Harry Shearer and Judith Owens Present A CHRISTMAS WITHOUT TEARS

Judith Owen and Harry Shearer are joined by Elizabeth McGovern, Kipper, Jacqui Dankworth, Charlie Wood, Chris Difford, Nell Bryden and Doña Oxford (and more) for joyful seasonal fun-palace of music, comedy and variety.

The London Show proceeds will benefit and aid Shelter.org.uk and the Copenhagen Youth Project Camden.

A series of intimate charity evenings full of music, laughter and special guests, Harry Shearer acclaimed singer songwriter Judith Owen and her husband, actor and humourist Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap) will once again spread their special brand of yuletide cheer for the 11th anniversary of 'Christmas Without Tears' to London's "King's Place" Concert Hall, kicking off this year's run of shows.

A formidable list of special guests will transform the King's Cross venue into a joyful seasonal fun-palace of music, comedy and variety.

Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy nominated actress of Downton Abbey, Elizabeth McGovern, Grammy and Emmy winning producer and instrumentalist Kipper Eldridge (Sting) Jacqui Dankworth - one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK and Memphis treasure- jazz pianist/singer Charlie Wood

Joined by New Wave legend and co-founder of The Squeeze Chris Difford, singer songwriter and BBC Radio 2 favourite Nell Bryden and the rocking American singer and boogie-woogie pianist extraordinaire: Doña Oxford.

Adding to the Christmas feast of talent come lords of the London jazz scene The Kansas Smitty's House Band, one fiddler fiddling in the shape of the classical violinist with attitude, Lizzie Ball and Classical Kicks all topped of with partridge in a pear tree - darling of the airwaves, lifestyle guru for the over-eighties Barry From Watford aka the superlative Alex Lowe.

More guests to be announced.

As Harry Shearer tells it, "the show started as a party in our home to try to comfort Judith, a Welsh woman prone to melancholia, who could not stand that the fact that Christmas in Southern California was about 78 degrees and sunny." What began as a humble holiday house party to chase away Judith's yuletide blues became a charity event and performance in 2005 when they staged it to aid the people of New Orleans after Katrina. This year's shows in London, Chicago, LA and NOLA will benefit a variety of different charities raising money for the homeless, mental health and musician's assistance (USA shows)

8 December 2016, Kings Place Hall 1, London , N1 9AG
kingsplace.co.uk
harryshearer.com judithowen.com