Maria Tecce – Strapless
After heating up the Assembly Rooms at her first Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, Maria returns to the madness of this year's festival with her hot new show 'Strapless'.
This riveting collaboration with one of Ireland's most sought after young director Aoife Spillane-Hinks yields a smouldering night of song steeped in raw sensuality, elegance, and Spanish spice. The music of Tom Waits, Led Zepplin, and Nina Simone meet sizzling of Argentinian tango, served up with Tecce's fiery, passionate style combining seductive vocals with the beguiling command of a leading actress.
Maria performs at The Assembly Rooms in the intimate Supper Room venue from August 4 - 29 @ 6:40pm (except 9 & 16). See www.assemblyfestival.com for tickets and bookings
"She can switch from froideur to scalding meltdown in seconds... A total striptease without removing so much as a shoe.” The Observer
"Sheer class... haunting.” The List
"Sultry or seductive seem wholly ineffectual when measured against the actual reality of this woman. A siren... powerfully gifted... masterful". AllTheFestivals.com
Click here for Maria's full reviews from Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 & Dublin Fringe Festival 2009
Viva Diva in The Gate Theatre's
new 2010 production
Maria has just starred in
The Gate Theatre's production of
'Dangerous Liaisons' in Dublin. Not only is The
Gate Theatre Ireland's most prestigious performance
venue but also Dublin's oldest and most historic
theatre, having played host to the world's most
renowned actors, directors, and designers over
the past 80 years. During April Maria lay aside her singer's crown to don the
acting mantle, her first acting role
since starring as Alida Slade in the 2009 smash
hit 'Roman Fever'. 'See photos of Maria Tecce and Nick Dunning in the Gate Theatre Production of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Christopher Hampton.
Click here to see Photos by Patrick Redmond.
Maria hits New York /
Oct 2009
After tiumphant success in Edinburgh & Dublin
these past 2 months, Maria hits New York on October
8 & 11 for her debut performances in the Big Apple.
On Oct. 8, Maria sings in Lincoln Center, the most
venerated venue in the world next to Carnegie Hall
and Covent Garden. Then on Oct. 11, Maria performs
her hit show 'Viva!' in New York's hottest venue for
music and cabaret, The Metropolitan Room.
Maria is
joined on stage by the cream of New York's musicians,
guitarist JJ McGeehan, pianist Ross Patterson, and
bassist Randy LandauCome join the party in the world's
most exciting city and enjoy the festivities. It's
going to be a hot one!
Ticket information:
Oct. 8, Lincoln Centre - 212 980 3026, www.mabelmercer.org
Oct. 11, The Metropolitan Room - 212 206 0440, www.metropolitanroom.com
So far...
Boston-born Italian American performer Maria Tecce now makes her home in the lovely environs of Dublin. Her musical career began seven years ago in Europe and she has steadily gained recognition and critical endorsement as both performer and composer/arranger.
Maria's live performances have packed venues in Ireland, U.K., USA, and Europe, and Maria continues to move from strength to strength, performing to ever widening audiences and garnering universal praise from both audiences and critics alike. Acting runs in tandem with music in this versatile performer's life and Maria is regularly invited to work in Irish and U.K. theatre, television, and film and in the past has worked with the likes of Jim Sheridan, the Abbey Theatre, BBC, and ITV.
New recordings planned for 2010
Maria will be recording new material in 2010. This will add to Maria's canon of releases which include 2006's rapturously recieved 'Torch song' and 2003's 'All my Love'.
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