The Workman’s Club presents…

Jarlath Regan’s No Pricks Comedy Show

Tuesday 28 February

Doors 8pm/Tickets 5 euro on the door

The No Pricks Show (Sold out 2007-2011) returns from the Edinburgh Fringe with a collection of some of the stand-out stars of the festival trying out their newest material. You would be mad to miss this!

For the past 3 years this show has become the number 1 new material workshop for the likes of David O’Doherty, Ardal O’Hanlon, Barry Murphy, Karl Spain, Colin Murphy, Neil Delamere, Mae…ve Higgins and Dead Cat Bounce. Giving them a chance to road-test jokes they are too anxious to try out anywhere else, and people like you the chance to see freshly born shit in a comedy club environment void of arseholes.

This month’s show is going to be a huge night with as always, a stellar line-up top secret acts. Admission is only €5.

“It’s like playing Wembley Stadium” – Patrick McDonnell
“This is the greatest gig ever” – Dead Cat Bounce
“I wish all gigs could be like this” – Ardal O’Hanlon
“It’s amazing” – David O’Doherty
“I can’t make it I’m afraid.” – Jack Whitehall
“Can we change the name? – Television Suit

The drinks are tasty,
The snacks are salty,
And the material is fresh as a daisy.
Come on down and see it what all the hush is about.

(Special news: due to popular demand the raffle of shit that I do’t want in my house any more has been extended to include shit you don’t want in your house any more. If you have any odds and ends that you others would cherish but you hate lying around cluttering up your house, bring them on down and they will be raffled off before your very face – FREE OF CHARGE!)See more

The Workman’s Club presents…

Duke Special

Wednesday 25th April

Doors 8pm/Tickets €17.35 from www.ticketmaster.ie

The Dublin show will be part of a tour to celebrate his first “commercial” album, entitled “Oh Pioneer”, since “I never thought this day would come” in 2008.

“Standing on the edge of recording a new album is a daunting task. Behind you are the sessions and songs you have recorded previously, some popular, some well known, some dear to your own heart but not celebrated, some completely overlooked…  ahead are other peoples’ expectations, your own hopes for the record, the worry of shitty reviews, paying the bills and so on but… I love the adventure.

“Wooden Fingers Puppet Theatre Company, The Bank of Ideas, a banned Iranian children’s book about a fish, a pirate who wants to retire, a bar man who hears people’s stories whether he likes it or not, the human condition and late night conversations with friends on the roof of the ‘Oh Yeah’ building about your dreams are just a few of the ingredients to go into “Oh  Pioneer”.

Duke Special is an artist aptly named. Dynamic, musically ambitious & bracingly eccentric, with his inimitable style and lush musicality. Hailing from Belfast with a sound that is self-confessed “hobo-chic”, Duke Special – AKA the endlessly inventive Peter Wilson – is once heard, never forgotten.

Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism, Duke Special inhabits a world unlike any other – a world filled with vaudevilleesque sensibility, sing-a-longs and addictive melodies. “My sound is a bit vagabondy, but pure and soulful too,” he explains.

His critically-acclaimed 2006 album  ‘Songs From The Deep Forest’  achieved platinum status in Ireland and received plaudits across the board. His 2008 follow-up,  ‘I Never Thought This Day Would Come’  was  recorded   between Wapping, London, Champaign, Illinois and Culleybackey, Northern Ireland, and was produced by long-time collaborator Paul Pilot and mixed by Nick Terry. This was a more immediate and visceral collection than its predecessor, with many moments of beauty and hope juxtaposed with a dark, brooding edge – the trademark twist of the Duke. It was an album for sleepwalkers, skeletons and gravediggers, for those who have fallen so far down they can taste the soil between their teeth.

Duke Special’s immense creative talents have seen him involved in projects as diverse as writing the theme tune for Sesame Tree (the Northern Ireland edition of Sesame Street where he also got to sing with The Muppets) to writing the music for and appearing in Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children at London’s National Theatre, starring Fiona Shaw in the lead role.

For more see: www.dukespecial.com / www.mcd.ie / www.ticketmaster.ie

Who	Duke Special
When	Wednesday, April 25, 2012 20:00 - €17.35 - 18+
Where	The Workmansclub (map) 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 Dublin, Dublin

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Harmonic presents

Papa M

Live at The Workmans Club

Sunday May 27th

Doors 8pm/Tickets 16 euro 

Tickets on sale Friday February 18th priced  €16(including booking fee) from www.tickets.ie,  www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 0818 719 300 – Republic of Ireland customers 0844 277 4455 – Northern Ireland customers 00353 1 456 9569 – International customer

Straight out of Louisville, David Christian Pajo is a musician. PAJO is a new name in the world, but Pajo has been involved in much great music over the course of the last two decades. He first played out in the mid-1980s and went on to instant infamy with the group Slint. During the 1990s, Pajo played with King Kong, The Palace Brothers, Stereolab, Royal Trux, The For Carnation, Matmos, Tortoise and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

In 1995, Pajo started the M franchise, issuing a single and a split single in short order. As Aer- ial M, he released several singles, a self-titled album and the remix album Post Global Music. As Papa M, he produced Live From a Shark Cage, “Papa M Sings” and “Whatever, Mortal.”

Up until “Papa M Sings,” Pajo’s music had been instrumental, but with this release, he did as the title promised, singing folk- and country-flavored compositions. This approach was combined with his instrumental style for “Whatever, Mortal” and a singles series that fol- lowed.

In 2002, Pajo joined Billy Corgan’s Zwan, with whom he released an album and toured the world for two years. It was during this time that the Papa M singles series represented for Papa M while Pajo’s energy was focused elsewhere. After the demise of Zwan, Pajo played with Early Man and participated in the reunion of Slint, who played All Tomorrow’s Parties and toured Europe and America.

Hole of Burning Alms appeared in 2004 — to date, the last Papa M record. This collected Aerial M and Papa M sides to form another long-playing link in the M chain. Since then, David Pajo has recorded as PAJO. His self- titled first release came in the summer of 2005 — a collection of solo recordings made on the road.

Now comes 1968, the next collection of PAJO songs and sounds. The sound of drums is in the mix this time, along with a widened color spectrum.

Over the past year, PAJO has played live very sparingly, shy of a few dates in New York and a tour of Australia. His shows this summer will be an opportunity for fans and friends to see the PAJO sound enacted live and in person.

Who	Papa M
When	Sunday, May 27, 2012 20:00 - €16.00 - 18+
Where	The Workmansclub (map) 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 Dublin, Dublin

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