Intoxicating drop of moonshine
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back in time to a bygone era of Vaudevillian variety and illicit cocktails — Hobart’s newest boutique performance venue, The Sepulchre, is ready to throw open its doors next weekend.
The team behind local vintage dance and cabaret performance ensemble Moonlight Aviators has been working tirelessly to convert the old gothic church at 47 Davey Street into a versatile, fully equipped performance space, including extending the stage, installing a lighting rig, and hanging chandeliers from the rafters.
“This has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to start with a blank canvas — and what a canvas — and create an experience that is completely unique and yet perfectly suited to Hobart audiences,” Moonlight Aviators director and Sepulchre refurbishment designer/builder Graeme Quinn said.
The refurbished Sepulchre will officially open next weekend with two nights of Moonshine Cabaret, a classy vintage cabaret (with a dash of impropriety and a pinch of wickedness) showcasing the talents of Moonlight Aviators, Blythe Tait, Ben Smith, Emilie Clarke and Matthew Ives and his Little Big Band.
Moonshine Cabaret will be held at The Sepulchre from 8.30pm next Friday (October 13), and from 5pm and 8.30pm on October 14. Tickets start at $45, and are available from www.trybooking.com
Later at night The Sepulchre converts from a theatre into a speak-easy-style blues bar called the Moonshine Club, with live music from some of Hobart’s finest blues musicians from 10.30pm. Next weekend will feature performances by Katy Raucher & the Spectrums (October 13) and The Patron Saints (October 14). Entry is free.
For more details go to www.moonlightaviators.com