Showcase of New Musicals Tour London and Beyond Starting in March

Following their sell-out debut in the autumn, this acclaimed revue of new musical theatre writing, featuring music from over twenty new musicals from around the world, is preparing to embark upon a UK Regional Tour. The A STAGE KINDLY new musical theatre initiative offers composers a chance to have their new musicals introduced to the London stage, and gives theatre enthusiasts a chance to experience future hit shows before anyone else.

This ‘A Stage Kindly' showcase features the following vocalists:
Elise Bowd
Teresa De Gennero
Nicola Henderson
Scott Armstrong
Lewis Greenslade
Giles Howe
Katy Lipson

Featuring music from the following shows:

· A Fine Time For Wine
· A Weekend of Art Deco
· All About Love
· Ballet Russes
· B.O.A.T.S.
· Grace Notes
· Joined At The Heart
· Lady Jane
· Macho Manly Men
· Mind The Gap
· Mrs McThing
· Murder At The Savoy
· My Land's Shore
· Quel Fromage
· Slay It With Music
· Spilt Milk
· Tales Of Tinseltown
· The Charmed Life
· The Christmas Bride
· The Company Of Women
· This Time Next Week
· Turkish Delight the Opera

Produced by Katy Lipson and Giles Howe, the revue features songs from across the genre of musical theatre - from big, belty old-school numbers through to the most contemporary, written by a diverse stable of writers including both David Reiser an American composer with no less than forty eight musicals to his name, and Emmy award winner Jack Urbont. Details of our writers, their shows, and also the cast can be found at www.astagekindly.com.

The revue tours several venues throughout London and also in Brighton this March. General admission costs just £10, and tickets can be reserved through SMS or by phone call to 07762 773 628, and can be booked in advance online at www.astagekindly.com

Show dates

THURSDAY 5TH MARCH
Rodon (Bar and Greek restaurant - T: 0871 3327722)

7-9 Pratt Street, Camden, London, NW1 0AE

Nearest tube: Camden Town or Mornington Crescent

www.rodon.co.uk

SUNDAY 8TH MARCH

The Village (Bar - T: 020 7439 4089)

81 Wardour Street, London, W1D 6QD

Nearest tube: Leicester Square or Piccadilly Circus

www.village-soho.co.uk

THURSDAY 12TH MARCH

Sway Bar, (Restaurant and Club - T: 020 7404 6114)

61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BZ

Nearest tube: Holborn or Covent Garden

www.swaybar.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH

The Latest Music Bar, (formerly Joogleberries)
(Restaurant and Bar - T: 01273 687171 )

14 - 17 Manchester Street, Brighton, BN2 1TF

Nearest train station: Brighton

thelatest.co.uk/musicbar/

THURSDAY 26TH MARCH

Archangel (Cocktail bar - T: 020 7938 4137)

11-13 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP

Nearest Tube - Kensington High Street

www.archangelw8.com

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH

The Village (Bar - T: 020 7439 4089)

81 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1D 6QD

Nearest tube: Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus

www.village-soho.co.uk

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL

The Battersea Barge (Bar and Restaurant - T: 020 7498 0004)

Nine Elms Lane, SW8 5BP (behind Fed Ex building)

Nearest tube: Vauxhall

www.batterseabarge.com

Pictures, cast biogs, and information about each of the shows and their writers can be found at www.astagekindly.com. Many venues offer a pre/post show menu, call the venues or visit us online for details.

About the cast:

Katy Lipson trained at the London School of Musical Theatre, and has a BMus from Goldsmiths University. She is not only a musician, but also a singer, actress, composer, and music/drama teacher. Her professional credits include the world premiere of Charles Miller's 'Jason and the Argonauts' at the Cochrane Theatre, London, the West End workshop of 'Zorro the musical', 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Liverpool Everyman, and 'The Last 5 Years' at RADA. She was also Assistant Musical Director on the UK tour of 'Hot Flush' starring Sheila Ferguson and Marti Webb. She was most recently in 'Chess in Concert' at The Royal Albert Hall, and currently teaches for the company Perform, as well as being a vocal coach for The BRIT School. She is working on her own singer/songwriter album which she performs around London and is continuously writing new music. Katy is the musical director for the A STAGE KINDLY revue.

Giles Howe is currently writing several new pieces of music theatre - including one about The Life and death of Lady Jane Gray, a musical adaptation of the macabre fairytale 'The Juniper Tree', and a biopic of Maria Callas. As a performer, he recently performed in 'Chess in Concert' at the Royal Albert Hall. He was a featured vocalist in a gospel choir in Stockholm, and recently recorded his second project in Israel. He has also released an album of experimental vocal music, with another in the works. Katy and Giles most recently worked together on the third London run of a musical called 'Turkish Delight the Opera,' which they wrote and produced.

