Mr Vast [Liverpool] / Schlammpeitziger [Köln]

slapstick cabaret, surrealist happening, avant-garde concert, tragicomic carnival

Mr Vast – aka Henry Sargeant – trained as an actor and ‘dark clown’ before veering off into music as a vocalist and frontman for the legendary Wevie Stonder, once dubbed by the BBC as “the Monty Python of electronic music”.

Working with Wevie’s Al Boorman to create the sound of Vast – Sargeant the lyrics & vocals, Boorman the music & production – a similar world of anarchic comedy and wild fusion of musical influences is explored, but in a more traditional ‘song’ format (which they enjoy getting spectacularly wrong).

While the recorded side is a two man boat, the Vast live experience is a one-man festival of madness with Sargeant in the spotlight: a slapstick cabaret, a surrealist happening, an avant-garde concert, a tragicomic carnival, an ecstatic ritual. It’s all of this and much more..

Carrying the torch of the Great English Eccentric and music hall variety performance into the post-Brexit 21st century, Mr Vast also draws on the Theatre of the Absurd, the archetype of the fool and international folk traditions in his weird & wonderful characters, costumes, masks and props.
A metamorphic presence and shamanic compère, Vast takes audiences on journeys into fantastic new worlds, summoning the deepest desires and
fears from our collective unconscious.

Equally at home on stage at festivals, comedy venues or nightclubs, Mr Vast has a diverse global fanbase devoted to a unique style of off-kilter electronica and inspired lyricism, showcased in unpredictable live sets where barriers between performer and audience are always broken down.

Behind the multiple personalities of Mr Vast lies a deeply human, vulnerable artist seeking connection and catharsis, one who aims to triumph over adversity with shared fun and laughter.

The new album, “Upping The Ante” will be released in March ‘26.

 

Einlass: 20h, Beginn: 21h, Eintritt: 14€

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