Tag Archives | Nathan Martin

Barbra & Liza Live! – Charing Cross Theatre

Barbra & Liza Live! continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 17 November 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A must-see for fans of these legendary divas and anyone who appreciates a night of musical magic.

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Five Questions With: Rebecca Caine

International opera singer and actress Rebecca Caine is currently on tour across the UK with her show Dividing Day, ‘a journey of self-discovery with help from writers including Bernstein, Bucchino, Guettel, La Chiusa, Sondheim, Weill and Yeston’. accompanied by Nathan Martin on the piano.

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Miss-Leading Ladies: Back With A Vengeance! – Crazy Coqs

Miss-Leading Ladies: Back With A Vengeance! Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree at the Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Nathan Martin presents Let Me Sing…and I’m happy shows in London

West End performers Nathan Taylor and James Gillan will join Nathan Martin on piano for Sunday afternoon performances at London’s Canal Café Theatre this month. Presented by Martin, the LET ME SING…and I’m happy shows have been designed to replicate a traditional New York-style piano bar with an ‘open mic’ element allowing audience members to […]

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On a clear day you can see Simply Barbra Forever – Crazy Coqs

On a clear day you can see Simply Barbra Forever at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After two years of postponements due to Covid, Steven Brinberg was finally able to treat us to his new show, On a clear day you can see Simply Barbra Forever, a 51st […]

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A Swingin’ Christmas: Gary Williams – Live at Zédel

A Swingin’ Christmas – Crazy Coqs, Live at Zédel, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If there was any doubt that London could provide a really jolly Christmas show, then doubts must now be dispelled. A veteran of several years at Crazy Coqs for the festive season, singer Gary Williams has […]

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Gary Williams: A Swingin’ Christmas – Live At Zédel

Gary Williams: A Swingin’ Christmas continues at Live at Zédel, London until 23 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It just would not be Christmas without Gary Williams kicking off the festivities at the Crazy Coqs. The opening number ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ contains the line “Have a party tonight” and a […]

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A Step Beyond the Rain: Karen Oberlin – The Pheasantry

A Step Beyond the Rain: Karen Oberlin at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The lustrous New York cabaret star Karen Oberlin brought back to London a show that she called Over the Rainbow at the Crazy Coqs in 2013 but is now tweaked and renamed A Step Beyond the Rain. Either […]

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Gary Williams Celebrates 1968 – Live at Zédel

Gary Williams Celebrates 1968 at Live at Zédel, London. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Crazy Coqs favourite Gary Williams returns with a celebratory tribute to 1968. While the Vietnam War raged and the Civil Rights movement was finding its feet, some of the greatest popular music was being made. It was the year that Andy Williams, […]

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Liliane Montevecchi – Crazy Coqs

Liliane Montevecchi continues at the Crazy Coqs, London, until 27 February. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Whatever the French is for “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” should be the title of Liliane Montevecchi’s second Crazy Coqs visit because it is an almost song-for-song, anecdote-for-anecdote replica of last February’s Paris On the […]

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Christine Pedi – Great Dames – Crazy Coqs

Christine Pedi – Great Dames continues at Crazy Coqs, London until 24 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Billed as a Broadway diva, Christine Pedi certainly lives up to that title as she makes her debut at the Crazy Coqs. She is best known as a renowned impressionist due to her […]

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Shades of Blue – Carole J Bufford – Crazy Coqs

Shades of Blue: Carole J Bufford continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 31 January. Star rating: 5 stars ***** Twelve months ago when drooling over the exorbitant talent of a cute young southern belle from a small town in Georgia where “cabaret still means stripping”, it was hard not to get excited about the British debut at the Crazy Coqs […]

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Anna Bergman – You‘re All the World to Me – Crazy Coqs

Anna Bergman: You’re All the World to Me continues at the Crazy Coqs, London, until 18 October. Crazy Coqs regulars are not often treated to a bit of Puccini as an encore, but when American soprano Anna Bergman comes to town, you get the full multi-lingual package, from West Side Story, Rodgers and Hart, a Neapolitan love song […]

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Closer Than Ever – Jermyn Street Theatre

Maltby & Shire’s Closer Than Ever continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 7 June. Following the success of its Off-Broadway revival two years ago and the associated cast album, Richard Maltby, Jr and David Shire’s 1989 musical revue Closer Than Ever has come to London’s Jermyn Theatre Theatre in revised form. As a revue […]

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Jeff Harnar – Crazy Coqs

Jeff Harnar performs Does This Song Make Me Look Fat? at the Crazy Coqs, London, until 1 March. With his dapper charm and New York polish, Jeff Harnar was always a cabaret singer who made the game look easy, but the eye-catchingly named Does This Song Make Me Look Fat? show he brings with him […]

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