La Cat Salons

Windermere Art Auction!!

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Announcing Lady Windermere's Grand Winter Solstice Art Auction!!

Wednesday 21st December from 6pm

For the winter solstice finale of Lady Windermere's Salons, there will be an auction of artwork by over 30 artists from Ireland to Vietnam, in all shapes, sizes, colours and styles, to suit every taste and wallet! Come one, come all, art-lovers and panicked Christmas shoppers alike, for creative Christmas presents and treasured masterpieces! Support our starving artists and our salon hostesses! Bringing down the hammer from 6pm, along with special performances by musicians and performers, and concluding with a cockle-warming screening of 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Beverages, mince pies and other treats supplied.

FEATURED ARTISTS: Caitriona Ni Threasaigh, Gavin O'Donoghue, Jaanika Talts, Imelda Reynolds, Sean Rushe, Carol O'Connor, Phan Van Duc, Angela Anderson, Denise French, Eleanore Nicolas, Andrew Carroll, Sue Rainsford, Sean Hillen, James Carroll, Nick Boon, Muriel Foxton, Nigel Holohan, Laura Ni Fhlaibhin, Joann O'Meara, Magda Nowacka, Shelly McDonnell, Lynne Mulville, Roisin Power Hackett, Bridget Ryan, Paola Catizone, Anthony Cullen, Leo Boyd, Olive Barrett, Tanya Turner, Amanda Doran and John McCann.

Lady Windermere's Line-Up

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Lady Windermere has been over-joyed and over-bowled by the explosion of creativity and Christmas generosity that is filling her inbox! As well as the coffee, artwork, silent cinema, browsing, chilling and chat that will be on offer every afternoon Wednesday to Sunday til the winter solstice, we also offer the following special attractions (with much more to be announced!):

Thursday 8th December

Lady W will be serving her brews as a special guest at the Libertango Smokin' Club, a night of decaying glamour, passion and heat, of song and dance and dramatic theatrical performance. Doors open 8pm, €10 ticket.

Friday 9th December

Throwing open her doors for her first full salon day at 4pm, Lady W's opening bash features song, dance and madness along with the traditional cuppa, with acts including Fathers of Western Thought.

Saturday 10th December

'Remember This', a night in aid of Alzheimer's research with quirky, soulful Dublin outfit Kellie and the Scruffs and theatrical performance by 'Playback As Soon As You Hear' along with special guests, theatrical surprises and ambient DJs!

Sunday 11th December

A mellow musical Sunday afternoon, featuring hypnotic hang playing, sprightly piano ditties and Latin elegance from Arash Kazemi. Come and chill.

Wednesday 14th December

Slavonic song and cinema night, celebrating Eastern promise. Featuring bilingual Russian and Irish poetry, slavic song, classic silent film screenings (The Man with a Movie Camera) and finishing with the grand premiere of a new English subtitling of the madcap and subversive Bulgarian 60s satire of bureaucratic insanity 'Whale'

Thursday 15th December

A dance-themed night of movement, music and mystery, climaxing in AMOON's eclectic mix of bells, bass, bellydancers, darbuka and djembe.

Friday 16th December

Friday is a night of trippy trance with Madragula's visuals and featuring Ben Turner (winner - Radio Nova's 'Dublin's Best Busker' competition).

Saturday 17th December

A night of authentically gritty cabaret, 'Midnight in Paris', leads coffee-drinkers on a journey into the underworld with the dark spoken word of Kit Fryatt, the continental clowning of Carlo Jacucci and ends with a bang and a full evening in the company of the one-and-only, sultry and inimitable, rich-girl-gone-wrong Rose Lawless. Bring your bouquets to lay at her feet, dress in the style of the belle epoque and prepare for a heady evening's entertainment.

Sunday 18th December

Christmas Family Cracker. With only 7 days to Christmas, 'tis the season to be jolly (falalalalalala). Bringing the joyful beats of Philosophy of Sound together with games, clowns, jugglers, carol-singing, card-making, piano-playing, offbeat Czech and Russian cartoons, storytelling, mulled wine, mince pies, candy canes - this is an afternoon's delight for all ages. Discreetly slip our resident Christmas fairy a wrapped present (worth €5 or under) with your child's name clearly written on it for a magical surprise. The evening ends with a 7pm screening of the classic Wizard of Oz. We will also be raising funds for children's charity Barnardos.

BYOK (bring your own kids - or somebody else's*).

* Please ask permission before bringing other people's children. Lady W does not endorse kidnapping.

Wednesday 21st December

On the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, we say goodbye to Lady W's December salons in style: the legendary DJ Chuckleberry spins his homespun sounds while our madcap auctioneers bring the hammer down on our fabulous art collection. We will also be raising money for FocusIreland through the night.

With special thanks to the Back Loft and La Catedral Studios, without whose support and sponsorship these evenings would not be possible. Visit Lady Windermere's blog for details.

Call for Work: Lady Windermere's Salon

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La Cat Salons presents 'Lady Windermere's Caffeinated Art and Literature Salon', an artistic open house from 9th - 21st December, Wednesdays to Sundays 4pm - 9pm. A haven of coffee, conversation and cookies set amidst chill-out zones, classic silent cinema, musicality, performance, paintings, browsable reading matter, vintage wares and holistic healings - 'Lady Windermere: Coffee Fan' is looking for artists, musicians, performers and lunatics who would like a free performance space or a very reasonably priced wall-space (all sales 100% yours). Also seeking volunteers, interns and anyone who'd like to help develop the 'Lady Windermere's concept for future collaborations, understanding, of course, the vital importance of being earnest.

Visual artists: Visual artists can display artwork at a rate of €20 for 2 pieces for the full two weeks (€40 if they exceeds A1 size - 1/2 square metre) or €12 for one week. All profits from the sale of work go directly to artists with no commission. Lady Windermere's staff are happy to maintain a price list and sell work in your absence, notifying you of sale by text (supply your own bubble-wrap please). If you sell a work, you can replace it with another at no extra charge. Alternatively, artists can choose to submit work at a 20% sales commission rate and pay no charge upfront. Set-up/hanging on the 7th December. Email lacatsalons@gmail.com

Musicians & Performers: Absolutely free performing time is available for musicians, performers and DJs (low volume chill-out/ethnic/funk please - no heavy beats/techno - our sound-proofing cannae take it cap'ns) in one hour slots (during which you can perform as much or as little as you choose), with complimentary beverage and biscuit supplied. You may make full use of our open-mic corner or larger stage, sound system and genuine honky tonk piano. Collectives may book entire evenings (3 hour slot), and for longer performances (e.g. plays) longer slots may be available. A perfect chance to invite all your fans to an intimate Christmas concert or to showcase your talents to a totally new audience in an atmospheric and memorable creative space. To apply, simply email a performance description, your available times and technical requirements to lacatsalons@gmail.com . Slots are allocated on a first come first served basis so do not delay!

Video Artists: We will be maintaining a silent cinema in our alcove space throughout the daytime - if you have suitable silent film (or film which could be played silently) please submit. Alternatively you can book a performance slot in the evening (after dark) for a screening of your film (full volume in the main space). Applications to lacatsalons@gmail.com

Merry Christmas and Yuletide Cheer to all!

Mamuska Dublin: 11th November

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MAMUSKA DUBLIN Friday 11th November 2011 @ THE BACK LOFT, 8pm

Mamuska Dublin returns on Friday 11th November, with another packed and varied line-up of short performance and film to challenge and inspire. Audience and artists mingle in an atmosphere of play and discovery. Free entry.

LINE-UP

Clown Coop - INTERACTIVE CLOWNING

Darren C - 'Hello' - MULTIMEDIA SPOKEN WORD

'Madarka Madarka' (Dir: James Ward), 'Untitled no. 80' (dir: Stefan Riebel), 'Heron' (dir: Marek Bogacki) - SHORT FILMS

Kimberly Campanello - 'Bucranium' - MULTIMEDIA SPOKEN WORD

*Guest Slot*

Rachel Mulcahy - 'Exploratory Dance' - DANCE

Elizabeth Hilliard - 'The Bright Kid' - MUSIC

Tanya O'Keeffe & Olivia Hassett - PERFORMANCE ART

La Cosa Preziosa & Cleo McCann 'Escape' and 'Horde' (dir: David Bickley) - SOUND INSTALLATION & FILM

Angelika Lindenau - 'Laughter Yoga' - INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE

Mamuska Dublin is a free event supported by the Arts Council Small Festivals Scheme.

Mamuska Dublin: 10th June

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MAMUSKA DUBLIN Friday 10th June 2011 @ THE BACK LOFT, 8pm

Follows a RAWCLASSICO concert at 7pm

Mamuska Dublin returns on Friday 10th June, featuring a packed line-up of exploratory performance and film to challenge and inspire. Audience and artists mingle in an atmosphere of play and discovery.

LINE-UP

Maria Loradana - DRAG KING
Aine O'Hara - 'The 30th most common word in the english language is 'word' ' - INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE
expandance - 'Little Time/ Little Space' - DANCE
Sandra Gonzalez Bandera - MIMO-MASK PERFORMANCE
Liadain Speranza - DANCE
Marie Phelan & Michael McLoughlin - 'I still saw you dancing' - MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Nuno Theodoro - 'Demiurge' - PERFORMANCE
Kit Fryatt - 'Crude Black Strap' - SPOKEN WORD
Helena Doyle 'Pure White' - FILM

7pm RAWCLASSICO - a treat for classical music fans. The great natural acoustics of the Back Loft are brought alive by a concert of Italian Baroque and Celtic music by renowned classical guitarist John Feeley and soprano Frances Marshall.

Mamuska Dublin and Raw Classico are free events supported by the Arts Council Small Festival's Scheme.

MAMUSKA DUBLIN & RAW CLASSICO

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MAMUSKA DUBLIN, Friday 1st April 2011 @ THE BACK LOFT, 8pm
Preceded by a RAWCLASSICO 'Schola Hyberniae' concert at 7pm sharp

Mamuska Dublin returns for Fool's Day frolics in double treat for fans of the cutting edge! At 7pm, the Back Loft is set ringing with the haunting polyphonic Gregorian chants of 'Schola Hyberniae', followed at 8pm by the mayhem of Mamuska Dublin's experimental short performances, where audience and artists mingle in an atmosphere of play and discovery. A packed line-up of film, dance, music and live performance art to challenge and inspire. Featuring a raffle with complimentary drinks.

1. Terence & Darren - Can You Smell it Yet? - PERFORMANCE ART
2. Patrick Groenland 4tet, Katrin Neue - DANCE/MUSIC IMPROV
3. FILM: 'Futureland', dir: David Bickley
4. Seamus Bradley - 'Favourite Things' - INTERACTIVE SPOKEN WORD
5. FILMS: Lemeh42 films & Raoul Simpson's 'TV Words'
6. Aoife Hardiman -'Birds' - MULTIMEDIA TRIBAL DANCE
7. FILMS: Michael Higgins dir. 'Landslide' and Andi McGarry dir. 'Happy Clouds'

Free admission. Mamuska Dublin and RawClassico are supported by the Arts Council.

Mamuska Dublin: 28th November

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MAMUSKA DUBLIN Sunday 28th November 2010 @ THE BACK LOFT, Starts 8pm

Mamuska Dublin rides again! The unique blend of experimentation, play, risk and recklessness is back on Sunday 28th November. Audience and artists mingle in a raw, informal setting where 10 minute experimental performances and screenings are mixed with plenty of breaks for discussion, music and relaxation.

Complimentary drinks will be on offer with a raffle at the end of the night.

Ann Gildea & Sean Frayne - 'Joie de Vivre' - MUSIC/COMEDY
Anastasia Artemeva & Elena Bezborodova - 'Psychogeography' - PERFORMANCE

Apollonia Tribal Bellydance - 'Metropolis Body' - DANCE
Terence Erraught & Darren Caffrey - 'Gentleman's Picnic' - LIVE DRAWING
Wojtek Bratus & Rachel Devlyn - IMPROVISED DANCE
Lemeh42 - 'Inner Klänge' - SHORT FILM
Keith Mannix, Conor Doonan 'IT(ch)'/Sinead Curran 'Running Time'/Hilary Williams 'My Mother/Myself' - 3 FILMS
Carlo Jacucci - 'Grzegorz' - CLOWNING
*Raffle during break*
Ruth Lehane - CLOWNING IMPROVISATION

FREE ADMISSION. Mamuska Dublin is supported by the Arts Council.

Eclectic Film Salons

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Pictured: 'The Scream' directed by Brigit McCone

Sunday 16th May and Friday 28th May, 8.30pm @ the Back Loft
€5 entry

La Cat Salons presents 'The Eclectic Film Salons', evenings of atmospheric, exploratory and explosive short films from some of Dublin's freshest short filmmakers and a few special international screenings. The films will be shown in blocks of three with breaks for discussion and informal mingling with the filmmakers. Complimentary drinks will be available with raffle tickets.

NOTE: Due to great demand by the local filmmaking community, there will be an additional Eclectic Film Salon on Friday 28th May. Deadline for submissions: Friday 21st May.

Email lacatsalons@gmail.com with links to your work or mail DVDs to La Cat Salons, La Catedral Studios, 7-11 St. Augustine Street, Dublin 8

28th May Line-Up

Intro -
"Cultural Architecture"- Sarah Breen Lovett
"Spectre" - Seamus A Bradley

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"Rooflander" - Sven Werner
"Untitled" - Joseph Campbell
"Beneath her Skirts" - Elizabeth White

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"Lebensyklus" - Rebecca Reilly
"In Passing" - David Dunne
"Bleeding Minarets" - Nicotine

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"You're Only What I see Sometimes" - Donal Foreman
"Resurrection" - Una Gildea
"Once I Counted Birds" - Cathy Fitzgerald

16th May Line-Up

"Cultural Architecture 01" - Sarah Breen Lovett

Intro

“Evelyn Tables” - Rebecca Reilly
“My Baby Rides the Railroad” - Andi McGarry
“Hell” - Maurizio Usai

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“Socialising and Alcohol” - Anto Cullen
“Slow Return” - Dominick O'Cruadhliocht/TickleToc
“Tango Protesta” - Tango Protesta

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“30 Cecil Street” - Laura Dannequin
“Tunnel Vision” - Jack Quilligan
“Os Olhos do Pianista” - Maira Coelho

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“What's Wrong With You... Baby?” - David Pierce
“The House That Sounds Like a Luas” - Daniel Bevan
“The Scream” - Brigit McCone

11th April - MAMUSKA DUBLIN

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PHOTO: Hillary Williams performing at Mamuska Dublin

MAMUSKA DUBLIN Sunday 11th April 2010 @ THE BACK LOFT, Starts 8pm

Presenting the return of Mamuska Dublin, a unique platform for evolving works, raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces, playful nonsense and first steps... all in the context of an informal environment where like minded audience and artists meet and mingle.

Complimentary drinks will be on offer with a raffle at the end of the night.

1. Aoife Casey - PERFORMANCE ART (ropes)
2. Carlo Jacucci - 'Orango Tango' CLOWNING/CABARET
3. David Dremner - improvised experimentation MUSIC
4. Elena Bezborodova - multimedia PERFORMANCE ART
5. Jade Travers - 'Evelyn Tables' (3 min sample)/ Elizabeth White 'Beneath her Skirts' - EXPERIMENTAL FILM
6. Narrative Arts Club - 'MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING - 'Greenlandic Myth'
7. Kaspar Aus - DANCE in silence
8. Niamh Creely - DANCE/THEATRE 'Nostalgia'
9. Grace Kelley - 'He and She' PERFORMANCE
10. Roland Gomez - MUSIC hang & tongue drum

FREE ADMISSION. Mamuska Dublin is supported by the Arts Council.

Mamuska Dublin - 13th December

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MAMUSKA DUBLIN
Sunday 13th December 2009, 8PM @ THE BACK LOFT,

Presenting Mamuska Dublin as part of an all-day in-house curated programme along with the 'Bah, Humbug' visual art and ephemeral cafe salon. A unique occasion to present and view evolving works, raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces, playful nonsense and first steps... all in the context of an informal environment where like minded audience and artists meet and mingle.

Complimentary drinks will be on offer with a raffle at the end of the night.

Line-up:

1 - Rachel Devlyn - 'Bel Canto' - DANCE
2 - Ruth Lehane - clowning sketch - CLOWNING
3 - Antje Schneider - Plusminus 1 - DANCE
4 - Seamus Bradley - Waggle Dance - MUSIC/SPOKEN WORD
5 - Diane Reddington - Simple Traces II - DANCE/LIVE DRAWING
6 - Paul Roy - Autocoma1/Tunnel - VIDEO/SOUND ART
7 - Hillary Williams - experiments in presence - SPOKEN WORD
8 - The Zoryanna - Bellydance - DANCE
9 - Surprise guest
10 - Anne Lillis - Jean D'Arc de Triomphe - COMEDY/CABARET

FREE ADMISSION. Supported by the Arts Council.

Previous Salons

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Mamuska Dublin
25th September
Ruth Lehane (clowning), Riona Hartman & Sam Kavanagh (music), Rachel Devlyn (character improvisation), Seamus Bradley (multimedia eulogy), Niamh Lawlor (multimedia puppetry), Roland Gomez ('hang' instrumental performance), Stephen James Smith (guerilla poetry), Aine Belton (experimental film), Anne Lillis aka 'Jean D'Arc de Triomphe' (cabaret), Emma Pearson (cabaret)

Supported by the Arts Council. Part of the citywide 'Culture Night'.

Midsummer Mini-Salons

3rd July

Stephen James Smith (Urban poetry), Laura Sheeran (experimental music), Roberta Miano (violin), Sam Farrell - comedy sketch, Bonnie Jeanne Lawless - short film 'Trials and Tribulations of a 3-minute workout', Trisha O' Keeffe & Shawn Jones - Guitar & bass, Katherine Nolan - short film 'You're a very Naughty Boy', Cressida Fustian - comedy sketch, Victor Feldman - music, Tim O'Connell - short film 'Slow Return', Andrew Legge & Serena Brabazon - film 'Chronoscope'

26th June

Pianist Alberto Gariglio, John Collins and actors (surreal play), Shawn Jones & Cyril Lawrence (jazz), Sancho Gallilei (storytelling), Emma Pearson - cabaret, Zoltan ('Un Chien Andalou' live soundtrack), Clodagh Downing - (extract 'The Evolution of Lauren Begaun'), Anne Lillis & Kim Porcelli - 'Rose Lawless'

19th June

Oil & Blood (Americana music), Emily Aoibheann (work in progress), Riona Hartman (music), Coco La Bouche (comedy sketch), "Rooflanders" dir: Sven Werner, "Tango in D Minor" dir: Maurizio Usai, Flamenco by Felipe de Algeciras, Olayo Jimenez & Lucas Gonzalez, VIDEO ART by Laura O'Connor and Seamus Bradley

12th June

Icarus Crane (video & performance artist - live), Riona Hartman (musician), Julien Longchamp and Kim Porcelli (film & live soundtrack - the Apostrophe Ensemble), Hillary Williams (performance artist), Julyo (electronica & projections)

Exploratory Theatre Salon - 27th February 2009

Line-Up: Maia Monaco & Guillermo Pesoa 'A Sliver of Voice', Sascha Perfect, Sascha Perfect/Maia Monaco (improvised collaboration), Carlo Jacucci, Nicole Rourke, Hillary Williams, Clodagh Downing, Anne Lillis (aka Rose Lawless) accompanied by cellist Kim Porcelli.

