4 posts tagged “artists”

Well last Friday night my performance art group helped a great bunch of folks kick-off a new club night here in London called Little Bit Country Little Bit Rock n Roll, an evening presented by artist and musician Cheyne Pride, who, if you remember the 80s, had a hit dance track called Call Me Mr. Telephone.

As part of my hillbilly comedy cabaret art, I wrote new material to present an evening performance featuring my Hee Haw! House.

The audience laughed out loud over the show, featuring a cast of characters who went at it SMACK-down style in cabaret wrestling! I loved the mash-up style of the evening that mixed country rock lovers with British punk rock lovers and a lot of other pop cultural influences inbetween. We teamed up with Cheer-A-Go-Go to energize the audience for the evening, and get them ready for the fantastic headliner band JC & The Disciples, formed by a couple of legends from the original London punk rock scene.

Check out a few of my favourite photos from the night, here:

Folks liked it so much that we've been invited back for more, and are now invovled with helping the organizers get ready for a big bash here in London celebrating the Fourth of July! If you are in London, please mark your calendar and I hope ya'll can come on out and join us at Inn On the Green in Ladbroke Grove on Friday, July 4th!

Inside every Londoner is an inner hillbilly, just a hoot in’ ‘n a hollering to get out!

With the debut of my new comedy cabaret act the Hee Haw! Whore House this week, I helped the closeted hillbilly spirit inside my fellow Londoners unleash itself for the Finger in the Pie cabaret festival at Madam JoJos.

The venue was packed for showtime last Sunday, April 6^th, and the crowd responded well, whooping it up for our cast of urban hillbillies with applause, laughter and even participation. As The Madam of the Hee Haw! Whore House, I packed in some fast & furious slapstick American-style hilarity, with non-stop silly antics and a few surprises for the performance.

Our little whore house kicked-off a fabulous night for Finger in the Pie, with other really enjoyable new artist acts. I particularly liked the creativity and friendly backstage  camaraderie of Lheila Oberman & Timothy Dodd of Aliens Ate My Schnitzel. It was also a pleasure to share the stage with Kittyktja, Victoria L'Etoile, Marianna Harlotta & Ruby Corsette, Miss Rose Thorne as Squaw Blimey, and Frankie Chalet. Many thanks to Vixen DeVille, the evening’s temptress MC who held the night together, and super American-style cheers for the organizers of the monthly Finger in the Pie cabaret festival, a fantastic showcase and supportive environment for new London performance acts. Do check out a future show, for details about upcoming performances make friends with them via MySpace or find the group on Facebook.

Who Loves to Hee Haw!?

James Whatley, aka Whatleydude, was fantastic as our drunken punter, stumbling about with his very own bottle 'o moonshine and making audiences laugh during his performance and a pantomime-style chase scene. No whore house is complete without some whores, and we had two! One pretty, and one, well, butt ugly. The audience oooh’d and ahhh’d over beautiful Tiara Diamond who wowed them with her burlesque dancing skills and sparkly pasties. Shock + horror was on order for Stewart Wright’s hilarious portrayal of our ‘bargain bang bang special’ whore. Stewart saved the show, stepping in last minute as 'understudy' for the night, as our original cast member had a family emergency to tend to.

Our crew also made sure the Hee Haw! Whore House made its stage debut, with my

supportive husband John having to make a mad dash back home to get my forgotten makeup case and costume accessories. He also helped on many fronts, from helping to make our flyer, to burning our music tracks and the list goes on. Costume designer Diana Munduru helped us get ‘in character’ backstage in the dressing room, with her skilled ability to make clothing do what it is supposed to do.

Hee Haw!

Comes to London's West End Stage

I hope you enjoy some of the pictures I’ve found from the night, and our Hee Haw! Whore House may even feature in a restrospective book in the future, as the photographer Peter Lavery, who documents circus performers, joined the artists backstage to take pictures of our pre-show preparation. Plenty more photos can be found here. 

Credit for the above pictures goes to Flavia Fraser-Cannon, courtesy of Finger in the Pie Cabaret Festival, and BigShinyThing.com's Darrell Berry.

It was all great showbusiness experience, and I’m now thinking about what’s next for the Hee Haw! Whore House here in the UK. Festival season is coming up, and there are plenty of other venues that might appreciate a good ‘ol hillbilly time. If you have any suggestions for where this comedy performance may be appreciated, please email me at info@haimediagroup.com, or leave me a comment.

 

Here on my blog I’m introducing a few new things to have some fun. Here is a reference guide to what’s going on:

Spotlight On:

These posts will feature artists, individuals, business people and whoever catches my fancy out there. If you are in a band, make art, have an entrepreneurial business or would like to suggest someone to feature on my blog (doesn’t have to be a celebrity!) drop me a note about them at: lisa@haimediagroup.com

What if?

In these posts I’ll let my imagination run wild and contemplate all kinds of wild ideas.

Guest Post:

I’m inviting other bloggers to write a post for my blog. Some will be from Vox neighbors I’ve gotten to know, and others will be from other bloggers I enjoy. If you want to participate by writing a Guest Post for my blog, email me. I’m also happy to ‘Swap Post’ with you and give you a write-up to use on your blog.

Stuff:

There is a lot of stuff I like out there in the world of gadgets, products, clothes and more. I’ll be occasionally featuring some things I like. If you have a new product or service that you would like me to check out, I’m open to suggestions. Just email me.

Random:

Posts for random things that don’t fit in any category.

That’s about all the labels I plan to give my posts for now. I may add other labels as things come up, and I'll also be leaving a footnote on all my blog posts, stating:

 
Who’s Lisa Devaney?

I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based in London, offering traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com

 

I invite you to join me tonight as Kinetica Museum and Cybersonica open the SOUNDWAVES exhibition to the public, the party includes DJs, live performances and a chance to explore the sonic artworks that will be on view for six weeks, at the museum in Spitalfields Market.

*A collaboration between:
Kinetica Museum & Cybersonica

Last night the museum opened its doors for a private view and test run of the artist's newly set up works: