Duke Special Headlining St Patrick’s Night Gig in Down Arts Centre

Duke Special Headlining St Patrick’s Night Gig in Down Arts Centre

Downpatrick born musician, Duke Special is returning to the Down Arts Centre on St Patrick’s night as part of a series of solo shows. Don’t miss the chance to experience this incredible performer play live.

The multi-talented Duke Special will be preforming songs from his recently released critically acclaimed album, ‘Look Out Machines!’ along with his classic hits while also exploring forgotten old dusty manuscripts.

Duke is perhaps best known for his platinum album ‘Songs From The Deep Forest’, and the hit song ‘Freewheel’, but many may be surprised by the cultural breadth of his other work. Duke’s creative talents have seen him involved in projects as diverse as writing the theme tune for the ‘Irish Sesame Street’, to writing the music for and also appearing in Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ at London’s National Theatre.

Duke has also presented a documentary on the life of 1950s megastar Ruby Murray,  has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to write a series of original songs based on photographs for their exhibition of the photographers Stieglitz, Steichen, and Strand, has performed with orchestras such as the Ulster and RTE Concert Orchestra and has completed work on an unfinished musical by Kurt Weill based on Huckleberry Finn.

In addition to his incredibly varied portfolio of albums, live shows, collaborations and compositions, Duke recently joined forces with stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle and together they brought a brand new musical adaptation of Gulliver's Travels to the Lyric Theatre in his native Belfast, a production created by the team behind the West End smash hit ‘Once the Musical!.’ 

To purchase tickets and for further information on any Down Arts Centre events, please contact the box office on 028 4461 0747. The complete Down Arts Centre Season Programme is available to download at www.downartscentre.com.

Date: 17 March 2016

Time: 8pm (bar available from 7pm)

Venue: Down Arts Centre

Tickets: £15