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“sensuous, imaginative and sumptuously visual,
an extraordinary and innovative company.” The Times

For application details please e-mail admin@cryptic.org.uk or call 0141 354 0544 for further details. CV’s will not be accepted.

Application deadline: 29th July, 17.00hrs
Interviews: 5th August, Glasgow

Founder Elena Corchero will talk about her interests and demonstrate her work in the context of the latest developments at Distance Lab.

There will also be an opportunity to play with QR tags and explore their incredible potential, courtesy of Mark Daniels of the brilliant New Media Scotland.

This Cryptic Nights event is one for fans of fashion, design, craft, technology and quirky aesthetic. Not to be missed.

20.00 //tickets £5 // 0141 352 4900

CCA Glasgow

Performances from 18.00 then every 45 minutes until 21.00.
Limited capacity.  Advance booking recommended.

Tickets £5 // 0141 352 4900

After the sell out success of onedotzero_adventures in motion at Cryptic Nights in 2009, onedotzero return with craftwork.

In these fast-forward times driven by digital culture, many creatives have revived a handcrafted approach to producing new visual work. Across promos, broadcast and independent shorts. Many have begun to pare their work back, using a homemade DIY aesthetic, which is stitched, knitted, collaged, stuck and folded together.

Don’t miss the pyromania of Corin Hardy’s latest promo for the Prodigy, or the truly unique costume design in Misfit, a music promo by Australian based directors the Glue Society.

The screening will be followed by an artist discussion led by Claire Cook, senior producer & curator for onedotzero.

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For Aprils’ Cryptic Nights Kitty the Lion joins us for a one off special concert with set design by Damian Kruse, visuals by animator Toni Mackay, lighting design by Will Potts and support band Matt Norris and the Moon.

Kitty the Lion began life as the singer-songwriter Anna Meldrum, reared at the seaside on a diet of folk and pop. In this cub stage, Anna toured the open mics and small venues of Glasgow with her acoustic guitar, and sensible shoes because Glasgow is a wet city and cats hate water.
In the next few months and years, Anna was lucky enough to play lots of exciting gigs, including an appearance at Hydro Connect Festival, and a string of support slots with Duke Special. All this gigging led to her to meet many like-minded musicians, so in 2009 the cub grew up into a fully fledged LION, when Joe Rattray on upright bass and Nick Roan on drums were added to the line up. This changed Kitty the Lion’s sound from a meagre mewling to an upbeat, folk-tinged roar.

“Boasting a strong voice, intelligent, catchy songs and surprisingly witty banter, there is something untouched and unique about Anna Meldrum, that will surely spread faster than swine flu.” The List
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THURS 4 MARCH // 20:00 // £5 // CCA GLASGOW //
Ticketline 0141 352 4900

Get dazzled, get razzled, get frazzled, it’s time for SuckerBallz! Come on down for a night of wacky videos, kooky dancing, and more! So pull on your suckerpantz and get ready for some zany SuckerBall Surprises with your hosts Rachel and Yann!

Comedy and satire are the key elements to tonight’s programme. Yann (also known as The Amazing Rolo) is the inventor of the wildly popular Wii Loop Machine, the Mujik music remixing system for the iPhone and many other innovations in alternative music control. Tonight he shows off his new interactive performance ExerciseMagic!! (in which he deconstructs and interacts with a nineties aerobics video - Real Results with Corontation Street’s Beverley Callard) and a selection of his short films.

Rachel meanwhile presents her hyper-glowing surrealist vision of Scottishness as explored through a selection of her own videos, including Tae Think Again and her newest work Going Bananas. Susan Boyle, gangs of kilt-wearing robots and Mary Queen of Scots make up the cast of these funny and provocative pieces. Rachel describes her work as ‘both nauseatingly positive and cheerfully grotesque’.

A Q&A with the artists will follow in the form of Suckerballz, the oddest game of bingo on Earth…

Cryptic Nights relaunches in 2010 with WATCH iT!, a multimedia dance odyssey by breakdancer and choreographer Tony Mills.

We’re thrilled and proud of the acts Cryptic Nights hosted in its first year, and the wonderful response they received from our Glasgow audiences. But if possible we’d like to raise the bar for 2010, and this is a great way to begin.

This show went down a storm at the Edinburgh Festival in 2009, where it was hosted by Dance Base. WATCH iT! is one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV, expressed through a striking mix of breakdance, physical theatre and cutting-edge animation. Tony will be developing the piece further for his Cryptic Nights performance.

Don’t miss the first Glasgow performance of this exhilarating and funny take on a modern obsession.

“A show that’s as clever as its title… and a good reason for couch potatoes to get out more” ****
– The Herald

“Essential viewing… not only for lovers of dance but also for theatre enthusiasts” *****
– The Skinny

with live music and a DJ set from The Niallist, a surprise film in the CCA cinema, and a Christmas Feast to kick things off…

The first 25 to book for our first Christmas Special will be treated to a free Cryptic Nights Banquet in the café/bar. Everyone else is welcome to eat too for the additional cost of £5, or else enjoy a drink at the CCA bar.

Following the banquet we’ll show a surprise film in the cinema to let the food go down, after which the DANCING will commence as the Niallist takes to the stage.

The Niallist describes himself as ‘The White Barry White / The Fat Mike Patton’, and has an unhinged passion for DISCO and NORAVE (a genre he has pretty much sparked off in his own right). Ahead of his coveted slot at Optimo’s Hogmany Bash this year, we’re thrilled he has agreed to do a special one-off set for us, accompanied by live visuals.

Nearing the end of our first year, we hope you’ll be out to help us celebrate a great first run that has featured horror, technological innovation, comedy, live music collaborations and pitch black installations and lots in between.

TO BOOK PHONE THE CCA BOX OFFICE ON 0141 352 4900

Cryptic Nights will be returning in February 2010. Watch this space…