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It was late April 2004 when two musicians,
and a drummer, met in the unlikely location
of the Weinviertel of Austria, in a forsthaus,
in the forest just outside a small village
called Retz! The rendevou was instigated
by Ukulele-ist Trent Arkleysmith (also
known as Wild Wolf, Strudel and a number
of other less flattering names) he was
also the inhabitant of the previously
mentioned Forsthaus.
Trent and Robert (the almost amazing,
Bertro, Bob) Falkinder first met in 1998,
when Trent, at the time musical director
of Circus Monoxide, actually employed
Robert in his first role as a circus drummer.
Trent left the company two weeks later,
of his own free will. Nevertheless, in
these two weeks the two accused struck
up a bizarre, yet lasting musical and
comical relationship. This was the beginning
of something strange yet wonderful. The
next few years saw them coming together
to work on various projects such as Lunar
Circus, Toaster, and further seasons with
Circus Monoxide.
In 2001 Trent moved to Vienna where he
continued working with world renowned,
music, comedy, juggling duo, The Oskar
and Strudel Show.
In March 2004, through a mutual friend,
also called Roman,
Trent met bassist Roman (The Good Doktor,
Princess Rozza of Switzerland) Britschgi,
at a session in the sound studio of an
art accadamy in Vienna. Roman born and
bred in Obwalden, Switzerland, was forced
to leave his country due to his inability
to be anywhere on time and a general indecisiveness.
Moving to Vienna also gave him the chance
to further his studies as a sculptor.
The very next month, Robert, stranded
in South East Asia by a financially crippled
circus company (he still has the twitch),
on a failed World Overland Tour, with
little more than enough money in his pocket
for a one way ticket to Vienna, accepted
the invitation to be involved in yet another
new project (although nobody quite knew
what it was yet) and boarded a flight
that was to take him to his destiny!
'The best band I have yet seen at
Glastonbury this year.'
Steve Boxer
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- The Street Show
A forty five minute show combining
exciting up tempo music performed
on embarrassingly undersized instruments,
audience interaction, crazy acrobatic
stunts and illusions with some unique
and highly innovative comic routines.
The Von Trolley Quartet draws the
natural spontaneity of the street
into their show enjoying opportune
moments for improvisation with audience
members.
These three endearing characters bring
the classic musical clown well into
the 21st century and beyond with their
keenly developed sense of comedy and
remarkable musical ability.
This show is also suitable for performance
in theatres and can be varied in duration
from 30min to 1hr.
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Suitable for: street
- Languages:English, German or
silent
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- Cabaret or Variete
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The Von Trolley Quartet can perform
short routines anywhere from 5 minutes
to 30 minutes in duration.
Capable of extremely quick build up
and pack down times, they can enter
a space bring an audience into grips
of hilarity, then be gone without
a trace before the smoke has cleared.
- Duration: 45 minute sets
- Suitable for: street and corporate
events
- Languages: English, German
or silent
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- Music sets
This three piece quartet is capable
of performing concerts containing
up to 2 to 3 forty five minute sets
featuring some cleverly composed original
material along with some unique renditions
of a number of well known classics.
From gypsey swing, jazz, renaissance,
bluegrass and a touch of funk, to
high-energy vaudeville rock.
All presented almost unbelievably
on undersized instruments and executed
in the inimitable Von Trolley style,
these performances are ideal for bars
or clubs.
- Duration: 2 or 3
sets of 45 minutes depending on
situation
- Suitable for: bar, clubs, cabaret
and corporate events
- Languages:English, German or
silent
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- Music for Theatre and Circus
With their past experience composing
and performing music for theatre and
circus, the Von Trolleys present music
of a great variety of styles utilising
such instruments as cello, trumpet,
violin, electric and acoustic guitar,
ukulele, five string electric bass,
contrabass, drums and percussion,
keyboards and computer programming,
to create moving and captivating live
soundtracks.
- Duration: 30-45 minutes depending
on situation
- Suitable for: theatre, circuscabaret,
corporate events
- Languages: English, German
or silent
PERFORMANCES ARE SUITABLE FOR AUDIENCES
OF ALL AGES!!!
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- SOUND
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- SMALL VENUE OR STREET WITHOUT
P.A.:
- Electricity outlet preferred
but not essential
- SMALL VENUE OR STREET WITH P.A.
- 3 vocal mics (including stands),
electricity outlet
- LARGE VENUE:
- 1x D.I. box, 2x line in, 3
vocal mics (including stands),
snare drum mic (clip on mic
preferred), kick drum mic, one
over-head mic.
- LIGHTING
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- STAGE REQUIREMENTS
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- PERFORMANCE AREA: 3m x
14m (minimum). Hight 3m (minimum)
- SET UP AND BUMP OUT TIME
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- Stage set up time: 10 minutes
- Stage bump out time: 10 minutes
- Performance preparation time off
stage: 30 minutes
- Time between performances: Minimum
of 1 hour
- SHOW DURATION
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- STREET: 45 minutes (flexible)
- INDOOR: 45
minutes (flexible)
- DRESSING ROOM
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- chairs
- tables and mirrors
- drinking water
- secure storage space
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