Auckland Festival 2009

Dr Colossus is playing at The Festival Club, part of Red Square - the heart of Auckland Festival 2009; a multi-venue hub based in the Aotea Centre precinct, incorporating The Famous Spiegeltent, the Festival Club, and the Stella Artois Festival Bar. With easy access to The Civic, the Town Hall, Aotea Centre, SkyCity Theatre and the Basement (home to The Fringe), Red Square is the Festival party zone — the place to start and end a day of festival experiences.

“ . . . madly sophisticated, nutty and exciting.” – Neil Finn, quoted in the NZ Herald

Cinematic and freewheeling, the evocative music of Dr.Colossus weaves a vast web of sounds and references: a Tijuana knife fight, pistols at dawn on the steppes of Siberia, complex Balkan rhythms, yearning East-European melodies, warped electronica, rip-tide surf guitar, infectious beer-hall beats, ’50s kitsch and a generous helping of skewed rock and twisted metal.

With each performance this band of multi instrumentalist madmen conjure up a heady blend of romance, humour, beauty and chaos.

Auckland Festival 2009 brings the city alive next March with a dazzling programme of more than 200 arts and entertainment events, packed into eighteen exciting days. The biennial festival is a feast of theatre, dance, concerts, cabaret, exhibitions, family events and more, featuring some of the finest national and international artists and companies.

For the full Auckland Festival programme visit www.aucklandfestival.co.nz