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Mr & Mrs Clark are creatures occupied by Marega Palser and Gareth Clark who are inspired by people and situations, and regard a Saturday night out in town as an anthropological tour. The Clarks were conceived at Experimentica 2001 where they took root in a box, aided by a bottle of tequila, they sang in a jukebox style quite well, then very badly to unsuspecting punters in the bar. Since their conception the Clarks have visited New York entertaining in a toilet in Hells Kitchen and promenading the boards of Coney Island. Among some of the incarnations, the Clarks have been tour guides for Banana Bus Tours, spent several evenings in a bath full of noodles, alarmed the citizens of Cardiff as Superman and Wonder Woman looking for the lost super boy and spread the message “Enjoy Life” and “Have Fun” in the guise of a Nun and a priest. It was with these characters that the dance theatre piece “The Agony and The Tragedy of Enjoying Life and Having Fun Show” was developed and was selected for the Dance Roads international tour 2006. Adventures in The Sitting Room is the Clarks second show made for theatre, but like most of their work, it started as a human installation in which the spectator soon became a part of. Originally installed at Tactile Bosch, the show has been developed with the support of The Arts Council of Wales, Chapter Arts Centre and Welsh Independent Dance.

Quotes from Reviews of Adventures in the Sitting Room:

“A short, sharp, mind-battering dream draped in disorder hovering on the edge of nightmare waiting to fall. This spectacle is impossible to define and indisputably bizarre, but call this pickled mind sadistic, I enjoyed it!”
Amy Stackhouse, 10th July 2006.

“Marega Palser is known to be a remarkable dancer and mover. She extends her legs, with such control, into seemingly impossible positions.”
Michael Kelligan, 10th July 2006.

“You can spot the references if you want, you can deconstruct the carnivalesque performance, but it is difficult to resist being drawn into their crazy world of hyper-reality and just enjoy yourself.”
David Adams, Western Mail Newspaper, South Wales, 14th July 2006.

Additional Quotes:

“We have a word for people like you…stage beasts” Dena Davida, Tangiente, Montreal.

“…as far away from Swan Lake as Convent garden are ever likely to get”
Metro Newspaper, London, July 2005.

“a timely slice of escapism”
Metro Newspaper, London, July 2005.

email: mrandmrsclark@ntlworld.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dasclarks

FAG CLUB NEWS

our next show is

25th january with helen mccookerybook , the stilletoes &i-s-g, all very
diverse, cross generational experimental expressions...

our big news for
2007 is that we'll be putting on electrelane - who if you have nt heard
them you bloody should ! www.electrelane.com in the point april
20th...its gonna be wild, and completely amazing.

Debi x

Check out www.fagclub.net for updates

JimJam’s new ‘best of both’ session is held every Wednesday evening at the NosDa Hotel, formerly the Riverbank, Riverside, Cardiff. It has two live music bars featuring bands and acoustic acts simultaneously with open mic for bands and solo artists. It’s free entry, with drinks offers, has a heated outdoor patio (handy with the recent smoking ban) and overlooks the river and millennium stadium. It starts at 8.30 and finishes at 12.30am.

It’s open to all musicians, bands and solo artists performing any style of music, has a good quality sound system with monitors, drums, acoustic and electric guitars, bass and back-line amps and performers are generally guaranteed a spot.

A popular local guest band starts and ends the session, different every week.

Further info email jimjamsound@ntlworld.com or phone 02920 418741

Check www.jimjamsound.co.uk for details of all JimJam sessions.

Directions at http://www.nosda.co.uk/directions.htm

Unite Against Racism:

Unity Festival!!!!

Big Community event ahoy…Check this out and see ya there! Callaghans Bar, Castle Street, Cardiff, (under the Holiday Inn). Sunday 22nd April 5pm-2am only £3 all day!

5-8pm Funday and Open Mic/DJs

Kids come free!

- -Premier of Redemption – a film about the slave trade by C.H.I and local youth

- Face painting

- Hair braising

- Henna artist

- Graffiti workshops

- CVK Graffiti crew

All Free!!! Want to perform? Come on down!

8pm till 2am Unite Against Racism Gig – over 18s only. ID required.

Featuring….

Uprock Addicts (b-boys) featuring DJ Sqatchmo (Optimas Prime)

Regime (Rock/Rap)

Unleashed (Butetown dancers – urban dance)

El Jurado – (Higher Learning/Secret Garden)

Emmo (breakbeat/funky beats)

Desimus and Brothahood DJs

Nicky Delgado (Afric Cymric Rythmic Poet)

D’Taba (Brazilian beats/Welsh lyrics)

DJ Chico (Latin vibes)

Cosmo – (acoustic punk/hip-hop)

Rambling Around – (folk)

RPK (MC and rappers)

…plus very special guests to be announced!!!

Unite Against Racism Cardiff was started in April 2007 in response to attempts by the British National Party, (fascist bozos), to stand in the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2007. It aims to raise awareness of anti-fascism and related issues through gigs and other (counter)-cultural events. UAR Cardiff is not tied to any party or ideology, but exists as a platform for different strands of anti-fascist opinion in the city to come together. It also recognises that the struggle does not stop at the ballot box but is ongoing throughout our communities - not just against the BNP, but all attempts by the far-right to divide us.