ZOE HAYTER is an English-Czech singer-songwriter, theatre and street performer. Being born into a world-wide known travelling theatre company Footsbarn Theatre, Zoe has grown up performing theatre and music in the streets, venues and in the family’s big top all over Europe. She has released her debut record of original music, Only Breathing with her first band at the age of 14, which she produced herself with money made busking every day after school. At 22 years of age, she has already played world’s biggest festivals such as Glastonbury or Electric Picnic, has toured through Ireland and France with the Oscar winning musician Glen Hansard and released her debut solo record RAW at the beginning of this year which she toured Ireland and UK with.
The openning track of the record Side Effect has been played repeatedly on various radio stations including RTE Radio 1 by Fiachna Ó Braonáin, the guitarist from Ireland’s legendary rock group, Hothouse Flowers. Fiachna described the song as “So beautiful, breathtaking.”
She has also performed the song live with Glen Hansard and Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich in Begley’s field in Dingle, which has been broadcasted both on PBS and RTE 2. Zoe is headed to San Francisco, California for the second time this year to join Glen at the legendary Fillmore and also play her first headline show in the US. Having studied theatre in Paris for two years, Zoe’s performace of her music takes the audience on a journey, telling stories through songs with a theatrcial twist, using different instruments to accompany her gravelly voice, touching many styles from folk music to PJ Harvey’s punk blues.
Doors open 7.30pm. Music starts 8pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!