Music Salon - 20th February 2009

(mislabelled as 22nd February in video sample)

Presented by Nicole Rourke

Line-up: The Photosonic Orchestra, Robotnik, Maia Monaco & Guillermo Pesoa, Maria Tecce, Claire Crehan, Alberto Gariglio, Eimear Crehan, Anne Lillis (aka Rose Lawless) and Stefano Schiavocampo (aka Steve Slavefield)

Mamuska Dublin - 5th December 2008

Line-up: Carlo Jacucci, Mephisto Theatre, Rachel Devlyn, Missing (dir: Holly Kennedy), Regan O'Brien, Fitzgerald & Stapleton, The Scream (dir: Brigit McCone), Wedding Bed (dir: Eoin Maher), Anne Lillis (aka Rose Lawless), Despoina Kapetanaki & Christopher Samuel Carroll, Ana Julia Bonetto, The Photosonic Orchestra

5m2 Cross-media Event - 6th & 7th July 2008

A full weekend of visual and performance arts at the Back Loft.

Visual Artists: Ernesta Ciarrapico, Julia Friese, Jeanne Merer, Francesca la Morgia, Pasquale Mariani, Rosalind O'Neill, Rodrigo Perez Browne, Dean Dennis Shepperd, Sergio Susperregui, Stephen Walsh

Photographers: Enda Cavanagh, David MacHale, Teresa Zille, Alice O'Toole, Sara Ranieri, Karol O'Mahony.

Musicians: Daniel Byrne, The Bottom Floor Band, Carosel, Eoin Dillon, Fat Yanks Sound Festival, Conor Furlong, Alberto Gariglio, Maeve O'Regan, Andrea Magnorsky, Reader's Wives, Kevin Ryan, Robotnik, Stefano Schiavocampo, Tempo100.

Performers: Ana Julia Bonetto, Maira Coelho, The Hernan Catvin troupe, Melanie Clark Pullen, Serena Brabazon.

Filmmakers: Melanie Clark Pullen, Isobel Blank, Jeanne Merer, Maira Coelho, Brigit McCone.

Where to Find Us

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The Back Loft venue is part of 'La Catedral Studios', located on 7-11 St. Augustine Street (turn right at Living Quarters furniture shop on the top of Thomas Street/Cornmarket - opposite Tivoli Theatre/Francis Street). We are the second building on your right - the pink door with a 'La Catedral Studios' sign on it!

Alternatively, turn right after the Brazen Head (Dublin's oldest pub, off Merchant's Quay), then take your next left onto St. Augustine Street. See you there - with luck!

Buzz for admission if closed.

Submitting a proposal

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Give us your weird, your bright,

Your huddled artists yearning to breathe free,

The eccentric rebels of your teeming arts.

Send these, the homeless works-in-progress to us!

La Cat Salons welcomes proposals for short performances, including works-in-progress, experimental, cross-media, theatrical, dance, music, short film, mime, clowning, burlesque, cabaret, interactive performances, spoken word pieces, storytelling etc..

Performances must have minimal staging requirements (we offer theatrical spots for a simple wash of light, microphone, projector and sound system. All films on a standard PAL DVD, all sound on CD. Bring your own props, costumes and make-up.)

Artist participation in our salons is free. Optimum length of performance between 5 and 15 minutes, original work preferred.

To make a submission, email lacatsalons@gmail.com with:

*The Title of the Piece

*The Duration of the Piece

*The Names of the Artists Involved

*Staging Requirements

*A Brief Description of the Piece

We look forward to receiving your ideas!