Soho Songs - Semi Staged

Details

Soho. A magical place. Where everyone comes to make their dreams come true. A pub bar. A day dawns. The homeless person sees everything. The Landlady prepares for another bloody scrap to keep her pub open, as Soho is eroded by developers' who eat the past and regurgitate everything into another block of super flats. Trafficked women, bouncers, the pit musician, drag queens and burlesque dancers, croupiers, actors and luvvies, dancers and chancers; they all come to the legendary Shangri-La pub to share their stories, have a laugh or to tell their tortured tales As the night welcomes another dawn, the disco lights spin on, the glamour fades and the homeless man returns to his pitch. Come and join us at Shangri-La before last orders. This song cycle, begun before the pandemic, now emerges in a first ever ‘'work in progress' performance celebrating the wonders of, and darkness inside that legendary square mile of London, famous the world over. Soho.

Cast/Performers

Lucinda Lawrence, Robbie Noonan, Nate Rogers, Manon Taris, Mark Edwards (piano), Arnie Somogi (bass), Darren Beckett (drums)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Barb Jungr, Mike Lindup
Director: Peter Glanville