Cocktails With Joyce Grenfell
Tue 28 Apr, 7pm£10.50 – £25.00 full price | £8.00 – £22.50 concession
Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes, including interval
The London Revue Company presents
A Sparkling Musical Entertainment
Written and Performed by Nicola Keen and Malcolm McKee
“an amazing show . . . a fantastic evening” BBC
“a smashing, high-quality company” The Independent
In this hilarious musical revue, Nicola transports us to Britain in the 1940s and 50s with her recreation of national treasure, Joyce Grenfell. The evening features the best of Joyce’s comedy songs and monologues from ‘Stately as a Galleon’ to ‘School Nativity Play’. Add to the mix comic numbers by Flanders & Swann and Noël Coward, and you have all the ingredients for a delicious encounter with one of Britain’s best-loved comediennes.
Nicola Keen’s many West End appearances include Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor and Oklahoma! with Hugh Jackman (National Theatre). Work as choreographer includes: Fallen Angels (Menier Chocolate Factory); Inside No 9 Stage/Fright (Garrick, Olivier Nomination Best Entertainment); Inside No 9 (BBC 2, BAFTA Award Best Comedy); Eric and Little Ern (Vaudeville, Olivier Nomination Best Entertainment).
Malcolm McKee is well known to Radio 4 audiences as Graham Ryder in The Archers. As composer, scores include: The Rivals, Brief Encounter, The Pickwick Papers (BBC Radio 4); The Shakespeare Revue (RSC, Off-Broadway); The Mistake (Off-Broadway, Tokyo); The Madness of George III (Apollo); Travels with My Aunt (Chocolate Factory); When We Are Married (Garrick, Olivier Nomination Best Revival).
“Nicola captures the comedy of the woman who kept the world laughing for decades. Loved it!” BBC
The London Revue Company is one of the UK’s leading producers of revue, cabaret and after-dinner entertainment. The company has created tailor-made shows for arts and music festivals, corporate evenings and private parties all over the world – from Melbourne to Malibu. Corporate clients have included: British Airways, P&O, RSC, Kensington Palace, Cliveden, Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery, Savoy Hotel London, Carlton Hotel Cannes and Carlyle Hotel New York, as well as gala dinners for the then Prince Charles at Highgrove and St James’s Palace. Festival appearances include San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Jerusalem Arts Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, RSC Fringe Festival and Shakespeare in the Park, San Antonio.
The London Revue Company Website
Joycegrenfell.com
Joyce Grenfell sketches are presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
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NICOLA KEEN
Nicola has starred in many West End musicals including: White Cat in Cats (New London); Joseph (Palladium); the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); Vivien in Oklahoma! with Hugh Jackman (National Theatre); Agnes in Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor (Piccadilly); On Your Toes (Palace); The Shakespeare Revue (RSC, US Tours, Off-Broadway). Other theatre includes: Maria in The Sound of Music (Leicester); Cinderella in Into the Woods and Jacie in Comic Potential (St Andrews); Nancy in Divorce Me Darling (Chichester). TV & Film includes: ITV’s The Sound of Music Live; Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Work as choreographer includes: Fallen Angels (Menier Chocolate Factory); Inside No 9 Stage / Fright (Wyndhams); Inside No 9 (BBC 2 & Netflix, BAFTA Award for Best Comedy); Grey Dogs (Sky Arts); Eric & Little Ern (Vaudeville, Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment); An Actor’s Life for Me (Bristol Old Vic); A Marvellous Party (Paris & Cannes); Into the Woods (Guildhall); The Masque of Summer (Florence). Work as lyricist includes: The Shakespeare Revue (RSC, Off-Broadway); Crackers & Spice (Bristol Old Vic); Basil Brush: Unleashed (Edinburgh Festival). www.nicolakeenonstage.com
MALCOLM MCKEE
As a composer, Malcolm’s credits include: Travels with My Aunt (Menier Chocolate Factory); The Madness of George III (Apollo); When We Are Married (Garrick, Olivier Award Nomination for Best Revival); The History Boys (West Yorkshire Playhouse); While the Sun Shines (Theatre Royal Bath); Hay Fever (Minneapolis); and The Mistake (Off-Broadway & Tokyo). Malcolm has composed scores for more than fifty dramas for BBC Radio including The Pickwick Papers, Barnaby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop and The Rivals. He has written sixteen scripts for BBC Radio 4, including adaptations of The Comedy of Errors, Oh What A Lovely War, Five Children and It with Julia Mckenzie, and Tonight at 8.30 with Stephanie Cole. Theatre credits as writer/director include: The Shakespeare Revue (RSC, West End, Off-Broadway); An Actor’s Life For Me (Bristol Old Vic); Masterpieces (Birmingham Rep); Basil Brush: Unleashed (Edinburgh Festival); A Talent to Amuse (Royal Academy of Music); Love etc (Bucharest); The Masque of Summer (Florence); and, for the then Prince Charles, A Marvellous Party starring Patricia Routledge and Patrick Stewart (Highgrove and St James’s Palace). He is the writer and presenter for the British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and has played Graham Ryder in The Archers since 1996. www.malcolmmckeewriter.com
An amazing show . . . a fantastic evening
BBCa smashing, high-quality company
The IndependentNicola Keen is a wonderfully funny performer
Time Out, New YorkMalcolm McKee is a musician and arranger with a wicked sense of humour
Birmingham PostHilarious! Nicola captures not just the comedy of the wonderful Joyce Grenfell but also the essence of the woman who kept the world laughing for decades. Loved it!
BBC
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