Cabaret – Cadiam Set List

Hello!

I’ve finalised my set for the Cabaret next week and for some reason thought I’d post the set list. This really serves no other purpose other than to point out the tracks dotted throughout the set that have been used one way or another in the radio shows.

1. No Escape (featured in episode two)
2. Checkers (featured in episode four)
3. Bridge
4. Nasmicplan
5. Bynari
6. Lakewood Trinsic
7. To the 16th
8. Dytal
9. The Cupboard
10. Cascai
11. Quench Acid (Bernard’s ring tone in episode one)
12. When Map Night Lap
13. Bambi/Paper Cup (featured in episode five)

Also, here’s a pic of what my controller looks like. Bear witness to the most appalling handwriting! In addition, note the painful usage of low-quality masking tape, the horror!

Rehearsal Spaces

Hello!

JP Cooper here, this is just a quick little post (a new and longer one from me is coming shortly) to show you one of the stranger places that we rehearse. Yep, thats right we’re strapped for cash cause of the expense of an Ed Fest show and found that rehearsing in our local church was both cheap and strangely inspiring. I myself am not a religious person, but I must thank religion for building such a wonderful environment!

Here’s the pics . . .

We rehearsed in the area right at the end,an audience of pews. They seemed impressed

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James Groom – For God & England.

If you know James at all then this is the perfect serving suggestion for him

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Character Study 1 – Bernard

Evening all!

Here’s the first video in a series of character studies for the Silence in C Minor show. Every now and then we’ll be bringing you little snippets of Jon and James in character to see how the whole thing progresses over the next few months. First up it’s everyone’s favourite Brummie of a thousand brothers, Bernard…

Rehearsal Update

Hey guys,

Last night’s rehearsal was pretty good, some really wonderful progress on the blocking. The first half of the show is shaping up nicely, so to celebrate here are some slightly more interesting photos of the night.

Jon looks at a chair, chair does not respond.

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Honour looks at Jon (off-camera), James sort of looks at camera from a distance.

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Jon looks at James, James does wise thing and looks at script.

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Nice, huh? It’s all black and white, how wonderfully trendy. We’ve also started doing work on some of the characterization by recording segments of Jon and James in character and letting them see how it all looks physically. The up-side to this is that we’ll have various little snippets of these character studies, all of which will be (badly) edited and posted here and there between now and Edinburgh.

Silence in C Minor as illustrated by someone else

Many thanks to Joel Cooper, James’ girlfriend’s sister’s boyfriend (I think that’s only two degrees of separation from you, dear reader), who did a little piece of fan art inspired by Silence in C Minor. Joel is super-talented, like some sort of wizard, so head on over to his site to see examples of his amazing work!

Rehearsal video for live set

Hey guys, as mentioned previously I did a little video as a taster for the cabaret… Enjoy!

Cabaret Prep

The acts along with the running order have now been finalised which leaves me wondering exactly what I’m going to be doing for my bit. The live set of my music which was initially a test to see whether I could do it using my existing gear is now looking to be the final thing.

I might rehearse it a bit to make sure I don’t end up looking like an absolute idiot. All my mild panic over all the other acts and the logistics has managed to mask that after all that’s been sorted I still have to do a set on the night. Tried making a small video for this update but thanks to network problems this will have to wait a day or so, never mind!

Welcome to the Silence in C Minor diary!

Silence in C Minor is a new theatre production of the Silent Collective and while we get ready to take our show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year this site will be updated with a host of new content and snippets of information on how the world of Silence in C Minor is shaping up.

Across at our main site, silenceincminor.co.uk, you can indulge in the weird and forboding world of Organum by downloading the radio show. The radio page hosts all episodes released so far so plenty of time to catch up!

We also have something rather exciting on the cards before Edinburgh, something involving live music and a boat. Here are the details!

The Silent Cabaret
Date: Thursday 26 June 2008
Time: 7.30 until late (Over 18’s only)
Prices: £6 (including prize draw)
Facebook Event
Venue: Battersea Barge
Venue Contact
Address: Riverside Walk, Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 5BP (near FedEx Building, on the river)
Tel: 020 7498 0004
Web: Battersea Barge
Transport
Tube: Vauxhall (Exit 6)
Bus: 44 and 344

Join Silence in C Minor and their friends for a night of revelling on the River Thames; featuring comedy, live music, burlesque dancing and more! Acts include Dolly Divine, The Cabaret of Death, Cadiam, Stagecoach and more raucous comedy from the Silence in C Minor team. Plus a chance to win sought-after exhibition tickets, celebrity autographs and much much more!

Dolly Divine – Burlesque Beauty
Famed across the south coast for dancing both the night, and many of her clothes away

The Cabaret of Death – Sam Pay and Becca Hamway
Death! Famine! Songs! Various Other Things! Experience them all as you are guided through the musical catastrophe that is… The Cabaret of Death.

Cadiam – Breaker of Beats
A live set of acid-infused electronic alchemy featuring delectable morsels from the Silence in C Minor radio show.

Stagecoach – Salacious Singers
Featured on C4’s Skins and fresh from their Parisian gigs, Stagecoach create its unique brand of sublime indie-country-pop

Silence in C Minor – The Silent Collective
Celebrating the completion of the iTunes-hosted radio show, Silence in C Minor, this is a rare chance to catch The Silent Collective’s raucous brand of absurdist humour before their Edinburgh debut.

Hosted by the comic duo Lee Griffiths and Dave Hughes.

So there we go! Quite the feast of live entertainment. In the meantime the rehearsals have been going well and I’m pleased to reveal the very first, and rather unexciting, glimpse at Silence in C Minor!

Stay tuned for more daily updates!