Following their performance at the 2016 Grassington Festival, acclaimed singer Jessica Walker and Joe bring their new cabaret to the St. James Theatre Studio. Jess presents a rich and provocative new programme, unearthing and reinterpreting some of the most poetic and quirky love songs in her uniquely androgynous performance style, and in new arrangements for voice, piano and accordion, accompanied by musical director Joseph Atkins.
Walker's last song programme - Mercy and Grand; the Tom Waits Project - toured to critical acclaim and packed houses from London to Adelaide. Now alongside Waits and Leonard Cohen, she turns her attention to the great singer-songwriters of France, Britain and Germany, including interpretations of her father Pete Brown's love songs, written with the legendary Jack Bruce of Cream.
St. James Theatre
12 Palace Street
London SW1E 5JA
Nearest Station: Victoria (Circle, District, Victoria & National Rail)
Afternoon Tea Cabaret
Cabaret
Saturday 22nd October, 3pm
Take one of the best cabaret stars around and add cakes, scones and lashings of tea to make a perfect afternoon! Jessica Walker (a gifted chanteuse - The New Yorker) showcases her stunning voice and compelling story-telling in a journey through a century of popular song, conjuring up the unique musical atmosphere of each decade, from the heady nights of the 20s and 30s, through the darker years of the 40s, and into the liberated 60s and beyond.
Singer Jessica Walker and Joe perform a cabaret of songs about resistance to work - from Kurt Weill and Dolly Parton to Pirate Jenny and Morrissey. Part of a series of free events brought to you by Rest & its discontents at the Mile End Art Pavilion.
Mile End Art Pavilion
Clinton Road
London E3 4QY
Nearest Station: Mile End (Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines)
Liza Pulman: The Songs of Hollywood
Cabaret
Monday 10th October - Monday 21st November
Liza Pulman (of Fascinating Aïda) brings you an evening of some of the greatest songs from the silver screen. Her glorious voice, charming personality and quirky comedic skills make her a unique entertainer. The evening will take you on a musical journey celebrating the golden age of Hollywood and beyond. From As Time Goes By to Moon River, through Hitchcock, the romantic comedy and even the American western, these are the songs of our Saturday nights and our Sunday afternoons. Accompanied by Joseph Atkins and the Stardust Orchestra, this is a joyous evening not to be missed.
Following the success of the tour over the spring and summer, some new dates have now been added for later in the year.
Monday 10th October
LONDON
Wednesday 2nd November
HORSHAM
Crazy Coqs
The Capitol
Thursday 20th October
LIVERPOOL
Monday 21st November
LONDON
St George's Hall
Crazy Coqs
Wednesday 26th October
LONDON
Crazy Coqs
Liza Pulman: Everything's Coming up Roses
Cabaret
Monday 22nd - Sunday 28th August, 2.30pm
Enjoy an afternoon with Liza in an expertly pruned show about flowers, gardens and all things green, from Tiptoe through the Tulips to Neil Diamond's You Don't Bring Me Flowers. Accompanied by Joe at the piano, Liza's glorious voice, quirky comedic skills and charming personality make this a blooming good hour not to be missed.
Liza Pulman is a songstress and comedienne. She is also the short one in the acclaimed satirical comedy group Fascinating Aïda. The moment Liza walked on stage we all fell under her spell (Sir Tim Smit, Eden Project).
Heady, disintegrating pre-war Paris. An itinerant songstress struggles to keep hold of her wits and her virtue - but the City of Light has other plans. Kelly Burke (Off West End Award nomination, Best Actress) returns to the Fringe in this electrifying cabaret play, charting the backstreets of the 1930s via the music of Kurt Weill, Cole Porter and their contemporaries.
A tour de force - one of the best hours you will spend this festival ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - ThreeWeeks. Intoxicating - Stage.
