EDGY Stocking Filler
Saturday 10 December 2011, 4pm
As part of the Victorian Christmas at METAL @ Edge Hill Station, the Suitcase Ensemble performed festive reworkings of their unique songs and poetry, producing a splendidly EDGY Christmas treat.
EDGY: The Railway Cabaret
Featuring the Suitcase Ensemble and special guests China Pearl, Sound Tracks, Insanity Hurts, Rebecca Joy Sharp, and The Railfan Three
Saturday 23 April 2011, 4pm & 8pmThis was a contemporary music hall celebrating life in Liverpool's Edge Hill: home of the oldest passenger railway station in the world. The event was put on as part of the Working Class Life and Music Festival 2011.
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In eighteen hundred and forty-one
My corduroy britches I put on
I put my corduroy britches on
To work upon the railway
Edgy is a hugely entertaining and though provoking anthology of music, theatre, poetry and comedy, inspired and influenced by the music and stories of local working communities.
This special edition of Edgy saw the return of The Suitcase Ensemble's particular blend of quirky theatricality, poignancy and absurd humour and for the first time they were joined by a diverse array of guest artists. The full line up of the event was as follows:
Sound Tracks - Edge Hill Archive
Metal's Edge Hill Archive is playfully interpreted as a theatrical mini-epic by twenty performers as part of Sound Tracks: an open access performance project run by The Suitcase Ensemble at Edge Hill Station.
China Pearl
A brand new specially choreographed piece from this Liverpool-based Chinese dance company, inspired by Edge Hill Station.
The Suitcase Ensemble - Working on The Railway
The Suitcase Ensemble's boisterous and provocative reflection on the working history of the railways, featuring their distinctive renditions of railway folk songs.
Rebecca Joy Sharp - The Ballad of Juniper Davy and Sonny Lumiere
Live harp and spoken word telling a magical tale of invention and industry, hide and seek, love, mischief and dark imaginings.
The Suitcase Ensemble - Look at us Then
Poignant and absurd contemplations on the heritage of the area, including artworks by Jane Hughes, inspiration from the Edge Hill Archive and extracts from The Suitcase Ensemble's raucous new show 'Look at us Now'.
Insanity Hurts
Liverpool's newest rap duo present their compelling fusion of hip-hop and storytelling with politics, passion, humour and street-level observations of life.
The Suitcase Ensemble - Lost in an Edgy Cabaret
With a unique blend of folk, punk, music hall, theatre, poetry and contemporary dance, The Suitcase Ensemble conclude the show with a set of classic Edgy songs.
The event was compered by curious newcomers the Railfan Three (Holly Wilson-Guy, Alice Bunker-Whitney, and Harriet Leah Preston) who also provided sporadic comic surprises in the foyer before the show.
Venue: Platform 1, Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool L7 6ND
How to find us!
Click here for information on how to find the Edgy Cabaret.
This cabaret-style event is produced by a professional company of performers who are experimenting within and across their artforms to create an exhilarating contemporary music-hall that interrogates mainstream notions of work, art and collectivism.
Photos of previous Edgy performances can be found in the Gallery
Previous performances
2011
10 December 2011, 4pm
EDGY Stocking Filler
The Engine Room Platform 1, METAL
23 April 2011, 4pm and 8pm
EDGY: The Railway Cabaret
The Engine Room, Platform 1, METAL
17 February 2011
Threshold Festival, The Malaysian Room
Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
2010
4 December 2010
Kabarett Babel- The Kazimier
The EDGY series:
Friday 28 May 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #6: Long Live the Edgy Cabaret
They'll never take us alive
Friday 25 June 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #5: Working on the Railway
Cover versions of classic railway songs
Friday 30 July 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #4: Brazilian Rum
A story of lost fame... summer, samba and sex(ism)
Arrive early for drinks and rounders
Friday 3 September 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #3: Nostalgia for a Nuclear Winter
Giving up escaping the past you imagined
Friday 24 September 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #2: We Are Edgy Disco
We might be stuck in a railway station but we still know how to party
Friday 22 October 2010 7.30pm & 8.30pm
Edgy #1: The Battle of Edgehill
A vague beginning. Or ending.
2009
2 October 2009 11:30am - 10pm
Edgy: An epic cabaret for Emergency 2009
A durational version of the epic Edgy cabaret as part of the open space programme at Emergency 09.
23 October 2009
Edgy # -1: The Battle of Edgehill
On the anniversary of the 1642 Battle of Edgehill our "lively" cabaret troupe took a small but appreciative audience on a 30-minute voyage through their personal battles, epic misadventures and a vague beginning to something critical.
25 November 2009
Edgy #0: Wake up and smell the cabaret
Can-can dancers? Scantily clad ladies? People who can actually sing? What do you think this is, the bleedin Moulin Rouge?! Stop watching crap films and come to the Edgy Cabaret.
18 December 2009
Edgy #0.5: Christmas Special
A Christmas party for all our Edgy devotees. Memories, merriment and mulled wine.
