Lorna Luft, Miss Hope Springs and More Slated for 2015-16 Holiday Lineup at The Crazy Coqs

There's a sackful of Christmas crackers at Crazy Coqs this December.

The legendary Lorna Luft leads the way by kicking off advent with the second part of her ten date residency. She is followed by the greatest interpreter of contemporary song around in the form of Barb Jungr with her Festive Feelings. Delving even more deeply into the box of seasonal delights, "the UK's leading standard-bearer for the supercool era", Gary Williams is hot on Barb's heels with a full pack of festive classics leading us right up to the holiday period.

The party continues into the post-Christmas week with the king of the keyboard Harry The Piano demonstrating his startling virtuosity. Then on New Year's Eve, Miss Hope Springs and her Hot Jazz Combo goes all out with the old and in with the new to see in 2016 as only she can.

The special guests are joined on the programme by a feast of residences and regulars. With an array of talent comprising Jessie Buckley with The Joe Thompson Trio, Jamie Saffiruddin and Justine Balmer, let the Christmas capers commence.

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Crazy Coqs November 2015 Headliners:
All start at 8pm unless otherwise stated

TUESDAY 24TH -SATURDAY - 28TH NOVEMBER AND TUESDAY 1ST- SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER - £35

LORNA LUFT

Lorna Luft returns to the Crazy Coqs' stage with her brand new show TRIUMPH!

Lorna has had starring roles in both television and film and has enjoyed numerous successes on the stage across the globe, including Broadway and the West End. She starred in the blockbuster UK premiere production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical, reprised the same role on the first national tour, and at the Papermill Playhouse.

Concurrent with her theatrical career, Lorna is a gifted live performer frequently featured as a concert artist at the world's most prestigious venues including The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, and L'Olympia in Paris to name just a few. Her highly acclaimed multi-media production Songs My Mother Taught Me - The Judy Garland Songbook, melds one of the world's most familiar songbooks with personal memories of a loving daughter. Songs My Mother Taught Me, which Variety called "a rousing, dramatically riveting musical event," was awarded two Los Angeles Theatre Alliance Ovation Awards (Best World Premiere Musical & Best Musical Direction). The Los Angeles Times called her performance "heart-stopping and thrilling... an incandescent revelation not to be missed.

TUESDAY 8TH - SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER - £30

BARB JUNGR'S FESTIVE FEELINGS

Celebrate the festive season with "Britain's best cabaret singer" and acclaimed international jazz recording and performance artist in this brilliantly created collection and collaboration. With pianist Jenny Carr and maestro jazz trumpeter and vocalist Pete Horsfall, Barb presents songs from every corner with her usual swing and panache, both traditional and from the box of surprises! Nodding to Dylan's Christmas album, Joni Mitchell and the great songs from all genres and persuasions of this special time of year, prepare to party (in an elegant jazz/cabaret kind of way). Get down and get on up again for the seasonal show of the year!

TUESDAY 15TH TO SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER & TUESDAY 22ND - WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER - £30

GARY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS SHOW 2015

Returning to the Crazy Coqs after last year's sell-out run with news songs for 2015, star of the West End's Rat Pack Gary Williams invites you to A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS.

Take a sleigh ride with Gary and pianist Clive Dunstall and celebrate in style with festive favourites from Andy Williams, Mel Torme?, Nat 'King' Cole and Frank Sinatra. A performance packed with the all-time holiday classics including Let It Snow, White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and many more.

Gary Williams has performed as a soloist with leading big bands and concert orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Melbourne Symphony, the BBC Big Band, Ireland's RTE and the Lahti Sinfonia Finland. He toured the UK in The Legend of Sinatra and in a tribute to the music of Fred Astaire, which was presented by his daughter Ava. His recent album paying tribute to Sinatra was Jazz FM's Album of the Week and has been released in Japan. His "Best of" CD (featuring highlights of his Abbey Road recordings) prompted Oscar winning lyricist Don Black to say, "In a world of Pop Idol mediocrity Gary Williams shines like a dazzling beacon."

MONDAY 28TH - WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER - £20

HARRY THE PIANO

Harry the Piano simply does things with the piano that you've never heard before, moving seamlessly between jazz, cabaret and classical in a way not seen in the UK since the heyday of Dudley Moore. With the piano as his only prop, Harry's show is a musical Cirque du Soleil. He has played with Charlotte Church and Julie Andrews, David Bowie and Elvis Costello, Dame Edna Everage and Andrea Bocelli, and musically directed tours for Rick Astley and Alexander Armstrong. He even taught Hugh Laurie jazz! A residency not to be missed.

THURSDAY 31ST DECEMBER 10PM - 1AM - See below for ticket prices

MISS HOPE SPRINGS NYE SOIRÉE 2015

A GLITTERING GLIMPSE OF VINTAGE VEGAS

Playing the piano and singing her award-winning repertoire of witty and moving self-penned songs with her Hot Jazz Combo on throbbing bass and sizzling percussion, Miss Hope Springs brings you her one-of-a-kind, laugh-out-loud, move-you-to-tears show. You'll hear her unique lounge-tastic blend of finger snapping pop, romantic rumbas and sassy bossa novas, interspersed with hysterical tales from her 'Ritz to the pits life'.

There will be two sizzling sets of Miss Hope's acclaimed original show songs performed live at the piano with her jazz musicians on bass and drums. Stick around after the show for music and frolicking! The bar closes at 1am.

TICKETS - £85 including a half bottle of Champagne and canapés. N.B. Canapés will only be served before the show from 9-10pm OR £100 including a half bottle of Champagne, canapés (canapés served 9-10pm) and £20 towards a pre-show meal in Brasserie Zédel. PLEASE NOTE - You MUST pre-book your table by calling 020 7734 4888 and quoting Miss Hope Springs, New Year's Eve, £100.

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