Tuesday, 21 September 2021

BELLADIVA The Skylark Project [LIVE music]

“…entertaining, moving and uplifting”  

SUN 26 SEPT

3PM

BELLADIVA 
The Skylark Project 
[LIVE concert] 

presented by Little Match Productions

book now 


Vocal trio Belladiva return to share re-imagined operatic classics and celebrate the world’s best songwriters from Joni Mitchell and The Rolling Stones to Sarah McLachlan and Neil Young. 

Belladiva’s gorgeous combination of classical voices, angelic harmonies and playful musicianship makes the familiar new again with breathtaking modern interpretations of everything from the Summertime to Angel.

Performing live to more than 100,000 people, the Queensland Conservatorium of
 Music-trained Belladiva has charmed audiences nationwide and has appeared at many prestigious events, including Channel 9’s Carols in the City, The Queensland Pops Orchestra and Queensland Music Festival.

trailer   https://youtu.be/jG8e-HFT3Jw

BOOK NOW Tix $20; Child $12; Conc $15; Student $15

Performers

Singer: Laura Coutts
Singer: Jo Willans 
Singer/Piano: Samantha Paterson

Musical Director: Alicia Cush
Designer: Penny Challen


Recently relocating from London after studying at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, LAURA COUTTS (Pussycat) is establishing herself as a versatile Brisbane-based vocalist and creative producer. Laura trained as a classical singer at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, under the tutelage of Margaret Schindler. She has performed as part of both Babushka and Belladiva, including appearances at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Anywhere Theatre Festival, Woodford Folk Festival and Brisbane Cabaret Festival


Well-versed in the world of musical theatre, SAMANTHA PATERSON is a regular performer in  cabarets and concerts across the Brisbane region. She is also composing her first solo album, and works as an established private vocal, piano, woodwind & musicianship teacher. Samantha's recent performance credits include Phantom Of The County Spelling Bee (Rona Lisa Peretti), Urinetown (Senator Fipp), Little Women (Aunt March), Cats (Jemima), Wizard Of Oz (Glinda), Legally Blonde, Oliver, Grease, My Fair Lady and Jesus Christ Superstar.  


JO WILLANS graduated from ANU’s Bachelor of Music program with First Class Honours. She continued studies in singing with Margaret Schindler at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, graduating from the Master of Music Studies program in 2008. Jo has performed in many operas and musicals, including Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Orfeo ed Euridice, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Les Marmelles de Tiresias.



PENNY CHALLEN is an internationally accomplished designer, having trained at QCA (Fine Art) and NIDA (Design), before working mostly in the UK from 2002. Since returning to Australia, she has designed La Boheme for Opera Q, Happy Days for Queensland Theatre, The Glass Menagerie and Water Wars for La Boite and Motherland for Ellen Belloo.

ALICIA CUSH is a Brisbane-based performer, musical director, arranger and independent producer. She has been a performer with Opera Queensland and a vocalist/instrumentalist with Circa Contemporary Circus. As well as the Creative Director of Little Match Productions, Alicia directs and performs with cabaret collective Babushka and operatic ensemble Belladiva.


about the company:
At Little Match Productions, we are passionate about exploring our collective humanity via its most primal and intrinsically expressive media - the voice.

Live musical performance connects performers and audiences intangibly. As our world becomes digitised and remote, human bodies in a room where art is shared is more vital than ever before. We at Little Match Productions are insatiably curious to share and hear other’s voices, both literally and figuratively.

Our works traverse comedy-cabaret, opera, classical music and children’s productions, delivering musical experiences that combine arresting and original musical arrangements, vocal acrobatics and compelling storytelling.

Over the past six years, Little Match Productions (formerly Little Black Dress Creatives) has developed a reputation for its unique ability to present classical repertoire and vocal techniques in creative contemporary contexts.

Creating works for Children/Families, the cabaret group Babushka, operatic ensemble Belladiva and cabaret artist Bethan Ellsmore, Little Match Productions has a focus on creating roles, collaborations and opportunities for female artists and arts professionals.


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