And who better to preside over this ramshackle bacchanal than Mr David Hoyle, who will be presenting the very first instalment of ‘KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY’ – a series of six shows in which David and a special guest commentator explore ‘notions of Truth, Honesty, Justice and The Authentique!’ through a unique format of ribald and surreal debate.

As his first guest, David has chosen his old sparring partner, the unforgettable Gerry Potter Poet, once Chloe Poems, always a true legend.

DO NOT MISS THIS DEBUT SHOW BY TWO CLUB BRENDA ORIGINALS!

Enlivened, as always, by musical mayhem from DJs Jayne Compton, Debbie Jump, and Elvis.

Friday 23rd July
Star & Garter, Fairfeld Street M1 2QF
10.30 pm onward £4

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On Saturday 5th June 2010 Club Brenda boards the TransPennine Express for a one-off party at the legendary Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

For this special expedition, we’ll be treating you to wonky magic from The Trudy and Judy Show, incendiary girl-punk from (hooker) and all the usual mayhem generated by resident rave-magnets.

So strap on your Sprayways, buff up your binoculars and sample the wildlife, Brenda-style!

club brenda hebden bridge

THE TRUDY AND JUDY SHOW:
Experience The Trudy and Judy Show. You will witness incredible illusions, tantalizing tricks, and fascinating feats of the memory. This is comedy magic, set in a theatrical cabaret style… but not as you know it. This bizarre threesome will blow your mind.

Hooker
(hooker) are a gloriously brash Manchester-based femme-punk outfit. Creating sounds that oscillate between delicate and bruised, and fiercely raw and dynamic, (hooker) are emotive, dirty, beautiful.
http://www.myspace.com/hookerstuff

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Coming together on Saturday 22nd May are the indisputable talents of the performance art provocateur Ursula Martinez; gloriously brash femme punk band hooker and Australian circus icon Jess Love, with local legend , David Hoyle hosting the proceedings for a night of fantastic music and subversive art thrills.

Deaf Institute, Manchester M1 7HE
10pm – 3.30am  £6

THE quietly outrageous Ursula Martinez first appeared as part of Queer Up North ten years ago, having emerged from the ‘Duckie’ gay cabaret scene in London.
Since then, this astute entertainer has gone on to show her work all over the world and to star in the new-wave vaudeville variety show, La Clique.

She also has a rather famous trademark part of her show.

Known as Hanky Panky, it’s a magic striptease which essentially consists of Ursula shedding her clothing as a red hanky is made to disappear, only to reappear in her skirt, then her bra, then her knickers, then, by the time she’s fully nude . . . well, I’m sure you get the picture!
http://www.lacliquelondon.com/

David is an artist/human being who has dedicated his life to art and expression since time immemorial.

He is standing for election – The Avant Garde Alliance Party:  http://www.davidhoyle.info/theavantegardealliance.htm

Enduring a protracted career that has included stage, television, and film, documentary you name it. David will sink his remaining nicotine stained teeth into any medium. A vampire’s kiss coupled with the soft caress of a moth’s wing.
Flamboyant, colourful occasionally ascorbic! David fuses the DNA of both the raven and the peacock. Strutting, extemporising, juggling with many issues be they banal of contentious David will satisfy your senses on so many different levels.

David has endured an international career that has taken him around the globe. Recently he has been proudly associated with the Victoria Theatre Production Company (now Campo), based in Ghent, Belgium, in a group devised piece entitled ‘For all the Wrong Reasons’ which took him to Belgium, Holland, France and Singapore and also Newcastle.
David’s television career debuted with ‘comedy Nation’ for the BBC produced by high powered impresario Gary Reich. David then went to channel 4 to create the cult series ‘The Divine David Presents’ directed by Lucien James for World of Wonder. David then created ‘The Divine David Heals’ featuring his mute stooge Jay Cloth directed by Jacques Peretti for Watchtower Productions. After a six year hiatus David fell into another cult show namely ‘Nathan Barley’ written by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker for channel 4. David played the part of Bonkers Rock Super Star – Doug Rocket to the immense delight of millions both at home and abroad.

*David is a seeker of Truth, Honesty, Justice and The Authentique! *on Saturday

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Contact theatre – Oxford Rd £5

The Sisters of Transistors

The Sisters Of Transistors is the latest project of Graham Massey, one of the founding fathers of Techno as we know it today. His latest adventure however is poles apart from 808 State. Here, he joins forces with four organists for a baroque horror disco extravaganza, complete with harmonised singing matching outfits.

http://www.myspace.com/thesistersoftransistors

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The Real Dolls

The concept of The Real Dolls came from rapper, Rod Hotly. Hotly joined forces with Manc Japanese rapper Yoshi, production-savvy Real Dave and world-class scratch DJ, Peter Parker (Fingathing) to form The Real Dolls .

