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Artist
Silver Sircus
12+ albums
chilloutpost-rockfemale vocalistsdownbeatQueensland
about
Silver Sircus haunts the shadows between dark cabaret and theatrical performance. With a sensual and highly visual aesthetic, the band draws on post-rock and minimalist groove to carve its own niche. As much at home in a large venue as an intimate cabaret or spoken word setting, co-creators Lucinda Shaw and James Lees stitch together each distinctive Silver Sircus show. Starting out as a trio in 2007, the band has now collected together seven superlative Brisbane musicians, including guitarist Mark Angel (Charles Foster Kane), bass guitarist Terry Dixon (Charles Foster Kane, Kate Bradley), violinist Sallie Cambell (Tulipan, Speed of Purple, Deep Blue), cellist Wayne Jennings (The Red Paintings, The Ragtag Band, Deep Blue), and pianist Parmis Rose (Astrid & The Asteroids). Singer-songwriter and performer Lucinda Shaw (theatre credits include La Boite's Shock of the New, Magdalena Theatre Festival) and composer and percussionist James Lees (The Good Ship, Bertie Page Clinic) worked together on four CDs and numerous shows for Brisbane mainstay ISIS, and have co-produced performance and music events for Brisbane Pride and Brisbane Cabaret Festivals. Silver Sircus have performed for the Queensland Poetry Festival ('08), Brisbane Cabaret Festival ('09), Adelaide Fringe Festival ('09), headlined Brisbane Pride Festival Fair Day ('10) and Melbourne Fringe Festival ('11). In 2012, Silver Sircus release new EP "Come Back As You", full length album "To The Place That Is Home" and expa
