Beautiful World Cabarets
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Beautiful World Cabarets are a series of explorations of our natural world by unique artists who have each undertaken their own personal journey, exploring and reflecting on the place nature holds in their lives and the sense of wonder it evokes.
Each artist has chosen an inspirational selection of words and music embracing musical theatre, jazz, opera and classical music, and sometimes been inspired to write their own music to express what they have learned on their voyage of discovery.
Hot on the heels of a scintillating season at Crazy Coqs, award-winning actress Janie Dee has curated a special series of cabarets at Charing Cross Theatre, inspired by our Beautiful World.
The series brings together distinguished and emerging talents to reflect on the world we live in, and the one we want to create. Nine days of thrilling performances with London’s divine and glorious artistes. Playful, radical, informative, and ultimately hopeful.
London Climate Change Festival in partnership with Charing Cross Theatre, and the London Wildlife Trust
Festival Line Up:
Saturday 5th July - 15:00
Janie Dee and Guests
The opening celebration will see Janie Dee present the incredible artists who are performing their Beautiful World Cabarets and a glimpse of some of their inspirational performances. A peek of the glory to come!
Saturday 5th July - 19:30
Wayne Sleep OBE
Wayne Sleep OBE is a dancer, director, choreographer, and actor who was originally star of the Royal Ballet and more recently appeared on the BBC series The Real Marigold on Tour and ITV’s The Real Full Monty. Wayne’s cabaret reflects on the beautiful world we live in. Expect a mix of career highlights, including his Dying Swan routine – and a few surprises…
Saturday 5th July - 21:30
Carly Mercedes Dyer
Carly Mercedes Dyer is an Olivier Award-nominated actress celebrated for her dynamic musical theatre performances. Take a break from the digital… look up and rediscover the beauty of the great outdoors. A melodic walk through nature hoping to inspire how this planet is worth caring for.
Sunday 6th July - 16:00
Lorna Dallas
Lorna Dallas is a great vocalist/storyteller who displays an unparalleled joy in relating her diverse and varied life stories through song with great humor and pathos. Accompanied by Simon Beck on piano. Enjoy this musically beautiful world with this Bistro Award winning devilishly delightful diva! “Cabaret theater at its finest….a masterclass!” ★★★★★ Broadway World.
Sunday 6th July - 18:00
Cassidy Janson
Olivier award winner Cassidy Janson will be singing her favourite songs inspired by the natural world. Star of Beautiful the Carole King Musical, & Juliet and Jerry’s Girls.
Monday 7th July - 19:30
EM The Master
EM The Master is an award-winning music artist, classical pianist, scuba diver, freediver and ocean conservationist. Em's Beautiful World will focus on the wonders of the ocean, as she quirkily personifies the creatures she’s had the pleasure of interacting with. The show will celebrate the ocean’s marvels, the challenges it faces, and how we can harness our individual power to give back to this essential ecosystem. Quirky, humorous, powerful, and full of heart… much like the sea.
Tuesday 8th July - 19:30
Barlow & Smith
Experience vibrant new musical theatre with Bella Barlow & A.C. Smith, featuring original songs from heartfelt to humorous, with West End guests and brand-new moments created exclusively for this performance. 'Very highly recommended... you’ll feel extremely lucky to have been there!' (★★★★★ LondonTheatre1)
Tuesday 8th July - 21:30
Janie Dee
This inspiring and original Beautiful World Cabaret confronts the climate crisis and celebrates our beautiful world, through song and spoken word. Starring Janie Dee, Josephina Ortiz Lewis, Sophia Priolo and Mazaika Duo. ‘Nothing short of masterful’ (★★★★★ Playbill)
‘This is a classy, relaxed and generous-spirited hour of song, dance and spoken word from a bona fide West End star turned environmental activist.’ ★★★★ The Times
Wednesday 9th July - 19:30
Josephina Ortiz Lewis
‘Litter and Be Gay’ is Josephina Ortiz Lewis’s cabaret, clowning and drag debut. Jo is here to entertain you, excite you, alarm you, embarrass you and embarrass themself.
Come along for a camp hour and an obnoxious amount of characters. ‘Brilliant Cabaret Debut. Both hilarious and devastating…Jo’s voice is genuinely remarkable’ ★★★★ A Young(ish) Perspective
Wednesday 9th July - 21:30
Three’s Company
‘Three’s Company’ is comprised of three close friends: Helena, Miriana, and Rebecca, all brought together by a force stronger than fate. Now, they are delighted to invite everyone to explore the ‘Ebb and Flow’ of the world as they explore a journey down the river.
Thursday 10th July - 19:30
Olivia Wiilliams
Actress Olivia Williams curates an eclectic evening of stories, music, poems and anecdotes about the Beautiful World. Her fellow performers are Lizzie Ball, violinist and chanteuse, Julian Ovenden, internationally beloved chanteur and actor, and some vastly talented unreliable bastards who won’t commit at the time of going to print.
Friday 11th July - 19:30
Alfie Friedman - Unsovereignty
In a world once symbiotic, we've become divided and afraid. Alfie Friedman explores the personal and planetary through original songs and classics by Stephen Sondheim, Rebecca Sugar, Marvin Hamlisch, Declan O’Rourke, Duncan Sheik, and more…
Friday 11th July - 21:30
Sister Mary - ‘Seven Deadly Sins on Earth’
Sister Mary, is a musical comedy nun and a lover of a good showtune. (She thinks her mum is Elaine Paige.). Join her for a brand-new cabaret show as she explores the Seven Deadly Sins we commit to our beautiful Planet Earth. Accompanied on the organ by her long-suffering sidekick Brother Matthew.
Saturday 12th July - 19:30
Ian Shaw
Multi award-winning jazz singer and pianist Ian Shaw, has devised a show, exclusively for this special series. ‘Songs of Love and Protection’ is a salve, a musical tale of humanity, with all its faces - via the songs of Rogers and Hart, Bowie, Joni, Leonard Cohen, Dylan and some brand new Shaw pithy originals.
Saturday 12th July - 21:30
Mazaika Duo
Passionate, virtuosic Violin Accordion and vocal duo Igor Outkine and Sarah Harrison celebrate the beauty of our world! Full of Gypsy fire, Tango passion, operatic melodrama and classical virtuosity. Most recently spotted on the Michael McIntyre show, Janie Dee’s Beautiful World Cabaret and soon to be appearing at Glastonbury! ‘hugely entertaining, the duo frequently brought the house down’ ★★★★ The Scotsman
Sunday 13th July - 16:00
Laura Pitt-Pulford
“Love, Life and the World” A humorous and heart-rending choice of songs and stories that lifts your soul and opens up Laura’s Beautiful World to amuse and inspire. Laura Pitt-Pulford is an Olivier nominated actress recently seen in the West End’s ‘Standing at the Sky's Edge, ‘Aspects of Love’ and ‘Falsettos’. ★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
Sunday 13th July - 18:00
Dame Maureen Lipman and friends
Dame Maureen Lipman will be bringing together poetry, jazz, monologues and madness. Trust me it will be unusual. If not cutting edge, it will certainly be cutting hedge! Dame Maureen Lipman will be joined by Jacqui Dankworth, Thelma Ruby, Jonathan Williams, Ava Rosenthal, Jeremy Robson, Art Themen, Pauline Prior-Pitt and Charlie Woods. Dame Maureen Lipman is an English actress, comedian, and writer renowned for her extensive work in theatre, film, and television.