Current Shows
Date
Artist
City
Venue
Tour: Author Talk
25/10/16
Dave Warner
Fremantle
Fremantle Library
Time: 12:00pm.
Dave will be delivering an author talk 12- 1.30 PM
Tony Durant will accompany on guitar as Dave talks about his novels, the art of crime writing and his life as a writer and musician. Tony will be playing guitar on a few songs that are part of the talk.
Please contact Fremantle Library if you wish to attend.
Tour: Dave Warner’s From the Suburbs
29/10/16
Dave Warner
North Perth
Charles Hotel
Dave Warner’s From the Suburbs and Fuchsia.
As well as typical Warner classics, Dave will be previewing songs from his brand new album WHEN, the first Suburbs release in thirty-six years.
The line-up for the gig includes original Suburbs Tony Durant and Howie Johnstone, regular rhythm section Phil Bailey and Lloyd Gyi, Bill Beare (Fingerprints), Dick Haynes (Loaded Dice) and Nicole Binet.
Come and hear Dave’s new songs performed for the first time in public along with a host of Suburbs classics like Kangaroo Hop, Mugs Game, Convict Streak, Suburban Boy and Nothing to Lose.
To make the night even more special Tony Durant’s legendary psychedelic folk-band Fuchsia will support. After a gap of 40 years Fuchsia’s innovative music has been rediscovered by a new generation of European audiences and Tony has been regularly touring festivals in the UK and Scandinavia. This is going to be a great night, join us in the celebration.
BOOKINGS VIA THE HOTEL CHARLES.
Past Shows
Date
Artist
City
Venue
Tour: The Ned Kelly Awards
28/08/16
Dave Warner
Melbourne
The Toff In Town
Time: 4:00pm.
Admission: Free.
Address: Swanston Street.
Dave’s novel Before It Breaks has been shortlisted and Dave will be attending. Admission Free.
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Tour: We Care – South West Bushfire Relief Concert
07/02/16
Dave Warner
East Perth, WA
Gloucester Park
Time: 1:00pm.
Admission: Adult $23.50, Child $13.30, Family $56.10.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: 3 Nelson Cres.
Venue phone: (08) 9323 3555.
26/01/16 - 31/01/16
The King & Me
Perth
The Shambles, Perth Cultural Centre
Time: 6:00pm.
Elvis is back in the building!
The hottest ticket to get at last year’s Fringe World is back – with the same fabulous team and all the great tunes Elvis would have made famous if only he had lived long enough to record them.
Perth’s legendary Suburban Boy, Dave Warner, re-unites with the high-octane Caitlin Beresford-Ord in the return season of The King and Me, the audacious musical about a man, his dreams, and his BFF – Elvis Presley.
Craig Nelson is a cabaret performer going nowhere except down. Yet he still loves the music, he still burns to follow in the blue suede footsteps of his idol.
One night, a mysterious young woman turns up at Craig’s door saying she can help him win the high-profile “Soul of Elvis” competition and reclaim his life. But there’s much more to the woman than Craig could possibly imagine.
The King and Me is about performers and creators, the threat of losing self-belief that all performers face, and their need to persist. And it’s about the moment when inspiration comes knocking, telling you to Shake, Rattle and Roll.
Dave and Australia’s greatest Living Surf Guitarist, Martin Cilia (Atlantics, Mental as Anything), have written the original songs that rock Craig’s story.
“Some are country-rock songs Martin and I had been looking for the perfect home for, some are brand new for the show. I like to think it’s all material the King would have made taken to the top of the charts, if he hadn’t, you know…”, says Dave.
Warner, recently honoured as a “WA Living Treasure”, says playing Craig last year was one of the most demanding and exciting things he has ever done.
“We’ve refined the show since last year, trimmed a few minutes and have it purring. If you loved it last year, come again. You’ll like it even more the second time around” he says.
A lot has happened for Warner in the last twelve months, with the publication of his latest novel Before it Breaks and a number of tours with various music formats, but he is looking forward to being Craig again, and working with Beresford-Ord and Mclean.
“Caitlin’s performance is outstanding and Emily’s direction a bullseye”, Dave says.
“Most of all, finding out that something you’ve written works, seeing the audiences really getting into it, is the greatest thing. I’m looking forward to having that thrill again!”
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