An Iestyn Edwards Double Bill - T070401001Championed by Joanna Lumley, who chose one of his songs for her Desert Island Discs, Iestyn has had his own Channel 4 series, appeared on Sky Arts - and is a serious amount of fun. Outrageous, hilarious and also quite a hit with our British troops (and a regular performer in warzones such as Iraq and Afghanistan) . | |
27 Aug 10 | Firestation Arts & Culture, Windsor :: V740 listing details L1570703406 |
My Tutu's been AWOL! - T1208796876"A rare and perfect synthesis of art and larkiness... unnerving skill in pirouettes...the audience howled with laughter, stamped and cheered!" - Libby Purves, The Times As heard by Her Majesty, and on Desert Island Discs, Midweek, Woman’s Hour and Loose Ends. A unique account of tours through outlying military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Find out how Iestyn dodged rockets and some serious square-bashing from RSM ’Tina’ Turner, why a Royal Marines Commando ordered him to sit on the naughty tank and how he won a coveted ’Hoofing’ award performing as Madame Galina in Camp Bastion. With works by Novello, Sherman, Schubert and Sullivan, this part-revue, part-dramatic monologue follows Iestyn through Iraq and Afghanistan in the company of Her Majesty’s Finest, with asides about his parents spiking his Ribena, Welsh Mair hijacking the 206 to get him to Builth Wells on time and sharing a dressing-room with a yodelling strip-a-gram giraffe. Then we meet Madame Galina, Forces’ Sweetheart herself | |
16 Jun 10 | The North Wall, Oxford :: V0818740866 listing details L062737449 |
T0450547102Fresh from entertaining troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a performance for Her Majesty The gibbering wreck, Iestyn storms back. Songs by Cole Porter, Franz Schubert and Sherman and Sherman are rudely interrupted by tales of Iestyn's parents drugging his Ribena, his ongoing terror at a yodeling strip-a-gram giraffe and his exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Age suitability: 13+ years | |
23 Feb 07 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L876294533 |
T0108309210He's back! Bon viveur, raconteur, son of a Merthyr yodelleur - join Iestyn for songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, G&S et al, mixed with his uniquely hilarious take on his Welsh family, touring and his never ending fight for publicity with Eleanor of Acquitaine, Joan Collins and a singing strip-a-gram giraffe. Songs include: Miss Otis Regrets, My Grandfather's Clock and Oh for the Wings of a Dove.Author Iestyn Edwards. Performer Iestyn Edwards. Other Libby Purves (devised). Performer Clorinda Smith (accompanist). | |
10 Feb 06 to 11 Feb 06 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L02087148458 |
3 Dec 05 | Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells :: V850 listing details L0584142357 |
29 Sep 05 | Croydon Clocktower: David Lean Cinema, Outer London :: V01465162029 listing details L24697027 |
8 Sep 05 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L978437045 |
21 May 05 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L1553841625 |
T0194929472Iestyn returns to the Phoenix where many will remember his Madame Gallina the Russian Ballerina! Raconteur, bon viveur, son of a Merthyr Yodelleur, this is a trawl through the ups and downs of a singer's life with beautiful performance of songs familiar and not so familiar!Performer Iestyn Edwards. | |
3 Dec 04 | Phoenix Theatre, Bordon :: V1147 listing details L574849149 |
28 Nov 03 | Phoenix Theatre, Bordon :: V1147 listing details L715915458 |