Alphabetti Theatre Presents
Holly Rees Intimate Gig support from Paige Temperley And Taliraw
Thursday 20th June 2024
Bar opens: 11:00
Doors to theatre: 19:30
Support: 19:35 – 20:20 – Paige Temperley
Interval : 20:25 – 20:40 – Taliraw
Headliner: 20:45 – 21:45 – Holly Rees
Tickets: £15 full, £7.50 concession, £3 no questions (limited to 10 and online only)
Running Time: Approx. 120+ mins
Age Rec: Family
A unique, seated, stripped back and intimate gig from Holly Rees
Described as Laura-Marling-meets-Courtney- Barnett, Holly Rees is a queer indie rock act based in Newcastle, UK. Rees has toured in the UK and abroad (including a mammoth 44 date stint in Canada including festivals such as Canadian Music Week and Calgary Stampede), and has received support from BBC Introducing, BBC 6 Music, Amazing Radio and more.
Starting her career as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter, Rees has found her sound in her full band line up - lovingly referred to by the band as “full band bash” - with songs full of honesty, grit and earworm hooks, and an energetic, fun, “nonsense-filled” live show to match.
After a busy 2022 of festivals, shows, and studio time hard at work on the next release (a full band EP), Holly and the band hit the ground running this year, kicking everything off with single, ‘Missing Out (Again)’, a full-band re-make of ‘Missing Out’ (a firm crowd favourite originally released on Rees’ 2018 acoustic EP ‘Slow Down’). A perfect celebration of Rees’ past and future, ‘Missing Out (Again)’ solidified Rees’ move from singer-songwriter to full-band indie-rock without losing any of the raw honesty that’s so loved in her songwriting, and has opened the door to the direction of new music.
The start to 2023 didn’t stop there either, seeing the band crowdfund a staggering £2.5k to put into a music video for new single ‘Careless’, directed by Zoë Murtagh and produced by Gadabout Films. ‘Careless’ sees the band take a slightly more political direction, a song about the importance of care, and of words, wrapped up in punk-rock grit and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.
With a new line-up and lots to say, Rees and band are hitting the road and worth listening out for. You’ll probably hear them coming.
support from Paige Temperley
Paige Temperley is a musician from the North East of England. She's a performer, writer and music facilitator with a passion for storytelling. Most recently she wrote, performed and produced music for BBC 4 Radio Drama 'Williams Castle'. Currently, she is writing for numerous projects including the children's musical 'Sweet Caroline & the Football Boots' in partnership with We Make Culture and funded by the Cultural Spring; as well as further work in the audio drama field writing for Jay Sykes' 'Tyler' set for release in 2025. You can find Paige performing regularly in many venues across the North East and listen to both, her solo music, and duo project 'Tall Shaves' across streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music & Google Play.
support from Taliraw
Taliraw is a Czech cellist, singer/rapper, songwriter, and composer. They started performing as a solo artist when entering The Voice of Czechoslovakia. After moving to Newcastle in 2020, they formed a band and released their second EP ´English Weather´. This EP became an international affair with inputs from musicians based in Australia, Ireland and the UK and the songs were repeatedly aired on BBC Introducing. This year Taliraw released their third EP Delicate Concrete, which they produced and recorded themself. They try to achieve folky, atmospheric and raw sounds by mixing cello and vocal layers with some bits of spoken word. The genre they perform through could be described as a mixture of hip-hop, spoken word and art-pop, with jazz inflections, aided by their cello work.
