LONDON'S BEST SHOWS & EVENTS  BY CINDY HACKER

 

NOVEMBER 2004

Tues 16 to Sat 20. Cabaret. £23/25 Fri/Sat £26/28:  FASCINATING AIDA
www.fascinating-aida.co.uk Edward Snape for Fiery Angel presents FASCINATING AIDA in ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING Adèle Anderson, Dillie Keane & Liza Pulman with Russell Churney *sets at 8.30pm and 10pm. “A witty delight! From lancing political satire and justly jaundiced social commentary to jabs of melancholy sentiment. Their targets are universal, and their barbs are at home anywhere. Their words, like their sparkling music, are never less than diabolically dead center.” New York Magazine

Sun 21.Jazz. £10/12: KEVIN O’BRIEN
One of the hottest male vocalists around KEVIN O’BRIEN and his Trio “A classy entertainer who sings ballads as they should be sung.” Las Vegas Review Journal  - “One of a posse of international artistes dedicated to the preservation, through performance, of the American popular song.” Campbell Burnap, Jazz FM

Mon 22.Jazz/cabaret. £10/12: JOE STILGOE
Singer/pianist with witty take on jazz standards - “Stone the crows, this Joseph is a talented kid!” - Tim Rice, JOE STILGOE and guests New trio album features originals Falling On Love and I Really Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Speak, innovative arrangements of standards like I Wish I Were In Love Again and Angel Eyes and even 50s pop (Love Potion No. 9) “More talent than you can shake a walking stick at” - David Finkle, Backstage Magazine, NYC

Tues 23. Cabaret. £23/25: FASCINATING AIDA
www.fascinating-aida.co.uk
Prior to a triumphant return to New York in Spring 2005 and American tour this is London’s only chance to see their new Broadway show FASCINATING AIDA in ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING Adèle Anderson, Dillie Keane & Liza Pulman with Russell Churney *sets at 8.30pm and 10pm. “Top notch entertainment! These women revel in the here and now. They are bawdy and political; loopy and whimsical. Their new show, “Absolutely Fascinating,” is just that.” New York Times

Wed 24. Jazz/Pop. £10/12: JASON NOLAN
www.jasonnolan.co.uk Singer and actor from Fame, Chess and Les Miserables, singing songs from his new album Listen JASON NOLAN with Paul Bateman (piano), Steve McManus (bass) and Carmen Cusack and Alysia Davies (backing vocalists)   -  “Stunning debut album of a rare calibre” Lee Stephens, Talk Sport

Thurs 25. Cabaret. £23/25: FASCINATING AIDA
www.fascinating-aida.co.uk FASCINATING AIDA in ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. Adèle Anderson, Dillie Keane & Liza Pulman with Russell Churney *sets at 8.30pm and 10pm.  “A witty delight! From lancing political satire and justly jaundiced social commentary to jabs of melancholy sentiment. Their targets are universal, and their barbs are at home anywhere. Their words, like their sparkling music, are never less than diabolically dead center.” New York Magazine.

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