Reviews
Playlist: Gavin Friday – Death Disco Dublin
Gavin guest-DJ’ed at B.P. Fallon’s ‘Death Disco Dublin’ at Eamon Doran’s on Sunday June 2, 2002. B.P. Fallon: “It’s a great vibe, a special treat, that Gavin Friday is coming…
Read MoreForest of No Return review
The Guardian reviews the Forest of No Return show and notes: “The best performances extracted new meaning from the originals: Gavin Friday camped up Lady and the Tramp’s Siamese Cat…
Read MoreNothing Like The Sun newspaper reviews
Alfred Hickling reviews Nothing Like The Sun for The Guardian: “But the most charismatic moment occurs when Friday stalks on in gold jewellery and inch-high brothel-creepers to intone Sonnet 40…
Read MoreNothing Like The Sun, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Thirteen sonnets scarcely represent Shakespeare’s 154 poems in a Complete Works season but Nothing Like the Sun is at least a nod in the right direction. Opera North and the…
Read MoreReview: The Fortune Teller – ‘Nearly flawless’ narration
“The narration, by Gavin Friday, is nearly flawless and pre-recorded along with the music, narration, and well-chosen sound effects. The lighting design by Andrew Hill is clear and unobtrusive, supporting…
Read MoreCame So Far For Beauty – Dublin – Review
Came So Far For Beauty – reviewed by Stuart Hardy Is it really three weeks since I was in Dublin, enjoying breakfast after the first night of the Came So…
Read MoreTomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow!
Patrick Lynch sees Tomorrow Belongs to Me, July 27&28, 2006 If I Didn’t Come Up The Liffey In a Bubble (Gavin’s spoken word and autobiographical production at the 2003 Dublin…
Read MoreBryars and Friday come together
Review of the Gavin Bryars, Crash Ensemble and Gavin Friday concert in Dublin on November 10, 2005. By forum member roguevox 3 violins, cello, double bass, percussion [complete with xylophone],…
Read MoreFriday stuns ‘Other Voices’ audience
Gavin Friday, accompanied by Maurice Seezer, Des Moore and Gareth Hughes played to a captivated audience for RTE’s ‘Other Voices’ in St James Church, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland on Wednesday.…
Read MoreShock and Awe: The Songs of Randy Newman
Shock and Awe: The Songs of Randy Newman, a tribute event was held at Royce Hall, UCLA Live, on January 24, 2004. Organised by Hal Willner, Gavin and Maurice performed…
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