Assembly Hall (Venue 35)
Mound Place
Edinburgh EH1 2LU
Katie Brennan's Quarter-Life Crisis
Comedy
Wednesday 3rd - Monday 29th August (not 15th), 10.50pm
Following sell-out performances of their most recent show at the St James Theatre, join Katie and Joe as they bring their unique style of musical comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe throughout the month of August.
Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find Prince Charming on Tinder? Welcome to the life of a modern day twenty-something! Join Katie for a new show packed with music, comedy and cabaret all about living that quarter-life crisis life. From Facebook to flat-shares, weddings to woeful bank accounts, career conundrums to chronically crap sex, come and raise a big glass of gin to all those twenty-somethings struggling to find their place in the world!
Underbelly, Wee Coo (Venue 300)
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LH
Liza Pulman: Everything's Coming up
Roses
Cabaret
Saturday 17th July - Tuesday 26th July
Joe and Liza are reprising their floral cabaret from last year with a number of shows throughout the summer, kicking off in the beautiful sub-tropical Abbey Gardens on the island of Tresco, followed by the Star Castle, St Mary's and then the Petworth Festival in Surrey.
Enjoy an afternoon with Liza in an expertly pruned show about flowers, gardens and all things green, from Tiptoe through the Tulips to Neil Diamond's You Don't Bring Me Flowers. Accompanied by Joe at the piano, Liza's glorious voice, quirky comedic skills and charming personality make this a blooming good hour not to be missed.
Liza Pulman is a songstress and comedienne. She is also the short one in the acclaimed satirical comedy group Fascinating Aïda. The moment Liza walked on stage we all fell under her spell (Sir Tim Smit, Eden Project).
Liza Pulman (of Fascinating Aïda) brings you an evening of some of the greatest songs from the silver screen. Her glorious voice, charming personality and quirky comedic skills make her a unique entertainer. The evening will take you on a musical journey celebrating the golden age of Hollywood and beyond. From As Time Goes By to Moon River, through Hitchcock, the romantic comedy and even the American western, these are the songs of our Saturday nights and our Sunday afternoons. Accompanied by Joseph Atkins and the Stardust Orchestra, this is a joyous evening not to be missed.
The tour will take in some 20 venues across the country, details of which are shown below.
Saturday 12th March
EXETER
Wednesday 4th May
LONDON
Northcott Theatre
Cadogan Hall
Wednesday 30th March
DORKING
Thursday 5th May
CREWE
Dorking Halls
Lyceum Theatre
Friday 1st April
BASINGSTOKE
Friday 6th May
MALVERN
The Haymarket
Malvern Theatre
Sunday 3rd April
EASTBOURNE
Saturday 7th May
SHREWSBURY
Devonshire Park Theatre
Theatre Severn
Thursday 7th April
MILTON KEYNES
Friday 13th May
BURY ST EDMUNDS
The Stables
Theatre Royal
Sunday 10th April
STAFFORD
Thursday 19th May
BARNSTAPLE
Gatehouse Theatre
Queen's Theatre
Saturday 23rd April
TRURO
Friday 20th May
TORQUAY
Hall for Cornwall
Babbacombe Theatre
Wednesday 27th April
SOUTHEND
Palace Theatre
Peace Cabaret
Cabaret
Saturday 9th July, 8pm
In the music halls of London, the underground cabaret dives of Berlin and the nightclubs of France, wartime acted as the backdrop for the performance of the forbidden and the daring. In Edwardian England, Vesta Tilley dressed as a soldier, and sang about her love for the ladies. Mischa Spoliansky was inspired to write the first gay anthem for the Weimar cabaret scene, and Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill mercilessly satirised Hitler's dictatorship in song. Jessica Walker brings her unique theatrical and vocal style to take us on a journey through alternative war songs over the last century - some iconic, some rare, some sexy. Accompanied by Joseph Atkins.
Garrick Studio Theatre
Castle Dyke
Lichfield WS13 6HR
Love is a Drag
Cabaret
Monday 20th June, 8pm
A pure, bright mezzo-soprano of such melting beauty I think I could listen to it forever - New York Times 2013
Acclaimed singer Jessica Walker presents a rich and provocative new programme, unearthing and reinterpreting some of the most poetic and quirky love songs in her uniquely androgynous performance style, and in new arrangements for voice, piano and accordion, accompanied by musical director Joseph Atkins.
