Sun, May 11 | 8:00PM (7:00PM door)
The Swell Season
feat. Glen Hansard (The Frames) & Marketa Irglova
Damien Dempsey / Presented by the Beachland at Playhouse Square's Allen Theatre
$30 - $35
Allen Theater | All Ages
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Excellent reserved seats available at the Beachland. These are main floor, center, middle, and are available for no service charge with cash purchase. Must be purchased at the club or at Music Saves.
The Swell Season, who just won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the film, Once. We anticipate a rush for this potentially sell-out show, but we will have a small number of choice seats reserved for our newsletter subscribers. Because these are hard copies, all interested parties will need to pick them up in-person at the Beachland. Tickets will be sold first come, first served. Otherwise, tickets will ONLY be available through the Playhouse Square Box Office through this live link or by calling 216-241-6000. Tickets will not be sold at our usual vendors.Playing under the name The Swell Season, Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech newcomer Markéta Irglová sing affecting folk-rock songs with blissful harmonies. Hansard is frontman for the Irish rock band The Frames, while the Czech-born Irglová is a classically trained singer, and their music serves as the centerpiece of the surprise hit film Once. The movie, which also stars Hansard and Irglová, tells a guy-meets-girl love story largely through song. Audiences fell in love with the film and its music last summer in theaters. The unique love story told through the songs of Hansard and Irglova made for some of the most memorable & moving music in recent film history.
Before making the film, Hansard and Irglová recorded a collection of songs together titled The Swell Season. Versions of the songs wound up in the movie, and in several cases also appear on The Frames' recent CD, The Cost. Hansard had a small part in the 1991 film The Committments, but Irglová is a first-time actor. Hansard has spent the past 15 years writing and recording with The Frames, while Irglová was just 17 when she made Once. Born in 1988 in Moravia, Czech Republic, she began playing the piano and guitar as a child and studied classical music.Once was written and directed by John Carney, a former bassist for The Frames. The movie won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and The Swell Season's song, "Falling Slowly" won an Oscar for Best Original Song in a Film. It has since garnered widespread critical acclaim and box-office success. Don't miss this incredible performance from the both Oscar & Grammy nominated stars of the film ONCE as they bring the music to life!
“It's a magical, beguiling wonder.” - Rolling Stone
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| The Swell Season posted on Thursday April 24, 2008 |
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