Falling in step with the likes of N.A.S.A, Santigold & M.I.A, they are a party band, they like to make you move with their bold, fresh mix of hip-hop, electro, punk and the J-pop sound of ParaPara to make PRONK! _or sex punk_their own brand of music.

Their dynamite combination of cred and killer hooks is already causing a buzz in underground circles and it wont be long before The Real Dollstake over the planet.

Live they are in their element with shows constantly changing and energy levels always pushed to 11. Entertainment is high on the agenda as this 4 piece join forces with Veba (Groove Armada, Rae & Christian) and Zoe McVeigh (Hooker) to make effortlessly cool music!

http://www.myspace.com/therealdolls

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He has performed at some of the worlds most prestigious galleries & theatres including: Tate Britain; Tate Modern; ICA; Whitechapel Gallery; Royal Festival Hall, Royal Opera House and Roundhouse.

He has collaborated with some of the world’s most influential practitioners including: Station House Opera; Augusto Boal; Duckie; Kate Moross and Emma Bell.

His brash, clumsy and obnoxious approach to performance has left audiences confused, annoyed & amused. Whatever you think of Scottee – he probably won’t care.

http://www.scottee.webs.com/

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(hooker) are a gloriously brash Manchester-based femme-punk outfit. Creating sounds that oscillate between delicate and bruised, and fiercely raw and dynamic, (hooker) are emotive, dirty, beautiful. – ‘It’s a complete mystery why they are not absolutely massive.’ (Manchester Music)

(hooker) are one of Manchester’s most engaging and powerful live acts, touring regularly in the UK, supporting bands such as The Slits, The Gossip, Interpol, Le Tigre, 50ft Wave, Uh Huh Her, Katastrophy Wife, Brassy, Television and The Donnas, as well as playing a string of gigs and festivals in Europe, including shows in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bordeaux, Cologne, Leiden, Madrid, Toulouse and Paris.

http://www.myspace.com/hookerstuff

Through visual image, music, performance and social visibility, Miss Noir is telling more than her own story. Appreciate and enjoy Miss Noir’s art at face value, or pay no heed if you wish but beware, Zsa Zsa Noir is more than your first glance summation.

http://www.myspace.com/zsa_zsa_noir

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NoiseFestival.com steps out of the virtual realm into the retail world – smack bang in the heart of Manchester. Supported by Manchester City Council the NOISE Free Arts Lab takes over an empty retail premises on the city’s busiest shopping hotspots

13 January 2010 Features Club Brenda and the Same teens
Set up by Jayne Compton, Club Brenda successfully blends music, art, poetry and performance. The success of Club Brenda helped to set up Switchflicker Records which was responsible for launching the Ting Ting’s stellar career.

Meanwhile…

described by Clint Boon as perhaps the most important thing to happen on the manchester music scene since The Sex Pistols hit the Free Trade Hall, Same Teens was founded by a group of Mancunian kids who decided to promote their own club/live music events. In the space of two years they have worked with the likes of Foals and Black Kids and their successful on-line fanzine XOX has recently won the prestigious Umbro Industries Bursary Award

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Join us at KRAAK for a night of festive flesh, mayhem and merry-making.

Seasonal soundtrack supplied by Club Brenda, PRONK! & Switchflicker DJ’s

Since 2009 was a year of hit after hit for Switchflicker and Brenda launched a book we have made the party FREE!

Just bring yourself, some tinsel and plenty of party snacks.

From 9 onwards

If the door is locked phone Lou on 07958050730

Copies of the Brenda book will be available to buy. (Also available in Magma, Piccadilly Records and the Urbis Book Shop)

Friday 18th December

Kraak Gallery

2nd Floor

11 Stevenson Square (behind Hula Bar),

Manchester, M1 1DB

From Café Pop, Oldham Street turn right onto Stevenson square walk past the Koffee Pot, cross over Lever St and you will see the yellow coloured Hula Bar, walk down the adjacent alley – Full directions here

http://kraak.co.uk/?page_id=30

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Club Brenda Book Launch; STRANGE TREES

Having first begun in 1999 as an ‘avant-garde’ performance night at Manchester’s Star and Garter, Club Brenda is fast approaching a decade of subversive art thrills. Presenting the city with diverse performance and music, the innovative club night remains loyally attuned to the sounds of the Manchester DIY underground, from emerging bands and musicians, to a network of artists, photographers, film-makers, designers and poets.