Elise Bowd graduated from Arts Educational School in London with a BA Hons in Musical Theatre. Her theatre credits include: 'Sinbad the Sailor' at York Theatre Royal, 'Peter Pan' at the Malvern Theatre and understudy for Polly in 'Crazy for You' at the Gordon Craig Theatre. Roles played while at college include: Aunt Em in 'The Wiz', Bird Girl in 'Seussical the Musical' and Anytime Annie in '42nd Street'. Elise created the role of Mrs Bailey in the workshop musical 'It's a Wonderful Life', and has recently performed in a workshop production of the new musical 'Raindogs' written by Andrew MacBean and Oliver Tompsett.

Teresa De Gennero is an actor/vocalist who has worked professionally in a range of mediums and genres - from a TV soap opera, comedy skit series, and commercials, to feature films and voiceovers. Stage wise, she has juggled 'straight' theatre, live improvisational comedy, Musical Theatre and Cabaret. She has worked with many of the most reputable theatrical, TV, and film companies in her native Australia. Teresa voyaged overseas to work as a production vocalist, cruising the South Pacific and East Mediterranean seas. She has performed in as an actress and in Cabarets in Italy and in Denmark. Since arriving in London, Teresa has acted in both a feature film and a Short. She recently toured the lead role in a pantomime, and has supported 'The Barron Knights' with a Cabaret set. Teresa has also been recordi ng vocals for StuArt Wood Music.

Nicola Henderson graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Drama and Theatre arts from the University of Birmingham in 2005. She began singing from a young age, taking various grades, and also attended the British National Theatre School. She has performed in musicals such as 'Smokey Joe's Cafe', 'West Side Story', 'Jekyll and Hyde', 'Martin Guerre', 'Children of Eden', and 'Witches of Eastwick'. In her most recent show she played Genevieve in 'The Bakers Wife' by Stephen Schwarz at the Bob Hope Theatre. She is about to perform as a soloist at the Tramshed Theatre in a Boubil and Schonberg Tribute Concert. Nicola is currently the lead singer of the function band, Firefly! and the new acoustic sister act, GloWorm.

Scott Armstrong graduated in September from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts three year Musical Theatre course. Credits whilst training include Isidor Strauss in 'Titanic: A New Musical', Judge Turpin in 'Sweeney Todd', The Baron in 'Grand Hotel' and Petruchio in 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Since leaving Mountview, Scott has appeared in 'Chess in Concert' at The Royal Albert Hall, 'Casanova The Musical' at the Greenwich Playhouse and with The Twelve Tenors in Luxembourg. In December Scott is making his pantomime debut as the Beast in 'Beauty and The Beast' in Weymouth.

Lewis Greenslade started performing at an early age, appearing as "Spider" in the 1995 cast of Oliver! (London Palladium) and "Laughing Boy" in Bugsy Malone with the NYMT in 1997 (Queen's Theatre). He trained at Arnould School of Dance and Drama and Laine Theatre Arts, and his musical theatre credits since graduating include Mary Poppins Original London Cast, covering (and later returned to play) the role of "Neleus" (Prince Edward Theatre). Also FAME National Tour 2007, in which he covered and played "Nick Piazza" and "Schlomo Metzenbaum". High School Musical Original U.K Touring Cast, covered and played "Jack Scott". Other credits include "Kevin The Gerbil" Dick Whittington (Milton Keynes Theatre). "Tommy The Cat" Dick Whittington (Plymouth Theatre Royal). He has appeared as a dancer for artists such as Will Young and Anastasia in The Royal Variety Performance 2002 (London Carling Hammersmith Apollo). Worked on choreography with Bodé Lawal as a part of Sakoba African Dance Theatre (Royal Festival Hall). Performed in the opening gala for the International Festival of Musical Theatre 2002 (New Theatre Cardiff) plus numerous appearances on programmes such as Blue Peter, The National Lottery, Children In Need and GMTV to promote theatrical productions. Lewis is a talented Songwriter and Music Producer and is currently developing works with various bands and artists.

Holly Sands trained at Bristol Academy of Performing Arts after receiving a first class degree in dance and musical theatre at Cumbria Institute of the Arts. During her studies Holly appeared as the KoloKolo bird in Just So, Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music and as Yum-Yum in the Mikado, as well as performing with Bath's prestigious Vocal Works Gospel Choir. Since graduating, Holly has been singing on the club circuit and performed with the UK tour of Back to Broadway. More recently Holly appeared in the new musical Dracula at the White Bear and starred in The Roaring Twenties at Newmarket Racecourse.

BeVan Williams is a classically trained singer/actor, hailing from Auckland, New Zealand where he studied music and theatre at Massey University, and trained privately in singing and acting. Theatrically he has been involved in improvised theatre, comedy, straight theatre and musicals. Credits include 'Marius' in Les Miserables' 'Skye Masterson' in 'Guys and Dolls', 'Danny Zuko' in 'Grease' and 'Adolfo Pirelli' in 'Sweeney Todd'. Bevan is currently working on his own one man cabaret show, which he hopes to debut in the summer of 2009.

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