The Barn at Murrurundi is pleased to present The BEEZ on Thursday 24 April 2025.
The Beez. An accordion, a guitar, two voices- and a drummer trapped in a tiny red box. Bitingly satirical but eminently danceable, featuring a wealth of home-grown material from the sublime to the ridiculous, the teutonic to the titillating. And a treasure trove of bizarre and infinitely creative renditions of songs you thought you knew- Ramstein to Rogers and Hammerstein, Oils to Icehouse, newly invented.
An eclectic blend? No, it´s a dog´s breakfast- and never tasted so good. Ten years as performer for and artistic director of Berlin´s legendary Chamaeleon Theatre, Deta C.
Rayner´s commanding yet endearing stage presence and vamp-voiced accordion ooze cabaret sensibilities. Deta has dragged the accordion kicking and screaming (with joy!) into the 21st century. Her extraordinary playing style has reinvented what is possible on this once reviled- and now revered- instrument. It´s a supremely entertaining smorgasbord augmented by Rob Rayner´s breezy, sleazy rock guitar and bass baritone vocals. Rob´s 30-odd years in Berlin- and the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent influx of astounding musicians- lends a distinctly Balkan flavour to his already esoteric post-punk heritage.
After years of Berlin-based wanderlust The Beez have finally found their home in Katoomba, Australia. Whether ABC TV´s Spicks and Specks or Folk Festivals from Vancouver Island to Woodford, Dublin to Port Fairy, The Beez deliver a dizzying pastiche of comedy and music that leaves their audiences reaching for the German-English phrasebook. The Beez- in one word? “Prost!”
Thursday 24 April 2025
6.30pm food for 7.30pm music
The Barn 220 Mayne St, Murrurundi.
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