Harold Sanditen Returns To The West End WIth LOVE EXPOSED

Following a sell-out run Pizza on the Park last autumn, Harold Sanditen returns with Love Exposed, a show of songs, exploring the edgier sides of love and romance.

Directed by Lisa Forrell (Rue Magique ,King's Head; Tabloid Caligula, Arcola Theatre and 59E59 Theaters, New York; Unsuspecting Susan with Celia Imrie, King's Head Theatre and 59E59 Theaters, New York) and with concert and cabaret veteran Nathan Martin as Musical Director, and Dave Olney on bass, Harold's soulful interpretation of lyrics portrays love from both a comical and serious perspective, through the words and music of the words and music of Van Morrison, Ogden Nash, Stephen Sondheim, Adam Guettel, Kurt Weill, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cy Coleman, Jacques Brel and Burt Bacharach to name a few. His vocal style covers the whole gamut, from jazz and Latin to pop, ballads and show tunes. This is an exciting evening from an exciting new voice on the cabaret scene.

In 2007, after more than 20 years as a theatre producer and previously an investment banker, American-born Harold decided to move on from producing and do something he'd always wanted to do - cabaret performance. Harold's vocal style covers the whole gamut, from jazz and Latin, to pop, ballads and show tunes.

In September, 2008 he performed his first solo cabaret show, The Secret of Life, at The Duplex in New York, for 3 nights. The show was a success and it was performed again in November, 2008 at Pizza on the Park, again for 3 nights.

Harold's theatre productions spanned the smallest scale off-off productions to large scale commercial ones. He worked with a wide variety of performers, ranging from Oscar winners to complete unknowns. Harold was responsible for the UK debut of many North American performers and writers. His producing credits include Unsuspecting Susan (London and New York, with Celia Imrie), The Slow Drag (Whitehall and Freedom Theatres, London with Kim Criswell), Abundance (Riverside Studios, London in a first-time arts sponsorship by Evian), The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (UK tour and Lisbon), The Fabulous Lypsinka Show (UK tour), Temporary Girl (UK Tour and
Baltimore), A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg (King's Head, London with Clive Owen), A Shayna Maidel (with Anita Dobson), The Boys Next Door (with Steve Guttenberg), Being At Home With Claude (with Lothaire Bluteau), The Real World? and Hospitality (with Lesley Joseph). He also produced a number of shows for Bill Kenwright Ltd including A Song At Twilight (with Vanessa and Corin Redgrave), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (with Brendan Fraser and Ned Beatty), Long Day's Journey Into
Night (with Jessica Lange, Charles Dance, Paul Rudd and Paul Nicholls) and Fallen Angels (with Felicity Kendal and Frances de la Tour). Harold is the Vice Chairman of the Board of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), one of the UK's top drama schools, and is on the Board of The Playground, the only UK performing arts Creation Space.

American born Lisa Forrell's directing career spans London's West End and off-West End, New York and Paris. Productions include Johnson is Leaving (Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan, Stratford); Best of Motives (co-written with Marcel Berlins) - Tricycle Theatre charity event; Les Lettres d'une Religieuse Portugaise and Cartas (with Myriam Cyr); Dragonslayer (a new Musical written by Molly Yeomans and Jack Lenz) (Toronto & New York); The Slow Drag, a musical with Kim Criswell (The
Whitehall Theatre, West End), Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (Lyric Hammersmith and Plymouth Theatre Royal) and A Shayna Maidel (Ambassador's Theatre, West End).

Musical Director Nathan Martin has performed extensively in concert and cabaret all over the world. Earlier this year he was seen at London's Pizza On The Park in Jeff Harnar's The 1959 Broadway
Songbook, having previously played five solo engagements there, including Facing The Music - the Fred Astaire songbook. Theatre credits as Musical Director include Dorothy Fields Forever (also
performer, Kings Head), Unite For The Future (Old Vic), Helen Lederer's One Night Stand (national tour) and Elegies (Arts). For several years Nathan has worked on the MAC award winning show Simply Barbra starring Steven Brinberg, playing at Jermyn Street Theatre, the Arts Theatre, The Playhouse Theatre and the Shaw Theatre (London), the Pleasance Theatre - Edinburgh, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. He has also been Musical Director for such performers as Kaye Ballard, Brent Barrett, Deborah Boily, Rebecca Caine, David Campbell, Cantabile, Claiborne Cary, Jeff Harnar, Linzi Hateley, Jessica Martin, Marin Mazzie, Morag McLaren, Donna McKechnie, Robert Meadmore, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson,
Christine Pedi, Gay Soper and Julie Wilson.

Venue: Pizza on the Park, 11 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LY
Reservations:
Tel: 08456 027 017
www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk/poplist.aspx

Dates & times: 15th March, doors open 7 pm, show 8.30 pm
16th March, doors open 7 pm, show 8.30 pm
Price: £15

Artist website: www.haroldsanditen.com