Camille was delighted to be rescued by C venues and The
Famous Spiegeltent who were most generous in offering this homeless
cat some milk, a lovely performance home and a loving family… purr!
A sell out success at the
Spiegeltent at the Dublin Fringe 2003 and Brighton Festival 2004, Camille
Sings Brel celebrates the music of French troubadour Jacques BREL. Each
song has its own character, linked by Brel's comic and tragic view of
life through themes of love, sex & death. With a passion for storytelling
she becomes several characters though the evening - the drunken man,
lost child, forlorn prostitute and many more.
THE DARK ANGEL Show revisits
the Weimar through the dramatic Kabarett songs of Eisler, Dietrich,
Weill and contemporary writers Nick Cave, Tom Waits. Recently she appeared
on stage as guest with Shane McGowan and Damien Rice.
No audience is safe as sometimes
she enjoys climbing on tables to get to them! With her French parentage
she sings moving interpretations in English, French & German. Enthralling
audiences with her passionate performances, 'Camille's interpretive
power of song is a force to be reckoned with.' The Irish Times
Her band includes Celtic Feet's John Rae on drums and guitarist Jim
Condie, with Mario Caribe (bass), Paul Booth (Tenor Saxophone), Feargal
Murray (keyboards/MD - Brel shows) and Trevor Knight (keyboards - Dark
Angel shows).
Camille is also appearing
in her Dark Angel persona, as a child and a slinky, world weary chanteuse
in the Spiegeltent's late night show, La Clique (10th - 30th Aug, 11pm)
Listings
Venue 1: The Famous Spiegeltent, Venue 87, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dates: Saturday 14th & Monday 30th August (Camille sings Brel)
Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th August (The Dark Angel)
Venue Box office: 0131 667 894
6.30pm (1hr)
Venue 2: C central, Venue 54, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dates: Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th August (Camille sings Brel)
Venue Box office: 0870 701 5105/www.Cthe Festival.com
6.20pm (1hr)
Ticket Price: £10.00/conc £8.00 (Both Venues)
Fringe Box Office: 0131 226 0000/www.edfringe.com
RECENT REVIEWS
'Sensational, sexy and provocative…an exceptional voice. This is
pure joy'- The Irish Times
'Dazzling...Most impressive, this is an outstanding talent' -The Sunday
Tribune
'Courageous and singular ,Camille is one of the most gifted interpreters
of narrative songs yet to appear' -The Irish Times
'O'Sullivan inhabits her songs, bewitching & bewildering' - Hot
Press
For Press information, photos, interviews etc
call Morag Neil on 0131 557 5918 or 0771 288 0965
Email: moragneil@blueyonder.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.camilleosullivan.com
CAMILLE sings BREL &
The Dark Angel
Biog Notes
Camille O'Sullivan
Born in London of a French mother and Irish father- a Formula 2 racing
driver, Camille moved to Ireland as a child. An award winning architect
& painter, after living in Berlin home of decadent cabaret culture
she decided to sing/act instead. Recently she has released her debut
CD, acted in film and theatre and dreams of running away with the Spiegeltent!
Jaques Brel (1929 -1978)
A Belgian, was one of the great modern troubadours in the French language.
A decade before Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, he was a poet, singer and
composer of extraordinary passion and emotional power. He became the
leading 'Chansonnier' singer and songwriter of the French stage with
his extraordinary stage presence and profound, powerful songs of love,
sex and death. Each song is an entity in itself with its own character
linked by Brel's comic and tragic view of life
Paul Booth (Tenor Saxophone)
Tenor Saxophonist Paul Booth is very much a rising star at the age of
24.
Winner of The Most Promising Jazz Player of the Year Under 21, judged
by John Dankworth and Chris Barber when only 16 and voted The Best Modern
Jazz Player in the televised Young Jazz Player of the Year competition.
Kenny Ball and Ronnie Scott likened his mature impact to that of the
young Tubby Hayes decades earlier. He was the first non-American to
win the prestigious Clifford Brown/Stan Getz fellowship in Miami.
.
In September 1999 he joined as saxophonist in the band of the Riverdance
show, touring to Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and a 2 month stint
on Broadway. He is now back full-time on the jazz scene promoting his
own bands The Paul Booth Quartet, his new group Orixa, mixing Brazilian
music with latin house, drum & bass, funk, jazz and more.
