About this Event
Alternative improvised music from Bristol / Baltimore and London in present and future legends.
Part of Theatreship's guest nights - where contemporary artists take over the ship to highlight the stories they want to tell.
In this edition, we welcome improv night: Improv's Greatest Hits onboard. Here's some more info from them:
Improv’s Greatest Hits is a night and fluid collective using improvised music as a vehicle to mix musical and social scenes. Blurring subculture lines, debuting new artists + collaborations on the regular. For more and past shows look below !
TARA CLERKIN TRIO X ATTORNEYS GENERAL ( Baltimore )
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https://taraclerkintrio.bandcamp.com
https://headachejournals.bandcamp.com/music
In Attorneys General, Matthew Byars has players (different ones every time) generate improvised sound which they send through his board, which he captures, loops, and destroys. A partial list of collaborators includes Wendy Eisenberg, David Grubbs, Luke Stewart, Haley Fohr, Ian Williams, Zoh Amba, Susan Alcorn, Ryley Walker, Shane Parish, Tara Cunningham, Kramer, Alan Licht and for this night Tara Clerkin Trio !
Tara Clerkin Trio are Pat Benjamin ( keys ) Sunny Joe Paradisos (drums ) and Tara Clerkin ( vocals / clarinet / sampler ). Three musicians involved in a number of cult Bristol bands over the years before confidently settling down in triangle formation..They are inspired by and borrow from jazz, trip hop, electronica & minimalism, twirling the non-pretentious strands of these threads together whilst blurring the lines between live performance, synthesis, and meticulous studio construction. Following their self-titled 2020 debut, the trio released two acclaimed mini-albums, In Spring (2021) and On The Turning Ground (2023) on World of Echo. Their upcoming Somewhere Good LP marks their most fully realised work.
GARETH SAGER X MARCUS JEFFREY
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Gareth Sager is a founding member of highly influential The Pop Group from Bristol. One of post-punk’s most relentlessly evolutionary and antagonistic groups, blending dub funk and punk for the first time. He was also co founder of Rip Rig + Panic with Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver ; a cult avant punk jazz outfit who also collaborated with the likes of Nico / Ari Up and Don Cherry plus even appeared on an episode of The Young Ones. RR+P later turned into Float Up CP releasing more music under a different sound. He later helped form another Bristol band - Head and enjoyed more collaboration with The Flying Lizards / Jock Scot / Geoff Barrow and many others. In a solo capacity, as CC Sager, Pregnant and as Gareth Sager respectively, his work has been championed and collated by Glasgow institution and John Peel favourite Creeping Bent.
Drummer and multi instrumentalist Marcus Jeffrey has been a stalwart of the Bristol underground for many years now. Always bringing concise but innovative ideas to the table, he has played in cult local bands like Minor Conflict / Iceman Furniss Qrt and Bert Ussher and now engineers for legendary Bristol venue The Louisiana plus helps run its basement studio
UNINTENTIONALLY
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A new semi improvised guitar and vocal effects duo of Jacob Jefferson and Verity Hughes ( Sister Midnight Records / Lip Filler ) reminiscent of bands such as The Microphones but taking on a personal and intimate take of their own . Already having played shows at mainstays The Windmill and George Tavern, they plan to conquer !
IGH ORCHESTRA
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We’ll be forming an improv orchestra of 10 + London
/ Bristol musicians creating overwhelming and fragile textures.
Musicians TBA. Previous members have been from bands such as Ex Agent / Foot Foot / The Scuttlers/ Bingo Fury / Glaxo Babies / Sunglasz Vendor / Leatherhead / Lobby / Boredoms and more
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The venue opens at 2pm for drinks in the bar.
Theatreship is committed to broadening access to the arts - we know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If the regular ticket price is beyond what you feel able to afford for whatever reason, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] and we will do everything we can to help, no questions asked.
We also offer arts supporter tickets, for those that can, to pay a higher price to support the venue, the artists who perform here and subsidised tickets for others.
Due to the historic nature of the ship, we’re sorry to say there is not currently step-free access into the theatre space. We have dedicated staff on hand to help with stairs, and an onsite wheelchair once you’re inside the venue. If you have any access needs, please do e-mail us at [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Theatreship, South Quay, London, United Kingdom
GBP 7.85 to GBP 13.12