Walker's last song programme - Mercy and Grand; the Tom Waits Project - toured to critical acclaim and packed houses from London to Adelaide. Now alongside Waits and Leonard Cohen, she turns her attention to the great singer-songwriters of France, Britain and Germany, including interpretations of her father Pete Brown's love songs, written with the legendary Jack Bruce of Cream.
Part of the 2016 Grassington Festival.
Town Hall
1 Moor Lane
Grassington BD23 5LB
All I Want is One Night
Play
Wednesday 15th June - Saturday 18th June, 7.30pm
Joe will be joining Jessica Walker in her new play, receiving its world premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. He and Jess have worked together on a number of projects over the last three years including The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brits Off Broadway 2013 and orginal cast album), Pat Kirkwood is Angry (Brits Off Broadway 2014) and Songs for Paris (Crazy Coqs, London).
In the heady atmosphere of 1930s Paris, cabaret sensation and sex symbol Suzy Solidor thrilled audiences nightly with her performances of erotic lesbian love songs. Named the most painted woman in the world, she sang surrounded by her 225 portraits, including an iconic image by Tamara de Lempicka. This intimate show transports the audience back to a night in her club at the height of her career. During an increasingly whiskey-fuelled evening, as Suzy regales the audience with her most famous songs, past and present begin to collide.
The play stars Jess as Suzy Solidor, and is directed by the Exchange's Artistic Director, Sarah Frankcom. Joe has produced new arrangements of Suzy Solidor's provocative and beautiful chansons, and will be accompanying Jess in the production on piano and acccordion.
Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann's Square
Manchester M2 7DH
Twentysomething - the Quarter-Life Crisis Cabaret
Cabaret
Saturday 19th March, 8pm
Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find Prince Charming on Tinder? Spending the majority of your time watching Netflix or doing essential quizzes on Buzzfeed? Welcome to the life of a modern day twentysomething!
Join actress and blogger Katie Brennan for a new show, packed with music (including three new songs by Joe), comedy and cabaret all about living that Quarter-Life Crisis life! From Facebook to flatshares, weddings to woeful bank accounts, career conundrums to chronically crap sex, come and raise a big glass of gin to all those twentysomethings struggling to find their place in the world!
St. James Theatre
12 Palace Street
London SW1E 5JA
Nearest Station: Victoria (Circle, District, Victoria & National Rail)
Songs for Paris
Cabaret
Monday 1st February, 8pm
Following two sell-out shows as part of Brits Off Broadway, Joe will be teaming up once again with Jessica Walker for the pair's first London performance. For one night only, let Jessica transport you across the Channel as she sings numbers by Brel, Brassens and Barbara. They will also perform some rare French cabaret songs from Jess' upcoming play at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, based on the life of artists' muse and saucy chanteuse, Suzy Solidor.
The Crazy Coqs
20 Sherwood Street
London W1F 7ED
Nearest Station: Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo & Piccadilly)
Twentysomething - the Quarter-Life Crisis Cabaret
Cabaret
Friday 29th January, 8pm
Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find Prince Charming on Tinder? Spending the majority of your time watching Netflix or doing essential quizzes on Buzzfeed? Welcome to the life of a modern day twentysomething!
Join actress and blogger Katie Brennan for a new show, packed with music (including three new songs by Joe), comedy and cabaret all about living that Quarter-Life Crisis life! From Facebook to flatshares, weddings to woeful bank accounts, career conundrums to chronically crap sex, come and raise a big glass of gin to all those twentysomethings struggling to find their place in the world!
A handful of tickets are still available from the St. James Theatre website.
St. James Theatre
12 Palace Street
London SW1E 5JA
Nearest Station: Victoria (Circle, District, Victoria & National Rail)
