Join us for a one night only event featuring the theatrical premiere of Nash the Slash Rises Again!, an in-person Q&A with the filmmakers and collaborators, plus a live musical performance with special guests!
In collaboration with Films We Like and We Are Busy Bodies, Hot Docs Cinema presents the theatrical premiere of Nash the Slash Rises Again!, which uncovers the origin story of the sinister, masked Canadian electronic music innovator who took his name from the killer butler in a 1927 Laurel and Hardy silent film. A classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist, Nash fused prog rock, punk, classic rock, and psychedelia with techno and industrial - long before those genres even had names. The new film unwinds the bandages of a ground-breaking, mad musical scientist whose career decomposed before the world caught up.
Following the screening will be a Q&A with director Tim Kowalski, writer/editor Kevan Byrne, and Nash The Slash visual collaborator Stephen Pollard, moderated by Lou Molinaro – and then, because one dose of Nash is never enough, a special live musical performance celebrating the electro-punk legend, featuring songs from the newly recorded tribute album Nash the Slash: Covered, released by Toronto’s own We Are Busy Bodies.
NASH THE SLASH : COVERED features guest artists:
Ian Blurton, Christine Duncan, Rebecca Hennessy, Rob Higgins, Friendly Rich Marsella, Andrew Noseworthy Frank Pahl, Eiyn Sof
House Band:
Kevin Breit – guitar, mandolin, Dave Clark – drums , Rebecca Hennessy – trumpet, vocals, Michael Herring – bass Elena Kapeleris – saxophone
TICKETS (+HST)
General: $20
Members: $15