Dillie Keane: Still Curious at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This supremely visual artist has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
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Dazzling Divas – The Mill at Sonning
Dazzling Divas continues at the Mill at Sonning until 29 July 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ She is a Baroness and the daughter-in-law of the late Sir Peter Hall, but being in the satirical musical comedy trio Fascinating Aida for just five years from 1994 to 1999 is probably how we best […]
Songs My Mother Would Have Hated: Dillie Keane – The Pheasantry
Songs My Mother Would Have Hated: Dillie Keane at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Love, Hate and Everything Between: Adele Anderson (with Dean Austin) – The Pheasantry
Love, Hate and Everything Between: Adele Anderson (with Dean Austin) at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Adele Anderson is full of surprises, all of them nice ones. The tallest member of Fascinating Aida finds songs no one else sings and only a few know, then turns them into little masterpieces we want […]
Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries: Maria Kesselman – The Pheasantry
Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries: Maria Kesselman at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After 15 long months of cabaret deprivation, there was an undeniable buzz as The Pheasantry reopened with the delightful Maria Kesselman serenading a glad-to-be-back audience that would have been twice as big if Boris had […]
Liza Pulman releases video and free download for latest track ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’
Singer and comedian Liza Pulman has released a video and free download of her recording of 1920s classic ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’ taken from the Fascinating Aida star’s recently released EP of tracks from her upcoming album. Featuring Joe Stilgoe on piano and Tony Levin on bass, the track is taken from the album The Heart […]
Liza Pulman reschedules London shows and releases new EP
Fascinating Aida’s Liza Pulman has announced rescheduled London dates for her new show along with the release of an EP of tracks from her upcoming album. Following on from the singer’s sold-out runs of her critic and audience-pleasing third solo show, Liza Pulman Sings Streisand had been due to return to the capital with The […]
Fascinating Aida – Queen Elizabeth Hall and Touring
Fascinating Aida continues at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London until 5 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The antidote to any Election Night blues arrived swiftly with the outrageous, hot-off-the-press satire of Fascinating Aida kicking off a month of wickedness and devilry on London’s South Bank before embarking on a […]
Fascinating Aida leads The Pheasantry’s tenth anniversary celebrations
Fascinating Aida, Summer Strallen and Dominic Alldis – The Pheasantry, London Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ You won’t find anyone better to launch a four-day festival celebrating the tenth anniversary of Chelsea nightspot The Pheasantry as a cabaret venue than the wickedly funny Fascinating Aida. Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza […]
Chelsea nightspot The Pheasantry celebrates its tenth anniversary
Chelsea nightspot The Pheasantry celebrates its tenth anniversary since taking over the much-missed Pizza on the Park as Pizza Express’ flagship cabaret venue with four spectacular concerts in November. Cabaret, musical theatre, jazz, pop and comedy giants will join forces from 11-14 November 2019 for gala evenings which will start with a champagne reception. Fascinating […]
Liza Sings Streisand – Liza Pulman – Cadogan Hall and Touring
Liza Sings Streisand was reviewed at the Cadogan Hall, London. The show continues touring until 15 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Liza Pulman, a member of the fabulous satirical singing trio Fascinating Aida, is touring her third solo show, Liza Sings Streisand. This classy, well put together performance steers […]
Liza sings… Streisand – Liza Pulman – Live At Zédel
Liza sings… Streisand – Liza Pulman at Live At Zédel, London (also shows on 22 May and 12 June). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When adding Barbra Streisand’s first album to the Chapman record collection in 1963 (still have it and it’s still sounding special 54 years later), little did we […]
Dillie Keane – Richmond Theatre
Dillie Keane performed at Richmond Theatre. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Life’s not fair, is it, and it’s almost a sin that someone with so many talents exists, but the wonderful Dillie Keane wore her genius lightly in two hours of pure bliss at Richmond at the end of a tour […]
Dillie Keane – Wycombe Swan and Touring
Dillie Keane performed her solo show at the Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe and continues to tour until 24 March. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Dillie Keane’s solo tour gives Fascinating Aïda fans a chance to indulge in some satirical wit while her co-writer Adèle Anderson recovers from illness and Liza Pulman […]
Fascinating Aïda’s Liza Pulman takes Hollywood show on tour
Fascinating Aïda’s Liza Pulman will be using her break from the popular musical comedy trio to tour a new show next year. Liza Pulman Sings Hollywood, an evening of classic music from the movies will tour the UK from March 2016. Accompanied by Joseph Atkins and the Stardust Orchestra, Pulman will perform a selection of […]
Dillie Keane in Cabaret – The Pheasantry
Dillie Keane in Cabaret at The Pheasantry, London continues until 14 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s almost a sin that someone with so many talents exists but the wonderful Dillie Keane wears her genius lightly in two hours of pure bliss at The Pheasantry. I don’t know about her dancing, but the founder of […]
London Cabaret Awards 2015 – winners revealed
The Cafe de Paris with its mock-rococo decor and glamorous history proved the perfect venue for the London Cabaret Awards 2015. The event, created by Excess All Areas producer Paul L Martin celebrates the wealth and diversity of talent on offer to Londoners practically every day of the week. As the evening’s host – the inimitable […]
Fascinating Aida – Charm Offensive – St James Theatre
Fascinating Aida performed Charm Offensive at the St James Theatre, London. The intelligent addition to any celebration of light entertainment, Fascinating Aida have woven the London Festival of Cabaret into their continuing tour of the British Isles. On the verge of becoming a national institution, the triumvirate of Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman swept […]
London Festival of Cabaret 2014 line-up revealed
The London Festival of Cabaret is celebrating all things songbook in 2014, and this year will play at eight venues in the capital from Tuesday 6 May to Thursday 22 May. The programme will include an evening of conversation and song created by Festival patrons Maria Friedman and Adam Guettel, the French chanteuse Gabrielle Ducomble, […]
