Celebrating the unique avant pop sound that has captivated audiences worldwide, Penguin Cafe is bringing the music of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra back to life this year with a series of dates including Lighthouse Poole on Sunday 1 June.

Arthur Jeffes founded Penguin Cafe in 2009, bringing together a talented and disparate group of musicians, including members of Suede and Gorillaz to perform his late father Simon’s legacy of world-renowned Penguin Cafe Orchestra music. Soon after he began to create new and unique genre-defying music, with the spellbinding philosophy of his father always in mind. 

With a beguiling blend of melodic instrumental pop absorbing folk, minimalism, and world music influences, Penguin Café Orchestra had a knack of producing the catchiest of ear-worms, much loved by advertisers ever since, including Telephone and Rubber Band, Perpetuum Mobile, and Music for a Found Harmonium.

Now, founder member Simon Jeffes’ son Arthur’s collective recreates their signature sound, performing a collection of PCO classics – a slice of 70s musical counterculture recreated for the 2020s.

Outside of Penguin Cafe, Arthur’s composition work has included several shorts and commissions. He worked with Greenpeace and Aardman Animations to compose the soundtrack for Turtle Journey, released in 2020 to high acclaim to promote the Greenpeace Protect the Ocean campaign. The film has since won the Jury Prize in the Commissioned Film category at the Annecy Festival 2020, alongside multiple Gold awards at The Drum Roses Awards and the Ocean Hero Award at Blue Water Film Festival. 

Arthur will be performing solo piano versions of Penguin Cafe music plus other original compositions. 

PENGUIN CAFÉ | Penguin Café performs music from the Penguin Café Orchestra live

SUNDAY 1 JUNE | 7.45pm (THEATRE) 

Tickets and information 01202 280000 

www.lighthousepoole.co.uk