‘A Bit Of A Knees Up’ Cabaret Launch Night Artist Announcement

Written By lydia_cott
Two female performers wear bright pink lipstick and are smiling so hard they are grimacing. They wear pink swimming caps with blue sequins and yellow flowers. Behind them the background is blue sky with fluffy clouds

© Tamar & Jo Sync or Swim

Every year we kick off our annual festival with a night of cabaret, comedy, music, theatre and dance. Featuring established artists alongside new faces.

Join us on the 19th November at 8pm, either in person at Stanley Arts or Online. This event includes British Sign Language interpretation & each short performance will be briefly audio described by the compere.

We are so excited to announce the programme for this years event!

 

Line Up

 
A Drag Queen with luscious curly blonde hair, wears a silver sparkly leotard and silver fringed glasses. She holds a disco ball in one hand, the other on her hip

Dolly Trolley

Find her up and down the aisles, find her in the supermarket car park at 3am, find her upturned in a ditch. Completely bonkers, utterly delightful and always at 100mph, Dolly Trolley is a Yorkshire-born firecracker based in London. She is known for high energy drag and burlesque, fierce dance moves, comedy musical parodies and as a queer fitness icon with her workout phenomenon, Drag Aerobics. She’s a versatile drag queen full of surprises, and most commonly reviewed: “I’m exhausted just from watching”.

A black man with a beard and glasses stands in front of a microphone.

Chris Fonseca & Harry Jardine

The latest new duo, performers - Chris Fonseca & Harry Jardine ' Follow The Signs' is a 10 minutes story told through the medium of hip hop. It's a story about overcoming obstacles, defeating the odds, and finding identity.

Two performers wear white frilly leotards with white ruffs around their necks. There is a bright red heart pinned to them. They also wear black leather gloves and balaclavas. They stand one behind the other. Behind them the background is blue sky

Tamar & Jo

Tamar & Jo present two pieces from their current project Doorstep Dances, which takes short dance performances directly to homes across Hull and beyond. Funded by Arts Council England and Hull City Council 

Sync or Swim - Join two wannabe synchronised swimmers as they enjoy a day out at the seaside

Always - A special commission by Lea Anderson. 

Sarah Fisher, a performer with long brown hair wearing a checked shirt is playing the piano, she has a large smile and is almost laughing. The background is dark blue

Sarah Fisher

Based on Sarah Fisher’s original show Twitch, come hear Sarah share some of her crazy adventures as a musician with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, casting a comedic light and breaking down the barriers around disability being a ‘taboo’ subject. Twitch combined music, disability and humour and this performance will feature Sarah as a solo piano act, with new comedy sketches and new compositions. After months of being in lockdown and unable to perform, Sarah is buzzing to be let loose on a stage once again! What could possibly go wrong!? 

Frank The Drag King is wearing a white shirt and is pulling off his tie with his eyes closed. His mousey hair is slicked back and he has a big moustache.

Frank The Drag King

Frank, a timid Beta Male, awkwardly bumbles through the narrow corridors of the patriarchy. His efforts to fit in only draw more attention. He longs to dissolve into the grey office walls, and emerge into a dream world where his true colours shine! 

Frankie Thomson has a large white bow on her head, she is wearing broken glasses and is pulling a confused expression towards the camera. She wears a dark suit, open shirt and bow tie. The background is bright pink.

Frankie Thompson

Frankie Thompson is a bizarre and eccentric 'acclaimed clown’ (ToDoList), performance artist and emerging idiot from London.

Her work explores the fraught relationship between the body and space, including her own battle with anorexia. 

Reviews for previous work: 

‘Divinely Silly […] Thompson’s imagination is wild and her surprises are worth waiting for’ ★★★★ToDoList

‘Innovative and Heartfelt’ – ★★★★Scotsman

 

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