WHAT'S ON THIS MONTH - JULY

1st July, 2009

Cast your eye over the feast that is July!

DEADLY FUNNY 2009 NAIDOC CELEBRATION SHOW Laugh your moom off at Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedy show and celebrate 2009 NAIDOC with the Deadly Funny mob!

WATERAID AUSTRALIA TRIVIA NIGHT WaterAid is teaming up with Australian Water Association to host a Trivia Night to raise funds for the vital work they do.

QUINN-DOG's WHITE-HOT CD LAUNCH VARIETY NIGHT In 2008, screaming Fender-wielding ginger Geraldine Quinn recorded an album of her hit songs with a blistering band and a crowd of swooning fans. Now it’s time to unleash the CD upon the slightly aroused public.

JOE GEIA & FRIENDS - Prominent musicians Joe Geia and Aubrey Maher are heading off in mid July to tour Ireland for the first time. Before they leave our shores, they're bringing together an impressive line-up of musos to help them say farewell and raise a bit of spending money for the trip.

Green Cyc Productions presents William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT - a tale of love, deception, fooling, duels and a healthy amount of cross-dressing.

Guy Rundle launches KILLING: MISADVENTURES IN VIOLENCE - a new book by Jeff Sparrow

LUCY, MOONEY & PANG present CRICKET IN JULY - After holding panels about football, love and movies, on day two of the second Ashes Test Judith Lucy, Lawrence Mooney, Sam Pang and friends turn their attention to cricket.

CHARACTER COMEDY - Joining the regular Bella Union lineup on the third Sunday of every month, this hilarious jamboree of character-comedy performance has put together an absolutely exceptional line-up for their first Bella show.   Get on board - it's the debut of Character Comedy at Bella AND there's a sausage sizzle - there's a wonderful time to be had.

ROD QUANTOCK in BUGGER THE POLAR BEARS, THIS IS SERIOUS - Rod Quantock says, “If climate change doesn’t scare you shitless, then you don’t get the science.” Fortunately Rod does, and when he gives you his take on the physics, chemistry, biology, geology, paleontology, cosmology and meteorology of climate science you’ll get it too.

NICHOLAS ROY, RYAN MEEKING AND THE FEW and JESSICA PAIGE
Does your savage beast need soothing? Well, there's the sophisticated, jazzy acoustic pop of Jessica Paige. Then you can soak up soaring vocals, howling guitars, driving bass, rolling drums, touching lyrics and flowing melodies from Ryan Meeking and The Few. Finally, delve deep into Nicholas Roy's innovative and intriguing mix of soul, electro and acoustic R&B.

ANNA's GO-GO ACADEMY - She's the Liszt of the Twist, the Debussy of the Watusi and the Christian Slater of the Mashed Potater: she's Miss Anna, and every Wednesday you'll find her tearing up the boards with a crowd of eager dancers.

Mr McClelland's FINISHING SCHOOL - If you'd rather dance at night in the disco light, the Finishing School will happily provide you with the beat to get you out of your seat... mind you, they don't muck around with the usual late-night gray wall-to-wall trance-and-house DJ routine - it takes place every other Friday night and it's a whooooole lot of fun.

We're also going to send a special shout-out this month to a Bella Union alumnus: the marvellous Felicity Ward is doing an Edinburgh fundraiser of her UGLY AS A CHILD VARIETY SHOW at the Toff In Town on July 21. If you haven't seen it, get along to the Toff and support this wond'rous lass on her way to bonnie Scotland. It's an excellent show.

- COMING TO BELLA UNION IN AUGUST -

HIROSHIMA DAY MUSIC BENEFIT
HEIST PRODUCTIONS presents PUTTING ON THE RITZ: A CABARET
GO-GO ROBICS with ANGIE PONTANI
THE DANGER GAME by Kalinda Ashton
TRIPOD presents POD AUGUST NIGHTS

FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009 UPDATE
Ssshhh ... don't tell anyone, but come late September we're going to be hosting 19 independent Fringe shows right here at Trades Hall. That's about all we can tell you for the moment ... other than that we're very excited by the line-up!