LIVE DATES 2022
A Beautiful Way to be Crazy
Genevieve Carver & The Unsung Band
This show is now available FREE to view (with an option to donate) from September 2021
at Screensaver, a digital streaming platform for theatre
https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/a-beautiful-way-to-be-crazy/
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JOIN US THIS SUMMER
JAZZ PLAYERS’ SUMMER SCHOOL 2022 July 31st-August 6th
Residential course
Book Now!
Highham Hall College Cumbria
Tutors Alan Barnes (Saxophone Clarinet)
Martin Shaw (Trumpet/Brass)
Course leader (David Black)
For more information 01768 776276 www.highhamhall.com/david-black
See you there!
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January
February
26th Trippets Lounge Bar-Chronology Quartet Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass, Jez Matthews Piano and Martin O'Kane Saxes music starts 7.30-10.30
27th Trippets Lounge Bar Sheffield -Trish Heenan with Nigel Chapmen Piano and Brian Bestall drums & percussion 1.00-4.00pm
March
25th Trippets Lounge Bar Sheffield - Chronology Trio Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass, Jez Matthews Piano
Music from 7.30-10.30 Booking
recommended
April
15th Trippets Lounge Bar Sheffield -
Chronology Quartet Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass,
Jez Matthews Piano and Martin O'Kane Saxes Music from 7.30-10.30
Booking recommended
May
20th Trippets Lounge Bar Sheffield -
Chronology Triot Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass, Jez
Matthews Piano. Music from 7.30-10.30 Booking
recommended
June
12th Dorothy Pax Sheffield - Chronology
Quartet Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass, Jez Matthews
Piano and Martin O'Kane Saxes music
4.00-7.00
July
29th Trippets Lounge Bar Sheffield - Chronology Trio Brian Bestall drums, Graham Jones Double Bass, Jez Matthews Piano
Music from 7.30-10.30 Booking recommended
31st July- 7th August Jazz Players' Summer School at Higham Hall Cumbria. Residential course. A serious yet relaxed week for jazz players who are able to play and read music to rehearsal band standard. Contact: David Black on 07951 903230
More about the Gevevievw Carver & The Unsung
Band
A Beautiful Way To Be Crazy was in the middle of a nation wide tour before it was sadly cut short in early 2020. This broadcast has been specially recorded for you to enjoy from the safety of your home.
Based on interviews with female-identifying practitioners across the music industry, A Beautiful Way to be Crazy is a tale of growing up and finding a voice.
Weaving together spoken word, live music, verbatim audio from the interviews and a few genuine teenage diary entries, award-winning poet Genevieve Carver and her multi-instrumental live band (Tim Knowles, Brian Bestall and Ruth Nicholson) take you on a journey that begins in 1999 and isn’t over yet.
Expect to meet the spirits of Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone and Delia Derbyshire as Genevieve navigates her way through school bullies, the pressures of mainstream media, anxiety and pregnancy scares, but comes out smiling. A Beautiful Way to be Crazy is an innovative piece of gig theatre exploring what it means to be a girl in the business of music, with a soundtrack moving seamlessly between pop, rock, folk, soul, classical and electronica.
“Arguably one of the most powerful voices of the Fringe” – EdFringe Review
★★★★★"Brilliant, verging on genius" The Wee Review
★★★★★"Beautiful poetry and perfectly balanced musical accompaniment with a deft and hugely engaging level of ease." Write Out Loud
★★★★"Carver exudes a warm humility that perfectly complements the fragile and overwhelmingly human spirit at the heart of her storytelling" The Reviews Hub
"Raw and deeply honest" A Younger Theatre
https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/a_beautiful_way_to_be_crazy
https://thelowry.com/whats-on/a-beautiful-way-to-be-crazy/
ABOUT THE BANDS
Genevieve Carver & The Unsung
Genevieve Carver Poet & Piano, Brian Bestall Drums, Tim Knowles Guitars and Ruth Nicholson piano & Violin
New for 2019 A Beautiful Way To Be Crazy. A show about women in music. A tale of growing up, finding a voice and listening to Joni Mitchell
Chronology Jazz Quartet - Brian Bestall drums and percussion, Graham Jones Double Bass Martin O'Kane tenor Saxophone and Jez Matthews Piano
Music https://m.soundcloud.com/chronology-1
Alan
Dawson - "There are two kinds of drummers. One plays the rudiments
and knows it; the other plays the rudiments and doesn't know
it"
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