The Dangeorus Harpist - Other Comedy Act | Belfast, Northern Ireland

Show Description

1 hour Solo Comedy show on the Harp! Unique and funny!
The Comedy show is a full performance with seated audience that contains explicit language and dealing with strong themes ultimately very dangerous and funny! This show smashes all the conventional stereotypes of the harpist and deals with the complexities of growing up in Troubled Belfast. A touching and extremely funny show with aspects of cabaret, performance, songs and virtuoso harping.

Set-List

it does not rock
wifi lullaby
being born
i do it for the money
dry your eyes jesus
the fracked isle of innisfree
crying in the portaloo
get divorced and join the circus
romy is better than google
chasing cars

Biography

Ursula Burns is the most DANGEROUS Harpist in the world. The Belfast born songwriter, musician and comedian wrote her first song " I have been long enough with you" for her parents at the age of 3. She has been performing all her life. It began by singing medieval music in the dungeons of Carickfergus Castle, whist dodging the flying roasted chickens of drunk barbarians. The first recorded songs where an adaptation of WB Yeats poems in an album made by her Mother, Marie O'Neill "An Appointment with WB Yeats. In her teens she swiftly ran away to join the circus and hence began a journey that ha ... s seen her touring ever since in the domain of Circus, Music and Theatre.
Finally she ran away from the circus to join the last ever horse drawn theatre company Horse and Bamboo. Winding her way, performing in every village from Aberdeen to Brighton, in a gypsy wagon. It was a natural progression to the the Flee Pitt where the little tiny flees did circus tricks in a horse box transformed into a theatre by Cahoots NI. Ursula has composed a wealth of music for shows including 2016 The lyric theatres, “Little Red and the big bad Wolf” : “Inventors” by Kabosh “The snail and the Whale" and "Leon and the place between", and Tumble Circus "Damn the Circus".
With her first album on Freerange Records, Ursula was nominated for the Best Female in the Hot Press Awards and went on to make 5 self penned, self released albums. She has toured extensively in Ireland,UK, Scandinavia, Europe, America and Austrailia with her music and played with artists such as Loudan Wainwright 3rd; Jackson Brown: Billy Bragg: Beth Ornton: The Blue Nile: Richard Thompson: Jimmy Nail and many more. The venues ranging from the boot of her car to burning fire escapes, most village halls, pubs, comedy clubs, venues and theatres along the way including The Albert Hall - Twice!!. Ursula accidentally wound up in funny land when she won the 2012/13 Irish Musical Comedy Awards after uploading " It does not Rock" to you tube. In 2013 the maverick musician took her one woman comedy harp show,“" I do it for the Money" to the Edinburgh International festival and got nominated for the prestigious Malcolm Hardee award for comic originality. Now on her 5th album The harp has never been so dangerous !! Read More

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Experience

URSULA BURNS – CURRICULUM VITAE
AWARDS
2012 First ever winner of the IMCA (Irish Musical Comedy Awards) Dublin
2013 Nominated for prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award Edinburgh Festival
March 1998 Hot Press Heineken Awards Nomination Best Solo Female
April 2017 International Songwriting Competition
ALBUM RELEASES
1987 An Appointment with WB Yeats - 2 tracks (Bluestack)
Nov 1997 "Sinister Nips" EP (Freerange Records)
March 1999 "According to Ursula Burns" (Freerange records)
Feb 2001   "Spell"  (Independent release)
Nov 2003   "Rollercoaster Castaways"  (Independent release)
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june 2010 "Deep in the Dreaming" (Independent release)
jan 2014 "Unfit the picture with Victoria Geelan
may 2016 The Dangerous Harpist (Independent Release)
ARTISTS
The Blue Nile - The Albert Hall, London
Beth Orton - The Empire, Belfast
Jackson Brown - Killyleagh Castle Festival, Northern Ireland
Richard Thompson - The Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Loudan Wainwright - The Ulster Hall, Belfast and Irish tour
Jack L - Vicar Street, Dublin
Billy Bragg - The Errigle Bar, Belfast - many more........
MUSIC TOURS
Spring 1998 - Jimmy Nail, 50 dates, on the boards tour support
Autumn 1988 Scandinavian Tours, Finland and Sweden
Autumn 1988 Denmark/ Copenhagen
Summer 1999 America, NYC, Boston & Long Island
Winter 1999 UK Watercress Christmas Tour
Spring 2000 Pitsburg and Boston Belfast Trade Mission
Winter 2006 Emmer Quinn Christmas Cathedral Tour of Ireland
Spring 2007 Ronan O Snodagh Irish Tour
MUSICAL COMEDY SHOWS
2013 I DO IT FOR THE MONEY Edinburgh festival Fingers Piano Bar
2014 GET DIVORCED AND JOIN THE CIRCUS The Stand Comedy Club (Edi fest)
2016 THE DANGEROUS HARPIST Edinburgh festival The Yurt - The Stand
MUSICAL DIRECTOR / COMPOSER/ LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR THEATRE
2006-2011 Composing, Performing and touring with Cahoots NI……
The Great Carmo :Leon and the place between
The family Hoffman:The Snail and the Whale :The flee pit
2011 Kabosh Commission" Unicorn Music" with Hang Drum Grand Opera House
2013 Kabosh Theatre Company INVENTORS Comedy Musical Theatre
2015 Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf Composer Lyric Theatre Belfast
2016 Maria Conelly The White Witch for East Side Arts Festival Belfast
2016 Gingerbread Mix Up - The Lyric Theatre Belfast
MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR CIRCUS
Award winning Tumble Circus LA Breche, Seachange Arts, dublin fringe,
2012 Death or Circus COMEDY CIRCUS @ The Mac and UK Tour, Queens Festival
Bone Idol circus company German / Irish Tour
FESTIVALS
Summer 1998 Glastonbury Acoustic Stage
Autumn  1998 Scandinavian Tour, Gothenburg Festival
Christmas 1997 & 1999 Lissard Foundation, Co Cork, Eire
Summer 1998 & 1999 Edinburgh Festival, The Famous Grouse House
Summer 1999 Dranuter Festival, Belgium
Spring 2000 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
Spring 2007 Sticky Fingers Festival, Newry & Belfast Children’s Festival – Cahoots NI
Autumn 2007 and 2009 Belfast Festival at Queen’s
Summer 2011 Sunflower Festival
Winter 2012 Belly laughs Belfast Comedy festival
Summer 2012 Kerry Comedy Festival
Summer 2012 Electric Picnic - Comedy Tent
Winter 2013 Out to lunch festival (Comedy)
Winter 2013 Belfast Nashville festival
Summer 20132014 Edinburgh International Comedy Festival
Spring 2016 Cathedral Quarter Launch Dangerous Harpist
OZ Summer 2015 PERTH FRINGE - Woodford folk festival!
Lunar Circus Festival Karridale Margret River Australia
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Previous Clients

25 years playing experience - Everyone, Everywhere in every line of work including The Queen and Bill Clinton.

Suitable for

Wedding Reception Entertainment Birthday Party events Private Parties Cocktail Receptions Christening EntertainmenProduct Launches Trade Shows Christmas Party Events Gala Dinners After Dinner Entertainment. Comedy Cabaret Seated Theatre show Big tops

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Also Performs As

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