Mario Caribe (bass)
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil Mario started his musical education at 13,
playing Bossa Nova guitar. He later joined the Heartbreakers, playing
and researching the music of Duke Ellington as well as Afro-Caribbean
forms. He also performed with many of the greatest singers in Brazilian
Music including Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Nana Caymmi
and Zizi Possi.
He moved to Scotland, and
was invited to join the Tommy Smith Sextet Beasts of Scotland and has
since played with many of the leading jazz musicians in the UK. He is
currently involved with the The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, John
Rae's 'Celtic Feet', the Paul Harrison Trio, the John Burgess Quartet,
Carlos Pena Y Sus Muchachos, Brazilliance, Laura McDonald Quartet, Eddie
Severn Quintet, Martin Kershaw Quartet, Tom McNiven Quartet as well
as working on his own projects .
Jim Condie (guitar)
Jim's reputation was gained by working with a multitude of performers
ranging from Van Morrison to Hercules the Bear, from Ali Farka Touré
to Rab C Nesbitt, Sugar Blue to Sam Brown, Arthur "Big Boy"
Crudup to Lulu - the list is almost endless. He was one of the original
members of the legendary Scottish Blues band Tam White and the Dexters
and one half of the Rootsies Duo, with Ron Tait. In August 2004 he opened
for Buddy Guy at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.
CAMILLE sings BREL & The Dark Angel
Biog Notes contd
Trevor Knight (keyboards - The Dark Angel)
Trevor Knight was born in England and moved to Ireland in the late 1950s.
He began his early musical education studying piano. During the 1970s
while a student he formed the experimental jazz fusion band Naima, the
first outlet for his own compositions. In the late 1970s he lived in
the Netherlands and formed Auto da Fé, an avant-garde pop group
with a strong theatrical performance element. The group recorded three
albums and toured extensively during the 1980s.
In addition to his work in
experimental jazz and pop, Trevor Knight has composed music for theatre
productions, much of it existing as compositions in their own right.
Recent commissions and performances include an electro-acoustic work
commissioned by the Tinahely Arts Centre , Co. Wicklow. His last visit
to the Edinburgh Festival was with the 1997 Fringe First winner Catalpa
with Donal O'Kelly.
Feargal Murray (Pianist and MD for Camille Sings Brel)
Originally from Derry in the North of Ireland he now lives in Dublin,
after spending a number of years studying music at Edinburgh University.
Produced and arranged Camille's album A little Yearning as well as Melanie
O'Reilly's album (which he also co-wrote) House of the Dolphins - nominated
for best contemporary album at the Irish Music Awards 2000. In 2003
he co-wrote/arranged Moya Brennan's album Voice of Clannad and George
Murphy's debut album -Ireland's latest singing sensation. He is musical
co-ordinator on Coulter and Company - the highly successful TV music
series which has been running on Irish television for the last two years.
As a session piano player/keyboardist he has toured the world and played
such venues as Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall. He has performed
with the likes of Nanci Griffith, the Dubliners, Ronan Keating, James
Galway as well as Eddi Reader and Dougie MacLean.
He is 'over the moon' to be playing back in Edinburgh again.
John Rae (drums)
Drummer with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and one of the founding
members of the Scottish Composer's Jazz Ensemble. Leader and composer
for the John Rae Collective, John Rae's Celtic Feet and the Power Of
Scotland Big Band and a prominent member of the Brian Kellock Trio.
As a composer John contributes music for television, radio, commissions
for large and small ensembles and his very unique group the Celtic Composers
Collective.
John is the fourth youngest member of a highly musical Edinburgh family.
Since being awarded Most Promising Drummer Of The Year (1984 Edinburgh
International Jazz Festival), he has been one of the most in demand
and sought after musicians in the UK.
He has played at festivals
around the world including the Toronto, St. Petersburg, Las Palmas,
and Barbados, and has toured extensively in the UK. and Europe with
his own groups and in Canada and Eastern Europe with artists such as
Tal Farlow, Joe Levano, Lee Konitz, Ingrid Jenson, George Connigan,
Maria Schnider, Tony Scott, Charles MacPherson, Art Farmer, Buddy de
Franco, Red Rodney , Pete King, Scott Hamilton, Barney Kessel, Kenny
Whealer, Martin Taylor, Tommy Smith and Pepe Torres.
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