Blues in the Bar Featuring Curtis Eller's American Circus

Curtis Eller is a banjo player, songwriter, dancer, and storyteller. The beloved show business veteran started his career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat, but has since turned to the banjo because that's where the money is. The iconoclastic troubadour has spent thirty years relentlessly touring the burlesque houses, beer halls, underground theatres, and punk rock shitholes of North American, Europe, and Australia, where his legendary shows once earned him the title, “New York’s angriest yodeling banjo player”. His band, The American Circus, has developed a devoted international following based on spellbinding stage performances that combine compelling songcraft with silent film style, physical comedy, and explosive rock & roll energy. The band has released a string of strange and curious phonograph recordings that present a dreamlike vision of American history where all points in time have collapsed into one. Fans of past recordings have come to expect a hallucinatory, historical landscape populated by corrupt 19th century politicians, faded Hollywood stars, two-bit prize fighters and frequent, inexplicable visits from Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon. The ever-evolving cast of musicians spares no effort in their quest to bring Eller’s historically evocative compositions to vivid, cinematic life. Travelling in from outside of Stockton-on-Tees and fancy making a night of it? Take advantage of a special rate at the Hampton by Hilton Hotel – only 500 metres from our venue click HERE for more info!  Visit our website for our age restrictions https://georgiantheatre.co.uk/admission-and-refunds/    Accessible Ticketing  The Georgian Theatre offer a free ticket to personal assistants / carers. Simply book your ticket and email us at [email protected]  If you consider yourself to be disabled but you don't use a wheelchair and find it uncomfortable at standing events; please contact us after you book your tickets to arrange a seat. More details here; www.georgiantheatre.co.uk/accessibility