Past Events

Most of the Mechanisms' live performances were not recorded for posterity. Here are some of the ones that were. The Doctor Carmilla solo live shows are compiled here.

## Doctor Carmilla and the Mechanisms

### 2011

* 18th February: St Hilda's Queer Cabaret at St Hilda's College Bar, Cowley Place, Oxford
	+ Note that this show is colloquially known as Dr Carmilla and the Mechanisms @ Lashings due to the title of the video of the event; the cabaret was headlined by Lashings of Ginger Beer.
	+ *Performers:* Doctor Carmilla, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, Scuzz Nishimura, The Toy Soldier, Drumbot Brian
	+ *Set list:* Rose Red, Homesick, Cyberian Demons, Rocket Girl
	+ *Recording:* Video (Reuploaded by The Void Sings), Transcript, Part 1 and Part 2 w/ fan-made subtitles (Outdated).

* 24th July: Transpose at the The Good Ship, Killburn
	+ *Performers:* Dr Carmilla, Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, The Toy Soldier, DrumBot Beta
	+ *Recording:* Video Rocket Girl, Homesick, Transcript.

## The Mechanisms

### 2011

* 18th November: (space)Port Mahon.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim
	+ *Set list:* One Eyed Jacks, Gunpowder Tim vs the Moon Kaiser, Lotus Eaters, Once Upon A Time (In Space).
	+ *Recording:* Audio, Transcript.

### 2012

* 10th February: (space)Port Mahon II.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim
	+ *Set list:* Once Upon A Time (In Space)
	+ *Recording:* Video, Transcript.

* 11th March: Gender Rebels! at Linacre College, Oxford.
	+ *Performers:* Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim
	+ *Set list:* Our Boy Jack, The Toy Soldier's Song, Drunk Space Pirate, Pump Shanty
	+ *Recording:* Video Part 1, Part 2, Transcript.

* 4th-25th August: Edinburgh Fringe.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim
	+ *Set list:* Once Upon A Time (In Space)
	+ *Recording:* Video Our Boy Jack, Drunk Space Pirate.

* 17th November: Revenge of Spaceport Mahon.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* Set 1: One Eyed Jacks, Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser, Lucky Sevens, Lost In The Cosmos, The Ballad o'Lil Lemon, Lotus Eaters. Set 2: Once Upon A Time (In Space)
	+ *Recording:* Video Set 1, Transcript.

### 2013

* 9th February: Ulysses Dies at Dawn Debut.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* Ulysses Dies at Dawn
	+ *Recording:* Video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Live Album Audio, Transcript,

* 16th February: Vaudeville Rave.
	+ *Recording:* Blog Post.

* 25th April: Twilight Takeover at the Pitt Rivers Museum.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Recording:* Promotional video featuring the crew talking about the museum collection, short audio-less video of the performance, Transcript.

* 3rd-24th August: Edinburgh Fringe.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* Ulysses Dies At Dawn, additional set of Once Upon A Time (In Space) on Mondays
	+ *Recording:* Video, End of Broken Horses to the end of My Name is Noone, Sirens.

### 2014

* 15th February: High Noon Over Camelot Debut.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* High Noon Over Camelot
	+ *Recording:* Live Album Audio, Transcript.

* 5th April: The Mechanisms With CN Lester @ The Arts Bar, Oxford
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* High Noon Over Camelot
	+ *Recording:* Video Part 1, Drunk Space Pirate, Transcript.

* 25th October: Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Horror, at Hackney Attic.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Nastya Rasputina, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi
	+ *Set list:* Once Upon A Time (In Space)
	+ *recording:* Audio, Transcript.

### 2016

* 23rd July: The Bifrost Incident Debut.
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* The Bifrost Incident
	+ *Recording:* Video, Transcript.

### 2020

* 18 and 19th January: Death to the Mechanisms
	+ *Performers:* Jonny d'Ville, Ivy Alexandria, Ashes O'Reilly, DrumBot Brian, The Toy Soldier (set 2 only), Gunpowder Tim, Raphaella la Cognizi, Marius von Raum
	+ *Set list:* Set 1: The Bifrost Incident. Set 2: Lost In The Cosmos, Underworld Blues, The Hanged Man Rusts, Hellfire, Riddle of the Sphinx, Cinder's Song, Rose Red, Once and Future King (Saturday), Elysium Fields (Sunday), Death to the Mechanisms, Drunk Space Pirate
	+ *Recording:* Livestream, Live Album Audio, Transcript
		- Fan Recordings:
			* Saturday Tales to be Told to start of Odin, Expert Testimony, Red Signal, Terminus, Lost in the Cosmos, Underworld Blues, Hellfire, Death to the Mechanisms, Transcript Lost in the Cosmos, Transcript Deaths, Transcript for all other songs recorded.
			* Saturday Hellfire
			* Red Signal

## References

1. ↑ Facebook post with event details
2. ↑ https://lashings.org/gigs/
3. ↑ A Year in the Life of Lashings
4. ↑ The Good Ship, Kilburn, London, 24.07.2011, Transpose, a truly enormous thank you
5. ↑ (space)Port Mahon, Oxford, 18.11.2011
6. ↑ This is a song by Jessica Law, and is available as part of her solo work.
7. ↑ Port Mahon 10/02/2012 photo by Lyman Gamberton
8. ↑ The Mechanisms at Gender Rebels pt 1
9. ↑ https://lashings.org/gigs/
10. ↑ The Mechanisms Get Stranded In Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Programme 2012, p18
11. ↑ The Mechanisms, Episode III: Revenge of Spaceport Mahon
12. ↑ Broadcast #2, Ulysses Dies at Dawn: Live Debut
13. ↑ Aurora’s Broadcast #2 – The Mechanisms Update [02.2012 Terran Gregorian]
14. ↑ Twilight Taken Over: The Sounds of Masquerade at the Pitt Rivers Museum
15. ↑ WhyNot?, Edinburgh, 03-24.08.2013
16. ↑ High Noon Over Camelot Kickstarter, Aurora Update #2, Past Events.
17. ↑ Past Events
18. ↑ Due to camera failure only the first 12 minutes were recorded, covering up to the start of The Hanged Man Rusts.
19. ↑ Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Horror
20. ↑ Facebook post with event details