MMP NEWSLETTER – October ‘06

As the entertainment season begins in earnest we hope you will remember us when planning

to catch up with friends before the year is out.  My, Christmas comes early doesn’t it?!

1. Sopranos Piano Bar
2. Cheese ‘n’ Crackers
3. Volupte – The Paul L Martin Show
4. Actors Centre – Cabaret Workshop
5. Awana – French Night
6. Cabaret Confidential

1. NY-STYLE PIANO BAR

Our weekly NY-style Piano Bar is on High Street Kensington, Sopranos offers very reasonable Italian fare and a great selection of wines.  Our host presides from 7pm each Sunday with accompaniment at the stunning glass-topped piano. 

Come and sing or sit back and enjoy the performances – singers need to bring sheet music!       NO COVER CHARGE

OCTOBER –      1^st    Robbie Bonar & Michael Roulston             8^th   Paul L Martin & Tom Carradine

                        15^th  Chris Polick & Duncan Walsh-Atkins         22^nd Sarah-Louise Young & Michael Roulston

                        29^th  Donald LeVange & Richard Link

Sopranos Piano Bar, 183 Kensington High St, W8 6SH.  Tube: High St. Ken                      020 7937 2458

                                                                                                  NY-style Piano Bar plays every Sunday

2. CHEESE ‘N’ CRACKERS _at_ BATTERSEA BARGE

Paul L Martin & Sarah-Louise Young host London’s original cabaret talent night Thursday 5 October. 

Now showcasing 10 fame hungry hopefuls battling it out for the coveted Cheese ‘n’ Cracker Platter, expect Music, Comedy, Magic – who wins? YOU decide!   

The Battersea Barge, Nine Elms Lane, SW8 Tube: Vauxhall.  Doors 7.30 Show 8.30 Tkts £8 (£6) 020 7498 0004 www.batterseabarge.com                       Cheese ‘n’ Crackers plays monthly, on the first Thursday of every month.

3. NEW THE PAUL L MARTIN SHOW

Paul L Martin appears at the very sexy Volupte on Thursday 12 October accompanied by Tom Mansi on double bass and Michael Roulston on grand piano, and in the company of guest singer Emma Ruth for a night of silliness and singing from his 2006 show ‘Suburban Glitter’, previously seen at Too2Much, Theatre Museum and Don’t Tell Mama in New York.

Volupte, 9 Norwich St (behind High Holborn), EC4A 1EJ.  Tube: Chancery Lane      020 7831 1622 or 020 7831 1677

Tickets £10  Doors 7pm, Show approx. 8.30pm.    BOOKING ESSENTIAL

 www.volupte-lounge.com

4. CABARET WORKSHOP _at_ ACTORS CENTRE

Paul L Martin will, once again, be presenting his very popular two-day cabaret workshop at The Actors Centre on

Friday 13 & Monday 16 October.  These highly practical and interactive days explore cabaret as a genre in its own

right, and is full of tips and hints on how to hone and perfect your own cabaret persona.

Click this link for full details: http://www.actorscentre.co.uk/classes.php?cat=MT&cd=MT3&dt=Fri%2013%20Oct

5. AWANA: FRENCH NIGHT

Welcome to Awana Restaurant for a French-themed evening of cabaret on Wednesday 18 October.

With music from Monique Newby, mime from the phenomenal Ryan Styles, and Can-Can girls too! 

Fancy dress is encouraged with a great prize for the best dressed!

Doors at 6pm, Cabaret 8pm.

Tickets £30 in advance and includes canapés all night, a welcome cocktail, and cabaret show.

Awana, 85 Sloane Ave, SW3 3DX.  Tel: 020 7584 8880 for bookings and more information.

www.awana.co.uk

6. CABARET CONFIDENTIAL

Only a few shows left before Cabaret Confidential waves goodbye to the Theatre Museum, as it closes for live performances. But before that we have some great acts for you on Saturday 28 October, including:

Gillian Ford, Richard Gresham, Mark Bunyan, and the outrageously camp Kitsch Kittens (pictured).

Theatre Museum, corner of Russell & Wellington St, WC2.  Tube: Covent Garden      020 7943 4750

Tickets £12 (£10) book online:  www.ticketweb.co.uk                                     

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, Cash Bar

www.theatremuseum.org                                    Cabaret Confidential plays on the last Saturday of every month