Revolutionary Arts Ensemble collected a wide variety of music boxes and re-interpreted each tune into different genres of song. Two concerts were performed, one at the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival, and the other at the newly opened Spaceship venue in Hastings. Both shows were an immersive multimedia experience of visual and aural stimulation.

Review of Hawke's Bay Arts Festival performance

Not since Pandora’s Box was opened, will you have heard such a bouffage of cacophony pour forth from this succulent septet of senescent soloists. Too much? Not even close. In order to make their journey to Mr Alighiere’s mystical wonderland infinitely more “do-able:, music was often added in the form of a small cylindrical rotating cactus. The Revolutionary Arts Ensemble has a particular fetish for the rotary, so it would seem perfect that our first arts festival show reflects this.
Come along and be mesmerised, sanctified, terrified, titillated, nostalgicated, thwarted and sorted! In every tune a guarenteed happy ending. Drums, bass, guitar, brass, woodwind, keyboards and drums. In addition: animations, puppets, grinning, tomfoolery and tea towels. Allegro, Andante and the often underatted Largo. As the women’s great uncle said: “I don’t know much about art, but I’m a qualified accountant!” Have a shower and get ready to shake your Mother’s inheritance. Don’t. Miss. This. Show. Sharon.

Personnel:
Anton Wuts – Saxophones/Flute/Keys/Vocals/Music Transcription.
Will Darbyshire - Trumpet/Vocals.
Vinnie Beaumont – Electric Guitar/505 Drum Machine.
Adrian Thornton – Electric Bass/Mini Organ/Stop Motion Animations.
William Devine – Organ/Synths/Samples.
Max Parkes – Drums/Percussion.
Joe Dobson – Drums/Percussion.
Greg Sims - Visual Projections.
-Extra performers-
Alicia Hunt - Burlesque
StellaGrace - Dancer
Rosheen FitzGerald - Burlesque
Joseph Disrose - Baritone Saxophone
Nate Simes - Trumpet
Christopher Wilson - Trumpet