Carpe Idiotus is a manic blend of comedy, music, mime, satire, parody and visual theatre, which combine the skills of musician Tony Williams and mime artist Dennis Clare, they have performed countless shows in all manner of forums, theatres and corporate events.

They recently brought the house down on TV's "Australia's got talent".

This comic duo combine high levels of comedic skill, with total professionalism. With a gentle charm and deep respect for the audience it is soon clear that Carpe Idiotus have the kind of rapport with their audience that others can only dream of.

Dennis and Tony have been performing individually and together for the past seventeen years. Their collaborative works Water Closet Productions have been performed in pubs, theatres, festivals and concert venues throughout Australia.

• Dennis Clare has worked extensively overseas, returning to Australia for World Expo in 1988. He can be seen regularly performing at the Art Gallery of NSW.
• Tony Williams has fifteen years of songwriting and singing experience and has two albums available. He has had chart success in South Africa.

Combine 40 years of performing experience with a gentle charm and deep respect for the audience and it is soon clear that Carpe Idiotus have the kind of rapport with their audience that other can only dream of.

www.wcp.net.au

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Fiddlers Feast, formerly the Fiddlers Festival, has grown from humble beginnings at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1996 into Australias Premier Fiddle Band. Featuring some of the best fiddlers and violinists around, 'Fiddlers Feast' is a group playing an eclectic collection of music from Jazz, Swing, Blues, Celtic and Country to Contemporary; "a powerhouse of Australian Celtic music that flies down bush tracks, over blue mountains and zips down the Australian city highways".

Fiddlers Feast appears regularly at major events and festivals around Australia including Woodford Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Gympie Muster, Tamworth Country Music Festival, the Brisbane Festival, Adelaide Arts Festival, and the Famous Spiegeltent. Fiddlers Feast has toured with the support of the Federal government for the Playing Australia Touring Program, NARPACA and Queensland Arts Council Touring program, have been guests of the Brisbane City council for their 150 year celebrations and were invited to perform at Expo in Nagoya, Japan by DFAT in 2005. In August 2006 Fiddlers Feast was part of the Australian contingent at the Inter-Celtic Festival, Lorient in Brittany as part of the Year of Oz and is planning a return trip to in the European summer of 2007.

Their new CD, FRENZEE, (best CD at the 2007 Golden Fiddle Awards) released in August 2006, is a rip-roaring collection of all sorts of fiddling from Country to tongue-in-cheek classical, from twisted jazz tracks to rock and reel with a plethora of weird and wonderful music and guests from all parts of the harmonic spectrum. Fiddlers Feast is proving to be a show that breaks barriers between the genres of music promoting Australian fiddle playing as a unique and distinct world music style.

www.fiddlersfestival.com

www.myspace.com/fiddlersfeast

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