Maynard brings the colour and movement that was The Castanet Club 1982-1991 into your home (for 61 very odd minutes)*.

Videos and songs from Castanet Club archives, as well as some photos even we’ve never seen. The Castanets make themselves at home at your place. See the Newcastle Museum exhibition from afar, close up and live from Maynard International Studios. Plus videos of a few of the artists that influenced The Castanet Club.

Using only sticky tape and a Gestetner machine see what Maynard can do with some really old photo slides and VHS tapes.

*show may not go as planned. Some viewers may be underwhelmed.

Here is the first show from Saturday 17th July, The Castanet Club Comes to YOU!

Watch the second (and final) Castanet Club Comes to You! from 31st July.

Download your free 18 month 2021 -2022 Castanet Club calendar here.

Your 18 month Castanet Club calendar is here for you to enjoy and print out. You can see The Castanet Club exhibition at Newcastle Museum July 11th through to October 2nd 2021.

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How about some out of context quotes about The Castanet Club 1982 – 1991 from the people that were there.

The only full colour book about The Castanet Club is now available.

Steve Abbott (Johnny Goodman) – “If you make friends with the audience before the show, it makes it harder for them to dislike you.” “We were excessively daggy”.

Warren Coleman (Bowling Man) – “We had a show that would work in a pub or a theatre”.

Glenn Butcher (Lance Norton) – “The first show we played outside Newcastle at the Adelaide Fringe festival in 1984 was 3 hours long. We did everything.”

Jane Turner (Kath & Kim) – “When I first saw The Castanet Club at The Last Laugh in Melbourne, I fell in love with Lance Norton’s voice.”

Angela Moore (Betty & Shirley Purvis) – “Shirley Purvis was based on my grandmother from Yowie Bay.”

Mikey (Elvis Presle) – “The Castanet Club never had a bad gig. How many acts can say that?”

Russell Cheek (Tron Wexler & Douggie) – “The greatest comedy cabaret big band in the world that never made any money.”

Jacqueline Amidy (Nastassaja Bassi) – “Everything was much bigger than it should have been.”

Kathy Bluff (Kid Paganini) – “We were always anchored in popular culture and retro.”

John Doyle (Roy Slaven) – “The Castanet Club was larger than the sum of its parts.”