Harrogate Theatre : Duke Special

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performs "The Silent World of Hector Mann and Songs from Mother Courage."

One of Ireland’s most successful musical exports, Duke Special, returns with three unique new projects to be released in a box set under the title “The Stage, A Book & the Silver Screen”. After playing a set of stunning and intimate show in London, Belfast and Dublin recently, Duke Special now arrives at Harrogate Theatre for one night only.

1) "The Silent World of Hector Mann" album based on "The Book of Illusions" by Paul Auster -recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago and featuring Neil Hannon and Ed Harcourt

2) “Huckleberry Finn” album. An unfinished musical by Kurt Weill based on Huckleberry Finn -Duke is the first person ever to record this suite of songs

3) "Mother Courage" album - Duke has written the music to a new production of Brecht’s "Mother Courage" and has just played to 100,000 people at the National Theatre – the entire production is based around his music and the band’s performance.

“Gorgeous”The Daily Telegraph
“Bewitching music”Q
“A major talent”MOJO
“Inspired” Word
“Magically uplifting” The Evening Standard
“Bedazzling”The Daily Mirror
“In a world of his own” The Independent on Sunday

Since the release of Songs From The Deep Forest, Duke Special has toured sold out shows across Ireland, the UK and Europe. From headlining a packed-to-the-rafters Shepherds Bush Empire in London to stage diving at Electric Picnic, hosting five sell out nights back-to-back at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall to appearing as a special guest performer at the Cannes Film Festival, Duke Special has come further than he ever imagined he might. Crowded House invited him along on their first tour in ten years. He gave a little-known Welsh singer called Duffy her first ever shows, guested for the legendary Ray Davies in London and performed at The Irish Film Boards Oscar Wilde event in LA.

Duke Special’s immense creative talents have seen him writing the theme tune for Sesame Tree - the Northern Ireland edition of Sesame Street - where he also got to sing with The Muppets in the final episode. He has hosted a night at the Belfast Film Festival where he performed as a puppet of himself. He recently created a night of song and theatre in the Spiegeltent for the Dublin Fringe Festival and performed his songs accompanied by a 60 piece strong RTE Symphony Orchestra at a sold out show in Dublin’s National Concert Hall.