Cabaret at The Cellar Bar

Quench your thirst for cabaret on the second Sunday of every month with leading West End performers in the Cellar Bar at South Hill Park Arts Centre.

The intimate space of the Cellar Bar (which used to be the old Cellar of the Mansion house that is now South Hill Park Arts Centre) provides the perfect setting for our candle lit cabaret evenings.

Each evening is a unique celebration of music, the artist, their life and a personal journey. Songs, stories, tears and laughter. Each cabaret is a different artist, a different journey, a different point of view….

Cabaret Artists 2013

Helen Power (Chess / Sunset Boulevard) – Sunday 10th February – Book Tickets

Helen Power has starred in Sunset Boulevard, Chess, Thoroughly Modern Millie & Carmen and as a soloist for the highly acclaimed Incognito Artists, she has performed all over the world.

The evening will be accompanied by Ellie Verkerk on piano and supported by the witty and entertaining Jamie Read (Salad Days / Hard Times)

Doors at 7pm. Tickets £10: www.southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 484123

James Gillan (Wicked / Starlight Express) – Sunday 10th March – Book Tickets

The disarmingly talented James Gillan who has starred in Wicked & Starlight Express, was nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award for best supporting performance in a musical, for the Who’s “Tommy” at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.

Doors at 7pm. Tickets £10: www.southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 484123

Sophie Caton (Mary Poppins / Oliver) – Sunday 14th April - Book Tickets

The stunning songstress Sophie Caton has appeared in Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Into The Woods and Oliver. Sophie has also previously performed in cabaret at The Pheasantry, Battersea Barge, and Norden Farm Centre For The Arts and is very much looking forward to returning to South Hill Park. Sophie’s cabarets are a masterclass in combining outstanding song choice with amusing and moving repartee.

Doors at 7pm. Tickets £10: www.southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 484123

Jayne O’Mahony (Les Miserables / Evita) – Sunday 12th May – Booking open soon

The wonderful vocalist Jayne O’Mahony is a well established West End singer who made her debut at the age of 8 when she created the role of young Cosette in Les Miserables at the Barbican and Palace Theatres in 1985, returning to play the role as an adult and becoming the first person to ever achieve this.

Jayne over recent years has toured internationally in musical concerts, travelling to Moscow, St Petersburg, Taiwan, Bahrain Dubai and Croatia. She was invited to sing as a soloist at Kwai Tsing Theatre with the 60 piece Sinfonietta orchestra in Hong Kong and is looking forward to performing alongside Katherine Jenkins for a gala performance in May.

Doors at 7pm. Tickets £10: www.southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 484123

Artist to be announced – Sun 9th June -

Ellie Verkerk – Musical Director & Accompanist

Ellie studied at the Royal College of Music as a pianist and French Horn Player, specialising as an accompanist. Ellie is an MD, a deputy keys player / backing vocalist for Jersey Boys, teaches at the Read Dance and Theatre College in Reading, and Guildford School of Acting as an associate MD. In addition to her work within Musical Theatre, Ellie enjoys collaborating with singer / songwriters. Ellie has musically directed and accompanied the Golden Ratio Cabaret Nights since their inception and we are very priviledged to be blessed with her talents. www.ellieverk.com

Cabaret Performer Competition

Golden Ratio are running a competition for local talented musicians and performers to win the opportunity to perform at these prestigious cabaret evenings. For further details go to www.goldenratio.org.uk/competition

Previous Artists 2012

8th January - Nicole Faraday

(Over The Rainbow / Bad Girls – pictured right)

12th February – Kelly Price

(Guys & Dolls)

11th March – Glyn Kerslake

(Phantom / Les Miserables)

8th April – Natasha Barnes

(Spring Awakening)

13th May 2012 – Sophia Ragavelas

(Les Miserables / Witches Of Eastwick)

Previous Artists 2011

9th October - Dani De Waal

(Mama Mia)

13th November - Nick Hayes

(Legally Blonde / Footloose – pictured above right)

11th December - Genevieve Lemon

(Billy Elliot – pictured below dueting with her daughter)

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