Art Rock Soundscape DIRGE Comes to Alexander Upstairs

DIRGE, an hour-long improvised, instrumental art rock soundscaping performance, with Helo Samo on guitar and pedals, radio, samples, accordion, percussion and drums, Frank Lunar on viola, bass guitar and percussion and Caitlin Mkhasibe on drums, percussion and valiha, will play the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this November.

A dirge is a song of grief delivering people from pain. The light that calls people does not remove memories as the deep pit grows wider, swallowing all smiles and joy. DIRGE will make contact and see what happens, in an alchemic, sonic experience accompanied by independent self-narrated visuals.

DIRGE takes place on 12 November. Tickets are available from the Alexander Bar website, with seats costing R50 if booked and prepaid online or R60 if paid on collection at the bar. For telephone enquiries, call 021 300 1652. The Alexander Bar, Café and Theatre is situated at 76 Strand Street in the Cape Town city centre and can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.