Cabaret Duo The DalyHughes Brings 'You're Nothing Without Me' to Toronto Centre for the Arts Tonight

James Daly (Next To Normal) and Michael Hughes (2013 New York City Bistro Award winner) have joined forces forces and created The DalyHughes: You're Nothing Without Me, to be presented as part of the Encore Entertainment: Cabaret Soiree tonight, October 24, 2014 at 8pm at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.

The DalyHughes: You're Nothing Without Me, the first full-length cabaret from the newly formed duo, is an evening of music, friendship and occasional competition, with special guests: Erica Peck (We Will Rock You), Alessia Lupiano (Godspell National Tour) and Alexis Gordon (winner of the Syd and Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Artists).

The DalyHughes was formed one starry night around a crackling camp-fire in Gananoque, Ontario. Hughes claims "James and I met while working on the musical She Loves Me at the Thousand Islands Playhouse. It was pretty obvious from the start that we had a great connection, similar taste in music, and a funny way of communicating with one another. One evening the cast held an informal vote to choose a name for us: they came up with The DalyHughes. I was the sole dissenting vote of course because I thought The HughesDaly had a better ring to it...but what can you do?" Put on a show, it seems, as now The DalyHughes will be bringing their unique sense of humour and musical styling to the Toronto Centre for the Arts.

James Daly is an artist from St. John's, Newfoundland. This past May he graduated from the acting program at the National Theatre School of Canada. Since leaving Newfoundland he's appeared in The Rocky Horror Show (Sudbury Theatre Centre) and Next To Normal (Clearwater Theatre) for which he received a BroadwayWorld Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He's also appeared as a guest star on CTV's Saving Hope and played in the orchestra for She Loves Me (Thousand Islands Playhouse) where he met the hilarious and talented, one and only Michael Hughes.

Michael Hughes is the creator and star of the internationally acclaimed, Canadian Comedy Award nominated, Mickey & Judy. For his work on Mickey & Judy, Michael was awarded the 2013 New York City Bistro Award for Outstanding Debut and received nominations for BroadwayWorld New York and BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards. A sought after cabaret and concert performer, Michael was featured on the David Foster & Friends concert tour alongside Sarah McLachlan, Earth Wind & Fire, and Chicago. His award-winning, self-titled album is available for purchase on iTunes. www.mickehughes.com

Erica Peck is currently starring as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show at STC. Most recently: Scaramouche and Oz in the original Canadian and US Companies of We Will Rock You. The World Premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Boys in the Photograph. Other credits: The Wedding Singer, Songs for a New World, Hairspray, Cabaret. Stratford Festival: You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy) and Wanderlust. Erica also runs the online vintage clothing shop WildthingVintage, and has been featured on Etalk Daily, ET Canada and MTV. @wildthingpeck

Alessia Lupiano is thrilled to be home in Toronto after recently finishing the 1st National Tour of Godspell (Moonglow Productions, Drayton Entertainment, Victoria Playhouse Petrolia). Selected Theatre: Cinderella in Cinderella (The Grand Theatre), Suzy in The Marvelous Wonderettes (Port Hope Festival Theatre), Shelley in Bat Boy (Black Sheep Theatre) and Crooner/Bunny/et.al in Hugh and I (Bad Neighbour Prod). Upcoming: Jasmine in Aladdin (Port Hope Festival). Proud graduate of the Sheridan Music Theatre - Performance Program. @aleslup

Alexis Gordon is a theatre actor based in Toronto. Recent theatre credits include: Iris, in the world premiere of The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Factory Theatre & Obsidian Theatre Company), Obeah Opera (Nightwood Theatre), Recurring John, Paradises Lost (Toronto's SummerWorks Festival), Canada Sings, Godspell (Victoria Petrolia Playhouse), and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Driftwood Theatre). Alexis was the inaugural female winner of the "Syd and Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Artists" in the 2012/2013 season with Acting Up Stage Theatre Company, and is a graduate of the Acting program at The University of Windsor. @AlexisLGordon

Accompanist Mark Selby is often found at the piano as a musical director, composer, performance coach, and accompanist for cabarets, concerts, auditions, and workshops throughout Toronto. Most recently, Mark accompanied Mickey & Judy for it's sold-out run at Theatre Sheridan, and in New York City. He is also a theatre director whose favourite credits include staging the Canadian premiere of the musical High Fidelity and the remount of the controversial show, Jerry Springer the Opera, for Hart House Theatre. Mark is also a TV and online producer and writer. www.about.me/markselby.

The Encore Entertainment: Cabaret Soiree runs Thursday, October 16 - Saturday, October 25, 2014. With performances by Geoffrey Tyler, Mark Cassius, Jeff Madden, Gabi Epstein, Darrin Baker, and Lisa Atkinson. For more information please visit: www.encoreshows.com

THE DALYHUGHES: You're Nothing Without Me will take place on Friday, October 24th at 8pm at The Toronto Centre for the Arts. 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, M2N 6R8.

Tickets can be purchased either by phone: 1-855-985-2787, in person at the Toronto Centre Box Office, or online: www.encoreshows.com/orderform.html.

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