This Stage Limited Announces Upcoming Dates For SHOW OFF!

This Stage Limited is delighted to announce three upcoming dates for its new piano bar event Show Off! Show Off!, which had its debut on 6 March 2010 at Cafe Koha, is inspired by the piano bars of New York City. The next three dates for Show Off! will be Saturday 27 March 2010, Friday 16 April 2010 and Saturday 29 May 2010, at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden. The doors will open at 8 p.m. each night, with the live music starting at 9 p.m. Food an drink will be available from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. each night.

Experienced cabaret performer Nathan Martin acts as Musical Director, with West End veteran Marissa Dunlop hosting each evening. Show Off! features musical theatre songs both old and new, from standards to little-known treasures. Audience members are encouraged to join in by signing up to sing a song or two.

Show Off! costs £10 per person at the door. Reservations can be made via e-mail message to reservations@showoffpianobar.com or by completing the form at www.showoffpianobar.com/reservations.

Cafe Koha is located at 11 St Martin's Court, London WC2 4AJ, behind Wyndham's Theatre.

Singer/pianist NATHAN MARTIN has performed extensively in concert and cabaret all over the world. Last year he was seen at London's Pizza On The Park in Jeff Harnar's The 1959 Broadway Songbook, having previously played five solo engagements there, including Facing The Music - the Fred Astaire songbook. He was also seen there in Something Wonderful with Craig Rubano and Heather MacRae and Catch Us If You Can with Lee Lessack. He has performed solo shows several times at Jermyn Street Theatre, as well as at Covent Garden Theatre Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Lauderdale House, Le Stanze, Giardini del Baraccano, (both Bologna), for two engagements at Don't Tell Mama - NYC, and for both Holland America and Saga cruises. Theatre credits as Musical Director include Dorothy Fields Forever (also performer, Kings Head), Unite For The Future (Old Vic), Helen Lederer's One Night Stand (national tour), Elegies (Arts), Nine (Teatro San Martino - Bologna), Assassins (New End), High Spirits (Bridewell), After The Fair (Kings Head), Bastien and Bastienne (BAC), Sunset Bitch (Ace Of Clubs - NYC), Let's Do It (Coombe Manor) and The Three Divas, Chalk and Cheese and Threesome, all at Jermyn Street Theatre. He also played piano on Romance Romance (Gielgud), Side By Side By Sondheim (Civic, Chelmsford and The Stables, Wavendon), Miss Saigon (Drury Lane & UK tour), The Lion King (Lyceum), Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych) and The Producers (Drury Lane). Workshops include Rebecca, Marguerite, Charlotte: Life? Or Theatre? and Glitter And Twisted. For several years Nathan has worked on the MAC award winning show Simply Barbra starring Steven Brinberg, playing at Jermyn Street Theatre, the Arts Theatre, The Playhouse Theatre and the Shaw Theatre (London), the Pleasance Theatre - Edinburgh, L'Alp d'Huez, France and tours of the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. He has also been Musical Director for such performers as Kaye Ballard, Brent Barrett, Deborah Boily, Rebecca Caine, David Campbell, Cantabile, Claiborne Cary, Jeff Harnar,Linzi Hateley, Jessica Martin, Marin Mazzie, Morag McLaren,Donna McKechnie, Robert Meadmore, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson, Christine Pedi, Gay Soper and Julie Wilson. He has made several albums including Simply Barbra - original London cast (TER), Lindsay Hamilton - It's Me!, Chris Coleman - Time For Roses, Jo Jo de la Cerna - Trust The Wind, Paul Hull - I Wish You Love, Marie Zamora - Comedies Musicales/Musiques de Films, James Gillan's self titled debut album, Linzi Hateley - True Colours and Gay Soper - Flying Fish and Fallen Angels. Nathan's debut CD - Anywhere With You - is available on LML music. www.nathanmartin.info

Marissa Dunlop made her first TV commercial aged 3 and her west-end debut at the age of 8 as Young Cosette in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre). As an adult, Marissa's west-end credits include Ruby in "Shout" (Arts Theatre), Sandy in "Grease" (Cambridge Theatre), Pearl in "Starlight Express" (Apollo Victoria Theatre), Serena in "Fame" (Cambridge and Aldwych Theatres), Martha Berelli in "The Rat Pack" (Strand Theatre) and Young Jenny in "Aspects of Love" (Prince of Wales Theatre). Marissa can also be seen as Martha Berelli in the DVD "The Rat Pack- live from Las Vegas" and plays Young Cossette on the Complete Symphonic recording of Les Miserables. Marissa originated the role of Alma in "Summer Holiday" at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool and played Truly Scrumptious to great acclaim in the first UK tour of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and also at The Esplanade Theatre, Singapore. She has just finished creating the role of Chilli In "Santa Claus and the return of Jack Frost" at The Mayflower, Southampton. Marissa's film credits include Mary Ingram in Zefferelli's "Jane Eyre" (Rochester Films), the lead girl in "Wiper" (Independent) and Charlotte in "Duck" (Channel 4 Films). Television credits include Margaret in "Jeeves and Wooster" and Heather Harper in "The Upper Hand". Marissa has appeared in numerous commercials including campaigns for Nescafe, Clarks and Macdonalds. Marissa lives in Tunbridge Wells with her husband Leo and their two young sons.

Show Off! is produced by This Stage Limited and is the brainchild of the company's Managing Director, Sue Knox. More information about This Stage Limited is available at www.thisstage.co.uk.

More information about Show Off! is available at www.showoffpianobar.com. http://www.showoffpianobar.com

 

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