‘Imagine what a club would be like if it combined bands, performance art and a deliberately eclectic music policy…if it reached out to everyone: gay, straight, black, blue; but in particular, welcomed life’s uglier ducklings – the outsiders, the strange ones…’

To mark this occasion we are launching the limited edition Brenda book, Strange Trees, which moves through the history of club Brenda, using a series of classic narratives to form a dark urban fairytale, alongside a series of commissioned photography and artwork.
Instead of Jack and the Giant, we have Dirty Honky, turning vaudeville tricks for magic beans. Savage Wolf prowls through the ever-changing forest but isn’t quite the predator we expect, and the same goes for Holly Gore, who some like to call the witch… in the strange forest of Club Brenda, no one remains what they were…

Limited edition prints and posters from acclaimed artists including Rachel Goodyear will be available to buy on the night, along with copies of Strange Trees.
Also, exclusively to the launch, limited edition paintings will be for sale from leading Northwest artist and Strange Trees contributor David Hoyle, perfect for Christmas presents.
Music will be provided by DJs and bands on the Switchflicker Records label.

The book comes with a CD featuring tracks from The Sisters of Transistors, David Thomas Broughton, Magic Arm, Real Dolls, Egyptian Hip Hop, Paddy Steer and Peter Parker.

Artists work included in the book are acclaimed northwest artist Rachel Goodyear, David Hoyle, Andrew Brooks, Daren Newman, Chris Drury, Savage Wolf and Alexis Milne.

Strange Trees, is a collaboration between visual artist, Rachel Goodyear, shortlisted for this year’s Northern Art Prize and music promoter / producer, Jayne Compton winner of the Best of Manchester 09 at Urbis.

The launch will take place at Urbis, Manchester’s contemporary exhibition space in Cathedral Gardens, on Tuesday 1st December 2009 from 7:30pm – 10:00pm.

For more information please visit:
www.switchflicker.com
www.urbis.org.uk

Urbis
Cathedral Gardens
Manchester
M4 3BG
0161 605 8200
Email: info@urbis.org.uk

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The next installment of Manchester’s sauciest shindig will be…

Brenda’s Alternative Pride Party
Sunday 30th Aug ‘09

Chaos and mayhem by:

NO BRA – London’s most talked-about avant-industrial duo join the dots between Peaches, Throbbing Gristle and Suicide. They’ve jarred audiences far and wide with their brand of ‘doleful pornographic poetry’ (Q magazine) and gratuitous toplessness, notching up supports with The Gossip, Patrick Wolf and Fischerspooner.

DAVID HOYLE – Needing no introduction whatsoever, the artist formerly known as The Divine David once more straddles the Brenda stage to thrill and horrify in equal measure.

THE REAL DOLLS – Introducing the new line up with VEBA and Zoe Hooker. They are a party band! They like to make you move playing high energy shows

It’s all about gettin’up and gettin’ down in Manchester.

Pervy pop supplied by DJs:

JAYNE COMPTON

DEBBIE JUMP

BRUNO BROOKES

The Ruby Lounge
26-28 High St,
M4 1QB

£6 advance / £8 door Tickets available from Piccadilly Records & Clone Zone

or online from

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/55078
Ticketline

Artist links
http://www.nobra.co.uk
http://www.therubylounge.org/
http://www.alexcalledsimonprojects.com/acsp_news.html
http://www.myspace.com/therealdolls

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Order now for £9.99

Strange Trees is now for sale as a book funded by the Arts Council. This book uses a series of classic narratives to form a dark urban fairytale, created by writer John Myatt, along side a series of commissioned text and artwork.

The book moves through the history of our performance night, Club Brenda, as several archetypal stories meet in the unique performance-experience space. Instead of Jack and the giant, we have Dirty Honky, turning vaudeville tricks for magic beans. Savage Wolf prowls through the ever-changing forest but isn’t quite the predator we expect, what with the girl in red being so keen to please. The same goes for Holly Gore’s Arcade (artist Rachel Goodyear), who some like to call the witch. And of course, we’ve got a Cinderella and the Ugli Sisters (resurrected and dusted down for one night only). Jayne Compton is the omnipresent narrator, ensuring Brenda brings out the best, or most different. While a tarot reader adds some narrative tension with the occasional fated revealing of plot. No one is what they seem. And in the strange forest of Club Brenda, through chance, games and journeys no one remains what they were.

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Best of Manchester Awards winners at Urbis

250 entries, a judging panel of 24 key industry figureheads lead by Peter Saville and an awards ceremony with 400 guests, we are finally proud to announce the winners of the 2009 best of Manchester awards….

Joint winner of Music

Jayne Compton has been at the helm of Club Brenda for over a decade. This innovative, underground club night blends music, art, poetry and performance and is a platform for artists such as the performance poet, Chloe Poems and Grand Central vocalist, Veba. The success of Club Brenda inspired Jayne to set up Switchflicker Records, which was responsible for launching the Ting Tings’ stellar career (through the release of the hit single, That’s Not My Name). Switchflicker is currently home to folktronica favourites, Magic Arm. Jayne’s dedication to music and art drew particular praise from the judges, as did her upcoming Arts Council book, Strange Trees, a joint project with the artist Rachel Goodyear (also one of this year’s art nominees).

The exhibition runs from 23 July – 20th Sept at Urbis, Manchester

http://www.urbis.org.uk

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