Matt Ralph

On the road to Albury to rehearse Chronic-Ills of Robert Zimmerman., originally uploaded by mattkralph.

On the road to Albury. We have a great bus and trailer and are heading back to Bondi to pick up a few things. Rainy day. Jen is driving and doing a great job. Andy is telling us about hanging out with Taylor Swift last night. About to arrive at Lenni’s. Dropped in to say goodbye to family. Off to highway now.

Pic of Andy and Taylor Swift, originally uploaded by mattkralph.

Andy and Taylor. Nice photo!

Thanks to everyone that made our Zimmerman fundraiser such a great success. We ended up raising over $1200 and that will definitely cover a lot of our travel costs down to Adelaide. As you probably know, we have had to book the theatre, find accommodation and cover our travel etc and as it is a co op and there are hundreds of other plays showing, it could be quite an expensive tour, so your help has been so appreciated. Hope you get a chance to see our Sydney season in March x

March Sydney season of the play!, originally uploaded by mattkralph.

Oh so many books to read… Especially if you are not a big reader. Great news! It is pretty certain we have a 3 week season at The Old Fitzroy Theatre, opening in late March.

Great day in rehearsals, originally uploaded by mattkralph.

Lucy, Andy and i spent the day in the Old Fitzroy theatre working on scenes and also working out transport options. Lots of fun. Also lots to work on. Got our fund raiser on Thursday night. Got a great band together and plan tk play alot of Dylan songs… And ours. Had an amazing response for prizes to raffle off on the night. Will be great. Hope you can make it!

My new transport, originally uploaded by mattkralph.

My car was great but this year I’m going to bike it. This is a NZ bmx and i totally love it.

Fundraiser on the 4th Feb, originally uploaded by mattkralph.

We have a great night planned at the Old Fitzroy to raise some funds for our Zimmerman play for the Adelaide Fringe. Hope you can make it.

Hi, welcome to my site. I hope you have had a great Christmas and New Years celebration. Over the last month I’ve been up to Byron for a few gigs and Perth to see family and play for my friends wedding. Soon we are heading down to Adelaide to do a season of the Bob Dylan play, which will be great. Meantime the band and I are playing at The Basement on Monday 18th of Jan with a fantastic line up. I’m just off to see Al Green so I’ll post more info tomorrow. Hope you can make it along to the gig!

This Sunday is the annual Woollahra Xmas concert, to be held at the Kambala auditorium. It starts at 11am and will be a lot of fun. Our Under the Sun band is playing, with special guest Brendan St Ledger on keys. It is free and you can book tickets on 9391 7166. Be great to see you there.

Hi,
Just thought I’d put the word out about a great night at The Vanguard coming up this Thursday (12th November). I’ll be hosting and playing for a tribute to Elliott Smith. I look at Elliott Smith as a very before his time intimate and inventive songwriter, who in some ways reminds me of an angry Beck. There will be heaps of great singer songwriters singing his songs and it’s a very full line up, so if you want either enjoy his music or discover what he was all about, come along. Tix at the door or from moshtix or the Vanguard site….which is here.
This is the blurb from the event site…

Tickets:
Pre-sale: $15.00 + bf
Main & Show: $44.00 + bf
Door: $18.00
Door – 6:30 PM
Show – 8.00 PM

This night pays tribute to the beautiful muse of Elliott Smith who has inspired artists around the world with his intimate and powerful songs. The show features some of Sydney’s exciting new singer – songwriters bringing their own artistry to the music. The evening will also be relaunching the tribute album ‘Remote Memory’ compiled by um&ah records and released through MGM.

Sydney artists have come together to celebrate the music of Elliott Smith for one acoustic night only. Performances from the album and Smith’s catalogue will be performed on the night. Come along for an intimate night of singer songwriters performing some of the most inspiring and intimate songs ever written.

Featuring:
Damian Robison – Sweet Adeline/ 2:45am/ A Distorted
Joel Sarakula – Baby Britain/ Everything
Vindin – Waltz No. 2
Leroy Lee – Somebody I Used to Know/ Needle In The Hay/ Between The Bars
Christopher Burns – Say Yes/ Pitselah/ Busted Lip Katy Wren
Jack Carty
Mathew Robot
Matt Heath – Bottle Up & Explode
Cassandra Smiles
Jeremy Harrison
Matt Ralph (host) – All Cleaned Out/ Clementine