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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.
Q&A
FASCINATING
AÏDA
With their new show
Charm Offensive
making its way
to Porthcawl, the
glamorous ladies
of Fascinating Aïda
show there’s more
to comedy cabaret
than sequins and
rude words.
When did you first decide to create Fascinating Aïda?
Dillie Keane: I didn’t. It crept up on me and hijacked my life when
I wasn’t looking! I was singing with friends, we did bits here and
there, suddenly we needed a name because we were getting gigs
and the next thing Fascinating Aïda was in existence. Thirty-one
LONG years ago…
Did any of you imagine you would have a career in comedy
cabaret?
Liza Pulman: I had always intended to be an actress but I detoured
into opera where I stayed for several years. In the end comedy got
the better of me and I ended up in my spiritual home, Fascinating
Aïda, with like-minded lunatics!!
Fascinating Aïda has been going on for over 30 years now, how
do you keep the act fresh?
Adele Anderson: By writing new material. It will be a long time
before there is a Fascinating Aida Greatest Hits tour.
DK: I think people love our sheer cheek, and the fact that we are
musically very solid means the songs are always comfortable on
the ear.
LP: We are all three great big children! We are all terribly naughty
and laugh a lot, both on stage and off. To me, as soon so we stop
laughing it’ll be time to hang up our sequins.
What can people expect from the new show Charm Offensive?
DK: Charm and offense in equal measure… what else? Listen,
trying to explain a Fascinating Aïda song is as bad as trying to
explain someone else’s joke. Suffice it to say there’s a wonderful
mix of old and new. Come along and find out in person!
AA: More wit, cutting-edge lyrics and uber-glamour than you can
shake a stick at.
LP: Laughter, silliness, bravery and four-letter words sung in
glorious three-part harmony.
The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Sat 5 Apr. Tickets: £17.50£19.50. Info: 01656 815995 / www.grandpavilion.co.uk
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DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS
Grand Theatre, Swansea
Mon 12-Sat 17 May
Tickets: £11.50-£28.50
Info: 01792 475715
www.swansea.gov.uk
“four-letter
words sung
in glorious
three-part
harmony”
WORLD WRESTLING
ENTERTAINMENT (WWE)
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Sun 18 May
Tickets: £50
Info: 029 2022 4488
www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk
HEINEKEN CUP FINAL
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Sat 24 May
Tickets: £70
Info: 08700 138600
www.millenniumstadium.com
BARRY MANILOW
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Thurs 22 May
Tickets: £65
Info: 029 2022 4488
www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk
NINE INCH NAILS
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Wed 21 May
Tickets: £35
Info: 029 2022 4488
www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk
JOSH WIDDICOMBE
Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli
Fri 30 May
Tickets: £14
Info: 08452 263510
www.carmarthenshiretheatres.co.uk
WAR HORSE
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Wed 18 June-Sat 19 July
Tickets: £20-£50
Info: 029 2063 6464
www.wmc.org.uk
DOLLY PARTON
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Tues 24 June
Tickets: £50-£67.50
Info: 029 2022 4488
www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk