Strictly Come Dancing professionals Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara are celebrating the magic of song and dance legend Fred Astaire in the touring show Remembering Fred. The duo who are regular partners on the hit BBC celebrity dance series have just begun a 50-date tour inspired by the talent and style of one of Hollywood […]
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Gary Williams – Hollywood Swings – Crazy Coqs
Gary Williams – Hollywood Swings continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 28 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Gary Williams, a great favourite of Crazy Coqs patrons, returns with his latest cabaret which he dubs ‘A Technicolor Celebration of the Silver Screen’. And what he delivers is what it says on the […]
Tim Flavin – Reflections of a Song and Dance Man – Crazy Coqs
Tim Flavin’s cabaret Reflections of a Song and Dance Man continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 17 January. 4 stars **** Tim Flavin returns to the Crazy Coqs with a cabaret act developed in collaboration, with his musical director and accompanist Colin Billing, at a Caribbean hotel where it played for two seasons. The programme is […]
Cheek to Cheek – Steve Ross and Karen Oberlin – Crazy Coqs
Cheek to Cheek: Steve Ross and Karen Oberlin continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 29 November. Gorgeous in gold, the sparkly, sequinned Karen Oberlin, every inch the classy blonde that Ginger Rogers played to smooth, sophisticated Fred Astaire in their ten-movie career as the 1930s dance darlings of Depression-era America, provides the wow factor […]
Top Hat UK tour – Alan Burkitt and Charlotte Gooch cast
Casting has been revealed for the UK tour of the Olivier Award-winning production of Top Hat, beginning its 47-week stint on the road (visiting 24 theatres nationwide) at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 August 2014. The production tours until 25 July 2015. Stepping into the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in the […]
