Michael Wookey
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The Toy Orchestra

A mix of toys, found objects and big boy instruments.  

"On stage, he brings together very successful covers of Abba or The Cure with his own personal pop-rock compositions.  Playing as much the ukulele as the toy piano (on his knees), Michael Wookey sings and dances as if his life were a musical." - ouest france

"Not only is this Englishman a brilliant composer of lunatic cabaret songs, he also makes his own instruments, hence his unique sound." - Les Inrockuptibles

Michael Wookey: singing, ukulele, toy piano, omnichord, direction. Pauline Dupuy: double bass, bass ukulele (Contrebrassens, Noosphère, Angil & The Hiddentracks). Émilie Rambaud: drums, accordion (The Buns, Romance, The Tiki Sisters). Jonathan Lefèvre Reiche: toy piano, melodica, cavaco, Casio (Nit, Evergreen). Christophe Millot: clarinets, recorders, bells etc. (Babylon Circus). Clément Amirault: trombone, recorders, glockenspiel etc. (Babylon Circus). 
I Can Show You Things. A commission from the Theatre Du Chatelet.
Coney Island Sous l'Eau, a piece composed for Margaret Leng Tan.
The Sea, solo with bells in Naples, Italy.
Smells Like Teen Spirit for 30 piece toy piano orchestra.
A toy Phil Spector-esque version of Dancing Queen.
Heaven Themed Parties with toy piano and double bass.
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