Stewart D'Arrietta rocks out as he and his band perform Tom Waits songs live on stage. He's wearing a burgundy Paul Smith suit, white shirt, and his signature hat as he dances and sings in front of the mic, with both arms raised. He's channeling Tom Waits and appears to be in a trance like state.
Stewart D'Arrietta is wearing a shabby looking, faded dirty blue cotton jacket, a crumpled whitish pinstriped grandpa shirt, and drab old jeans. No hat. He's seated against a grey wall, looking straight ahead. His left leg is crossed over the right, and there's a line of assorted empty greenish bottles on a bench beside him. His left arm rests lightly on the bottles. He looks contemplative and dystopian. He's channeling a mood of Tom Waits, who is well known not only as a great songwriter and performer, but also for his excessive drinking and substance abuse.
A blurry headshot of Stewart D'Arrietta, front on, waving his right forefinger in the air whilst singing into a mic. Colours are tones of bright blue with white highlights, against a black background. A splash of bright red writing informs us that here we have Stewart D'Arrietta and his band, performing the music of Tom Waits. The colours are startling and the outline looks like torn paper.

Tom Waits For No Man

Cabaret • Music
Australia

Tom Waits depicted the poor, the punks, the hobos and the lost. He could also write a love song to shatter Cupid’s bow. D’Arrietta covers this terrain of tenderness to terror, and all the pathos in between. He has a long relationship with the music, and an affinity deeper than most having developed the hit show over two decades. One of the 10 best shows at Edinburgh Fringe according to the UK’s The Sunday Times, his characteristic gravel-voiced sensitivity brings out the shapes and shades of legendary songs such as Invitation to the Blues, Martha, and the wrenching Tom Traubert’s Blues. 

 

★★★★★ ‘The king of whiskey, smoke & late nights… exceptional’ Broadway World

★★★★★ ‘Worth stealing a dollar from your mama’s purse’ The Adelaide Show

‘A masterful evening of drama, riveting, beautiful storytelling, outstanding… brilliant’ Fringe Review

‘Gut wrenching passion… an absolute knock out’ The Australian

Presented by: Stewart D'Arrietta and The Garage International

Stewart D’Arrietta is most recognised for the iconic Lennon Through a Glass Onion, the homage he co-created with John Waters and has consistently performed internationally in various versions since 1992. With Waters he also co-created Reunion and Café Brel. A frequent festival favourite, his larger-than-life presence, irreverent humour and distinctive growl, bring a unique passion and texture to some of the greatest songs and stories ever told.

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