THEATRE ROYAL HOBART

HEDBERG STUDIO THEATRE

THE HACKKETS
NOISE SCAVENGERS
JAMES HULLICK

8 December, Sunday: 4:00pm

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Thematically this vibrant evening explores ways rock and electronica instrumentation can be used – from the straight-ahead Aus Rock language to more radical forms of sound art and sonic expression. The plurality of genre in the evening underpins JOLT Arts broad vision for captivating contemporary music born from Australian cultures.

JOLT Arts presents 3 acts from their stable of artists:
Aus Rock band, The Hackkets, will headline with songs from their album So Faar So Good.
The Hackkets will be supported by sound art ensemble Noise Scavengers performing work from their latest album Scrapper. Both groups include artist with neurodiversities.
JOLT director James Hullick will also be unleashing the axe in a solo guitar and voice performance.

THE HACKKETS
Hailing from Westside Melbourne, The Hackkets are a band made up of members with and without disability and are part of the JOLT Arts community. Having been incubated by Footscray Arts Centre for 25 years, The Hackkets originally focused on covers, immersing themselves in universal classic hits that win over even the most hardened in-car sing-along scrooge. Since 2011, they have channelled their love of such classics into their own songs.
Singers Victoria Rockchick (keys/vox), Stuart Flenley (guitar/vox), and Peter Tolhurst (guitar/vox), bring three distinctly different approaches to the songs they co-write in the band. Stuart merges his twin heroes Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra with a sense of humour that invariably breaks through, while Victoria has crafted her own Rock Chick persona through which she projects a rebel without a cause for the smart-phone generation. Rounding out the band is drummer Andrew Paganella who has been keeping the band in time since 1999. Of the drums, Andrew says, ‘I chose drums because I want to get somewhere to make the crowd jump out. Once I switched to drums, I stayed.’ The Hackkets is facilitated by legendary Australian roots guitarist and songwriter Shannon Bourne.
Gigging for over two decades, The Hackkets have performed extensively throughout Melbourne and beyond: Adelaide Fringe Festival; Seddon Festival; Maribyrnong Inclusive Recognition Awards (MIRA); Murrindindi Festival; White Night Geelong and more.

NOISE SCAVENGERS
Noise Scavengers have recently returned from their second tour to Japan (2024, 2023), where they developed a new tour show with Tomomi Adachi, which will be premiered in Hobart in 2025.

Percussion:    Astrid Meurer
Percussion:    Esther Tuddenham
Electronics:    Daniel Munnery
Bass:              Stuart Flenley

JAMES HULLICK
James Hullick is a leading avant garde Australian composer, improviser and performer.

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.