On Demand until July 2nd
Join us for an evening with two of our favourite people. We think you’ll really love Kathleen’s stellar songwriting - story songs, akin to the great Stan Rogers. Pair that with Steve’s effortlessly virtuosic musicianship and the result is captivating to say the least.
If you’ve seen their band Viper Central you’ll know what we’re on about.
Kathleen & Steve “cultural catalysts and collaboration forerunners in the East Van folk scene”
Kathleen Nisbet is a fiddle player and singer from Vancouver, BC Canada. Classically trained at the Vancouver Academy of Music, She returned to her Métis roots, pursuing more traditional fiddle music. Since then she has worked with artists in a variety of genres. A collaborator and regular accompanist with V'ni Dansi, Métis traditional dance, she has also composed music for independant modern dance. Theatre credits include A Christmas Carol with Pacific Theatre and Salmon Row with Mortal Coil. Kathleen is an active member of Vancouver's thriving bluegrass and folk scene, performing and touring regularly with her band Viper Central.
Steve Charles graduated with a degree in jazz guitar performance from Capilano University. He studied Orchestration and Composition at UBC. He speaks French, and Portuguese and plays soccer with passion.
He has worked as a musical director, composer and musician with The Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Shameless Hussies, The Firehall Arts Centre, VACT, the Cultch, Main Street Theatre, Musical Theatre Works, The Only Animal, Fugue Theatre, T.U.T.S., Theatre Conspiracy, Mortal Coil, North Shore Light Opera, Tryptych Theatre, Massey Theatre, Boca del Lupo, and Third Street Theatre. He works extensively with Tracey Power in their own company, The Escape Artists.
The past few years he’s played at Folk Festivals, Fringe Festivals and Jazz Festivals across Canada, the U.S., and Europe with bands The Fugitives, Petunia, and others. He produced “Whiskey Hollow Bound”, a compilation CD of local Bluegrass and Old-time music. He has toured the UK and Europe extensively with alt-bluegrass band Viper Central. He music directs “Galala” on TV Unis and “Pacifique en Chanson” annually. He works extensively in the Vancouver theatre community as a composer, music director and sound designer. He is in demand as a performer and recording artist for his versatile musicality and as a multi-instrumentalist.